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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 1:13 pm
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TravellingMan
 
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Originally Posted by lkar
Couldn't get front desk to process my card again today. Waited 20 minutes then gave up. Nobody available at the 800 number to help. Another stay tonight. Any ideas for tomorrow morning?
Ask them to run it as a Gift Card. As mentioned below by ncfinfan they need to code it as GE and not GC.

Originally Posted by ncfinfan
Had the same problem last week. They previously coded it as "GC" and now have to code it as "GE" to get the system to accept the card. They seem to have failed to communicate this out to the hotels after they made the change.
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