If I cancel my credit card can money still be charged against it ?

RoCas

inmypocketnottheirs wrote:

If the OP sends me a message with a telephone number to contact them on I will call the hotel and cancel the reservation. I speak fluent Spanish.

I don't have any advice to add but just wanted to say what a nice offer that is. There are such lovely people on MSE.

Hope you get it sorted, naepace.

naepace

inmypocketnottheirs wrote:

If the OP sends me a message with a telephone number to contact them on I will call the hotel and cancel the reservation. I speak fluent Spanish.

Thank you very much for the offer, that's very kind of you. I have contacted trav.com & at first they tried to take no responsibility for the situation but have now agreed to look into it for me. If I get nowhere with them I may need to call on your language skills.
Cheers again.

inmypocketnottheirs

naepace wrote:

Thank you very much for the offer, that's very kind of you. I have contacted trav.com & at first they tried to take no responsibility for the situation but have now agreed to look into it for me. If I get nowhere with them I may need to call on your language skills.
Cheers again.

No problem. For interest when is the reservation made for?

inmypocketnottheirs

RoCas wrote:

I don't have any advice to add but just wanted to say what a nice offer that is. There are such lovely people on MSE.

Hope you get it sorted, naepace.

Thanks RoCas. It's because I'm an Essex boy!:D

jamalfatty

Astaroth wrote:

Would love to see the source for that after we have had long discussions with our payment processors and legal experts who all say differently to you - about 80% of card issuers will not authorise a transaction on a closed card these days.

I was referring to transactions that were authorised whilst account was open, a very good example which pops up regularly on here is CPP/Sentinel policies renewing and being charged on a closed account.

When the hotel was booked, they would have reserved the entire amount of the stay on the card but not banked the funds, this could then go 2 ways..
1. OP settles in full at end of stay - this hanging auth would then be voided and drop off account
2. OP does not go to hotel - they then bank amount reserved on card and becomes payable, even if account is closed

I work for one of the CC Companies and see this on a daily basis.

You are right in respect to a new transaction cannot come onto a closed account though in majority of circumstances

naepace

inmypocketnottheirs wrote:

No problem. For interest when is the reservation made for?

13th & 14th Feb. No joy from trav.com yet !

inmypocketnottheirs

naepace wrote:

13th & 14th Feb. No joy from trav.com yet !

Another alternative that may get a faster result would be if you PM me the name of the hotel I will call them and get an email address. I'll then PM you a message that you can cut and paste into an email and send them to cancel the reservation.

HTH!

naepace

PM sent mate :beer:

inmypocketnottheirs

naepace wrote:

PM sent mate :beer:

OK, I have replied to your PM.