I am travelling to Europe with a friend. She had reserved hotel rooms using her credit card. She recently had her card compromised. Within a day or so, she received an email from one of the hotels stating that her reservation had been cancelled due to the credit card being compromised. But, she never reached out to them, they contacted her.
How do they know that the card has been compromised? She had not paid for the room yet, so does the hotel keep "pinging" the card every so often to make sure it's valid?
I had a similar situation while travelling abroad a couple of years ago. The airline cancelled my res and I had to really struggle to get back home.
I am getting travel insurance for this trip, but still interested as to how this would possibly happen that the hotel would cancel the reservation.
How do they know that the card has been compromised? She had not paid for the room yet, so does the hotel keep "pinging" the card every so often to make sure it's valid?
I had a similar situation while travelling abroad a couple of years ago. The airline cancelled my res and I had to really struggle to get back home.
I am getting travel insurance for this trip, but still interested as to how this would possibly happen that the hotel would cancel the reservation.