Originally Posted by
KLBGO
"Prepay" ... I always choose this, and always believe I have already paid - but it does not work that way in every case... I still do not understand what Accor means by prepay. Sometimes they draw my account, sometimes I end up paying at check-out anyway. What a silly mess.
pre-pay is what it means : paying at the time of booking. Some hotels sometimes do not take your payment at that time and take it on-site, but those are exceptions and not the norm. And when this happens, nobody complains. So there is no “silly mess”. And this is not unique to Accor. I have booked in March a pre-paid stay in a Hilton for this summer and they still haven’t charged my CC.