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Old Mar 6, 2010 | 4:14 pm
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Originally Posted by torcross
To be honest there was no reason to ask about the deposit policy as I thought that your points are the deposit (also my card details are linked to my PC account), the funny thing is I booked one room through my points and my wife booked one room with her points and she has not been charged. I'm confident common sense will prevail and they will refund me the £179, what I wanted to know is what authority they had taking it as I have gone right through the reservation and nowhere does it mention taking the full amount via my card.
You didn't authorize the charge any way shape or form.. so that would mean that they are in the wrong to take the deposit. Normally in this situation, I would ask for free upgrades, or a free night, because this is a serious breach of trust and policy. en garde, to whomever wants to use credit cards fraudulently.. I would take my credit card off profile as a result as well.
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