Originally Posted by
percysmith
Not all Accor hotels require card hold - French ones don't for instance.
However British ones do. I remember using my AE to hold, and asking them if I can check out with a MC (which had a promo at the time). The receptionist said fine, AE not charged at the time, and charged my stay to the MC on checkout. No charge on AE.
The Taoyuan Novotel has required a hold upon check-in every time I've stayed there. They did it in USD on my Chase card last time - the first time I had become hyper aware of DCC. They assured me that it was only an authorization hold and would fall off of my card without being charged, which it did. I'll probably follow your lead and present the Visa at checkout but use AE upon check-in for the hold.