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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 8:56 pm
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Originally Posted by KVS
Have you presented that card upon check-in? If so, the "charge" you are referring to, is likely not really a charge, but simply a [pre-]authorization for any incidental charges you might have incurred. If your reservation was prepaid, and you had no incidental charges, the said [pre-]authorization will never become a charge, as it will eventually disappear (after a period of 1-45 days).

Good point, I wasn't thinking of that, so I may have possibly jumped the gun on this one. I will post if this was the case.

If this is true I really need to stop thinking the worst all the time.
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