Originally Posted by
techie
When I call this afternoon, the lady on the phone said that if the first time they run the card and it doesn't go through then they cancel the rate but if it goes through the 2nd time then they re-book at the current, likely-higher rate. That could be complete BS, but that is what I was told, so I am relaying it here as such.
Either:
A) The woman you spoke with does not understand how these things work
or
B) You misunderstood what she said.
Either way, since it's getting fixed, I think you, as a technical person, would agree with me that this was just a misunderstanding, not some scheme to part travelers from their monies.