Extra $7 Priceline charge after my hotel stay?

[Snoopymom]

When reconciling my checkbook this morning, I found a $7 charge on the Monday after my Saturday hotel stay and I have no idea what this could be for...a memebership fee? It's from Priceline, not the hotel. Thanks!!!

 

[floridagirrl2]

I've used Priceline twice and never been charged any extra fees.

 

[maggiew]

Could it maybe have been a minibar fee? If you didn't leave a credit card at checkin, maybe they billed priceline and then priceline inturn billed you?

Or, maybe the hotel charged a resort fee that Priceline didn't know about and didn't originally charge you for?

I would call Priceline and ask what the charge was for. If its a mistake they will credit your account. I mean, $7 is $7. Especially on a priceline bid where you are trying to get a good deal.

Maggie

 

[disneyfan551]

Let us know what you find out!!

 

[Snoopymom]

Obviously, I didn't read the fine print and signed up for a "free" $7 monthly rewards membership....Glad I contacted them before I started to get billed each month...yeesh! Here's their response.
Live and learn, lol.

We apologize for any inconvenience. When you placed a request with priceline we offered you a $10 Cash Back Award and invited you to sign up for a free trial with our travel partner Reservation Rewards.

In order to accept the offer you entered your email address twice and clicked a button that said "Yes" immediately preceding text that read, "By entering my email address and clicking YES, I have read and agree to the Offer Details and authorize Priceline.com to securely transfer my name, address and credit card information to Reservation Rewards for benefit processing." If you did not want the offer you would have wanted to click the link that read, "No thanks, please take me back to Priceline.com".

The offer as described on the web site gave you the ability to "try all the benefits for the next 30 days for only $7" and went on to state, "If you are completely satisfied, do nothing and you'll enjoy ongoing savings for only $7 a month."

If you are not completely satisfied with Reservations Rewards, simply call them toll free at 1-888-688-5995 to let them know you wish to cancel your monthly membership benefits. All your benefits and access will be cancelled immediately and the $10 you save is yours to keep!

To receive your $10.00 Cash Back Award just make a priceline reservation anytime in the next 3 months, send Reservation Rewards your reservation confirmation and they'll send you $10 cash!

 

[sln88]

I am getting fed up with these little tricks that internet companies are playing to get your $ from you.

I just won a restaurant.com gift cert on ebay. When I went to pay for it, something very similar came up on my screen. I could sign up and get $10 off a restaurant.com gift cert. I was in a hurry, and almost did it.

When I looked a bit closer, noticed the other info where it said by getting that free $10, I was agreeing to join some club. That is just irritating. It would have been easy to do the same thing you did OP!

 

[Iheoma]

Hi,

The exact same thing happened to me when I booked a room for Valentine's day. I didn't realize I was being charged until a week after I paid for the room. I think that it's a shame that companies try to sell us stuff we don't want or need by waiting for us to make a "mistake" and buy it without realizing it. I'm glad you found out before you had paid more than once.

Iheoma