I had made a fully refundable no cancellation fee hotel reservation and have cancelled the reservation 33 days before deadline. They are saying I never paid and won't refund money. It was clearly charged to my card. I have written to Hotels.com and was told they will have to open an investigation which will take 2 billing cycles. Anyone have experienced something like this?
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4Dispute the charge with your credit card and don't pay it. Hotels.com can then take as long as they want to "investigate".– Greg HewgillNov 30, 2018 at 2:14
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1Are you sure your card was really charged? It sounds like it could be just a temporary "hold" or "reservation" placed on your card to guarantee that there will be enough funds for a later charge (at check-in). If that charge never happens, the hold will expire automatically after some time.– TooTeaNov 30, 2018 at 12:57
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Take a look at some answers to this question to see what I'm talking about.– TooTeaNov 30, 2018 at 13:04
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You asked for 'experience' - my refund from hotel.com was declined because 'they could not reach the hotel for confirmation' - they called two days in a row at the same time, which is 4am local time at the hotel. Then they ignored me.
I recommend to contact your bank / credit card company, and have the payment retracted, as 'the service was never delivered and the seller does not work with you'. This puts the duty on the seller to prove you owe them money - which they cannot prove.
If this was a credit card, that should be the end of the story; if it is a debit card, it might be more difficult ("never use a debit card for online payments").
