I made a booking at a Starwood property (Aloft) back in October (for a stay next year) and booked what was a prepaid advance purchase rate. I was redirected from the Marriott site over to the Starwood site to make the booking, and I put in my Marriott Rewards number as I did not have one for Starwood. I was never charged for the room. The terms stated that I was to be charged at a certain date, and whenever it would get to that date, it would keep pushing the date further and further back.
Now that my reservation has been transferred to Marriott's system as of 12/11, they issued me a new reservation number, and they still haven't charged me. Under the Credit Card Info section, my credit card details are pre-populated (but blanked out except for the last 4 digits). Should I try to re-input the credit card info there? I would prefer that they charge me sooner than later, just so that I know for sure that it will be at the rate that I booked at, and not at the current rate.
Do I run any risk of breaking something or having my reservation cancelled because it was never paid for? The other strange thing is that it's no longer showing as an advance purchase rate, and that I have until 2 days before checkin to cancel without penalty. Is this a bug? They're still selling a prepay in full, nonrefundable rate except it's now significantly higher than when I booked in October.
EDIT: Immediately after I viewed the reservation on the website, I was sent another confirmation email from Marriott. Maybe that will push it through.
Last edited by diburning; Dec 13, 2018 at 1:41 am