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Pre-Authorization Holds Explained: Why Hotels and Gas Stations Block Extra Money on Your Card

Traveler handing a credit card to a hotel front desk clerk, illustrating pre-authorization holds on a card

Pre-Authorization Holds Explained: Why Hotels and Gas Stations Block Extra Money on Your Card You check out of a hotel on Sunday, hand back the key, and head home. On Monday morning your card is declined at the grocery store. Your account isn’t frozen and nobody stole your money. In most cases, pre-authorization holds are … Read more

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