{"id":38635,"date":"2016-12-20T14:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T07:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-can-a-car-hire-firm-just-take-money-from-my-credit-card-without-authority\/"},"modified":"2016-12-20T14:11:06","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T07:11:06","slug":"how-can-a-car-hire-firm-just-take-money-from-my-credit-card-without-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-can-a-car-hire-firm-just-take-money-from-my-credit-card-without-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"How can a car hire firm just take money from my credit card without authority?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI had given my details to Fleet Rent a Car in Dubrovnik and my bill was settled. But months later charges appeared on my statementBack in June I rented a car for a week from Fleet Rent a Car at Dubrovnik airport via the Holiday Autos website. The plane was slightly late and Fleet charged me an extra \u00a332 for late pick-up. It also took my card details for pre-authorisation of \u00a31,250, which was refunded at the end of the rental when the car was returned on time, full of petrol and with no damage. I assumed that was the end of it but then, in September, two payments were taken from my credit card, amounting to \u00a3325. I immediately contacted Holiday Autos with the reference number of the booking, and was eventually told it was a late pick-up charge. I pointed out that this was already paid and sent it my credit card statement, but this has been ignored. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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