Re: [119attendees] Overcharged by Rydges hotel

I noticed that, throughout Australia, there was an upcharge for paying with
credit card.  When I worked in banking IT, I remember hearing this
"differential pricing" was in violation of the merchant credit card
agreement (with eventually only gasoline the allowed exception).  Nowadays,
it seems not.   Additionally, some of us had to pay a "foreign transaction
fee" which is significant for a weeklong hotel stay.  But that's not on
Rydges.

David M. Oliver | david@guardianproject.info | https://guardianproject.info |
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On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 12:30 PM Dan Harkins <dharkins@lounge.org> wrote:

>
>    I got an itemized bill when I checked out on Saturday and I still got an
> unexpected/unexplained charge of AU$15.23. When I contacted Rydges they
> said it was on my folio and was for the minibar. But, it's not on my folio
> and I never used the minibar.
>
>    The other nasty thing they do is add a "credit card transaction fee" to
> the bill. They're charging me extra because I settled my debt with a
> credit card!
>
>    Seems this hotel is just adding spurious charges and hoping people just
> pay them. Thing is, I need to account for all expenses on the company card
> and there is no itemization for "ripped off by hotel".
>
>    I was thinking that thread about "worst IETF hotel ever" was a bit
> overblown but maybe it was. They're pulling a lot of billing shenanigans.
>
>    Dan.
>
> On 3/28/24 7:47 AM, Ross Finlayson wrote:
> > I, too, found three unexpected/unexplained charges - for $8.68, $8.68,
> and $8.67 - from Rydges on my (US$) credit card statement.  These
> correspond to about $AU13.30 each.  I didn’t get an itemized bill from the
> hotel when I left on Friday, so I don’t know what those charges were
> allegedly for.
> >
> >       Ross.
> >
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