Originally Posted by
kilo
I do often get asked for ID and credit card in the US. Possibly because I'm a non-US resident.
What is your status? (even better, update your profile so that we can tell without asking).
Originally Posted by
Miesque
This is not a situation like when are checked in and then you check out and are retroactively erroneously charged for the minibar (which has happened to me and I assume a fair number of others). This is someone who never actually checked in so it seems incredibly odd for such a charge to be assessed under a usual no show.
I'd guess that he was checked-in. I've had hotels do this before, especially when arriving late. The bill they often slip under the door includes the check-in time, and more than once it's been hours before I've arrived.
Note that I'm not saying that they should do this, just that they sometimes do...