Which hotel was it?
Two of the hotels (NH Maastricht and Crowne Plaza Maastricht) show two sets of rates, a refundable rate and a non-refundable rate. It says that if you choose the non-refundable rate your credit card will be charged immediately.
Janet
ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx wrote on 05/18/2010 02:55:24 PM:
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> Re: Advance travel info for IETF-78 Maastricht
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> Behcet Sarikaya
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> to:
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> Marshall Eubanks
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> 05/18/2010 02:55 PM
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> IETF Discussion
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> Please respond to Behcet Sarikaya
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> >
> > Hi,
> > I noticed that IETF 78 Hotel that I made reservation already
> > charged my credit card for the whole duration of my stay.
> >
> >
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> > Charged, or "authorized" ? (In the authorized case, the charge will
> > generally show up as "pending".)
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> I saw it as a fixed charge in my credit card statement not as pending.
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> > Frequently authorization is ~ 150% of
> > the nominal room charge, but doing it in advance seems quite
> > excessive.
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> You mean one night's charge? In my case it was for the whole week.
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> I am hoping that Ray will do something.
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> Regards,
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> Behcet
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