When I made the booking online it was possible to confirm the reservation with my AMEX card. Upon trying to do a pre-authorisation for the stay, my card was repeatedly declined. I was eventually told that the hotel doesn’t accept AMEX. It was a slightly strange experience. Since this is apparently the case I don’t know why it was an option online.
The shocking truth is that the ACCOR credit card verification feature is a form just like the one for your names and such, they just record your CC number and send it to the hotel (btw, booking.com does the same), so that the front desk staff and everybody with access to that data (be it on location or by hacking into the hotel's systems / emails) can help themselves to your card details. Unless, of course, the hotel does not accept your card and the standardized ACCOR CC form has no way of letting you know...
For example one of the light switches was missing its
Oh those little details that can go missing
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ANYWAYS, thanks for the review, looks like the hotel is more or less as advertised, and good value for Malta. Can't wait for flights to Luqa to resume from my home airport to finally visit the island!