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Yeah, I got a corporate AMEX delivered to my hotel room in Madrid when I
told my company that I couldn't pay a $250/day hotel room bill (times 60 days) on my own personal credit card. Wow -- I hope you were staying at the Taj Majal. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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In a previous article, "Jay Honeck" said:
Yeah, I got a corporate AMEX delivered to my hotel room in Madrid when I told my company that I couldn't pay a $250/day hotel room bill (times 60 days) on my own personal credit card. Wow -- I hope you were staying at the Taj Majal. Nope, the Melia Castilla. Actually, come to think of it, it was only $200/day after we found that (since we were working with IBM) we could stay on the "Servicio Real" (Royal Service) floors at the IBM corporate rate instead of the "soak the gringos rate" on their regular floors. Still, looking on-line, I see that their rates haven't gotten any better. One site has one room at $252.99/night, and another at $332.99/night. -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ char *p="char *p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){print f(p,34,p,34);} |
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![]() "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:Y0cqd.98323$V41.97674@attbi_s52... We are now in the middle of "the paper chase" with VISA -- but I guarantee we will lose the battle even though we followed standard procedure to the letter. Do you have any other legal recourse to this noshow? Would it be worthwhile for a collection agency to get involved? |
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Do you have any other legal recourse to this noshow? Would it be
worthwhile for a collection agency to get involved? In my experience, collection agencies are not the kind of organizations we want representing us. Sometimes we just have to realize that the world is full of scum, and a few of these low-lifes will stay at our inn. (Or, as in this case, WON'T stay at our inn.... ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Did you ever think that maybe it's not just pilots that find themselves in
circumstances beyond their control? I just hate to see anybody lumping whole groups into a category like "scum" or "low-life" unless the facts warrant it. I'm sure there are some, but I'm equally sure that there are some no-shows that have legitimate reasons. Hopefully, they do everything they can to contact you in a timely manner, but even that's not always possible. mike regish "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:AbFqd.108236$V41.44108@attbi_s52... Sometimes we just have to realize that the world is full of scum, and a few of these low-lifes will stay at our inn. (Or, as in this case, WON'T stay at our inn.... ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Did you ever think that maybe it's not just pilots that find themselves in
circumstances beyond their control? I just hate to see anybody lumping whole groups into a category like "scum" or "low-life" unless the facts warrant it. I'm sure there are some, but I'm equally sure that there are some no-shows that have legitimate reasons. Hopefully, they do everything they can to contact you in a timely manner, but even that's not always possible. I've yet to meet a no-show that even attempted to contact us. In fact, I have yet to meet a no-show that even remembered they had a "guaranteed reservation" until they got the bill, and disputed it. These are dishonorable (or disorganized -- or both), unscrupulous people with no intention of honoring their word. We practically bludgeon people with our cancellation policy, stressing the importance of calling us if they needed to cancel, going all the way to sending a reminder postcard a week in advance of their arrival -- so it's hard to portray these folks as "victims of the system"... Only once have I sent a no-show a free night's stay certificate after charging them -- and that was after the guy told me that his wife had gone into premature labor! That seemed like a pretty good reason to not show up... :-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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