AOPA credit card --- WARNING.

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"

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/
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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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?

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"

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
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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"

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"