tartempion

First time this happens: Booked a room at prepaid rate, received confirmation and booking shows up in My Bookings with Amount already paid but my credit card activities does not show a charge for this.
Anything I should do or just wait until check in?

LondonElite

How long has it been?

tartempion

booking made aug 05 res for sept 13
any cc expense showing up within a few days, never more than say 5 days.

Matt4

LondonElite

Perhaps just call to confirm you actually still have a reservation

Fyd

Where is the hotel? I've had Accor hotels in Asia that didn't charge the credit card until I arrived, then asked for my physical credit card. That was confusing because I had prepaid, didn't want to get charged twice and didn't have access to my card account immediately to verify.
In some cases, the hotels don't receive the reservation electronically, so they only charge when you get there. In some cases, they might try to avoid a higher merchant fee for credit card use without the card being present...
If the reservation is showing on the Accor site I wouldn't worry, probably just poor system integration between Accor and the property. If you are concerned, call the hotel to verify that they indeed have the reservation..

skywardhunter

I've seen this quite often, they'll charge the card a week or two before your arrival, they'll still ask for it at check-in because they need to hold a security deposit

tartempion

Ok thanks all, I'll see at check in and check cc activity regularly anyway..
Hotel is in Istanbul, European side of the world, Asia a few miles away...

Fyd, is it the hotel who charges the card then? I thought it was Accor....My cc has always been charged in case of prepaid rates within a few days from booking, I usually stay in Asia Accor hotels.

Goldorak

The hotel is charging the CC, not Accor.
There's nothing to worry about. Usually they charge quickly after booking (from immediately to 2 days after), sometimes much later and sometimes at stay dates.

Maelstrom

Some Accor hotels are seemingly not "hooked up" to the online prepayment system. Similar to what @Fyd said, I've booked prepaid rates with some Accor hotels but have never had payment charged. They then took payment at the end of my stay.

hotel_user

There is a downside to this .... if the hotels currency is not that of your own ( ie US$ or € or GB£ then some one is taking a small exchange rate gamble ..... ) I would always like to know what I have paid and when I have paid it.

Goldorak

For sure. But unless you book many months in advance and in countries with a high risk of important currency fluctuation, it really doesn't matter (impact will be a few EUR or USD and it can be in your favor). If you are in the rare cases where it can matter, then you can remind the hotel to charge your card ASAP.

tartempion

Funny, I'll see how it goes: Accor mail confirm shows € and manage my bookings show THB (my country of residence) whilst hotel country is TRY and my cc currency is €....

sfo

I prepaid a Ibis in Munich. No charge on the cc, when I checked in I asked about the no charge and the woman said it was being charged as we speak. Some hotels will wait until check in and some until check out, regardless your not going to get your money back, it's theirs.

tartempion

Currency conversion is an issue indeed.
The booking I refer to (aug 05 2018 res stay sept 13) 78.30€ at booking, 81.70 when charged at check out. 3.40€, that's 4.34% increase...not a big deal for just one night, but for 10?

Same issue now, booking 05 mar for stay 26 mar for 42k THB, approx 1175€, Euro has weakened loosing 13€ sofar....
In fact I booked the room on 05 mar to ensure I have to pay in april since my cc gets charged the 4th of each month, unless the hotel charges at check out, which I doubt, but would be 5 april.