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Old 08-03-2006, 15:26   #6
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Re: Expedia screwed my bank account ?

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Originally Posted by dezzo
...........Any time customers incurred charges for this they were given the charges back by their bank which made me think at the time the problem lay with them.
More likely they refunded charges as the account didn't *actually* go delinquent, just looked like it did because of the 'phantom' deferred payment.

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Originally Posted by ScaredWebWarrior
......It is actually a normal part of credit card (and debit card) processing - there is an auth - that tells the system a purchase is going to be made, followed by a 'capture' - which should then equal the original auth....
What happened in my case was Expedia pre-authorised one amount for £1500+, but then took 4 separate amounts totalling £1500+. which didn't cancel the original authority.
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