A Long Island hotel accused of ratcheting up prices more than 187 percent following September 11 will refund customers and pay a $9,500 fine, a hotel manager said Wednesday.

In the days after hijacked airliners struck two World Trade Center tower, the Days Inn in Hicksville, New York, charged stranded air travelers and victims' family members up to $399 a night -- up from the posted rate of $139 -- the state attorney general's office said.

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