Originally Posted by
thegrailer
So I was looking to book a room and the below popped up for the first time (or first time I've noticed) for my hotel choice. The only Hyatt in the area where this notice appears when trying to book.
So even if I use a credit card, and there are no incidental charges, I am still charged and have to wait for a charge back? Seems odd for a CC charge and it's the first time I've seen it on the reservations page. (Has this been ongoing with me not noticing it?)
Cheers
I dont recall ever having rec'd a message like the one you have quoted when making my reservation.
Its not a matter of receiving refund, it just takes a couple of days after check out to disappear from the "pending" segment of your credit card. As others have stated - there is nothing new/unusual about the hotel holding a bit for your room.
Lets say you are there for 5 nights @ 200/night - when you check in, the hotel will run your credit card for 1075.00 (1000 for room + 5 nights @ 15 for incidentals). This amount will appear in the "pending" section of your credit card - and reduce your overall credit by 1075.00. When you check out, the hotel will run the final charge for 1000.00 (assuming you didn't have any incidentals) and the 75.00 will fall off the bill.
IME, it would be very unusual for it to take 5 to 7 days for the 75.00 to disappear.