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Old Nov 26, 2011, 9:27 pm
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Originally Posted by tommyleo
An agent I spoke to last week says that the 24-hour cancellation policy is, in reality, a "by-the-end-of-the-next-day cancellation policy" because the reservations don't have time stamps, only date stamps.

Theoretically, you could make a res at 12:01AM on 12/24 and cancel is at 11:59PM on 12/25 -- and get a two-day "hold".

Can anyone confirm?
Hmm, that would be interesting if true.

What timezone would the datestamp reflect? I'd assume MST (that's what they use in Phoenix, right?), but does anyone know?
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