Flight centre vs Skyscanner online.

[travelislife]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

Is it a credit card or debit card? Both can be Visa.

 

[barbra]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

Don't worry. All the additional services can probably be purchased again.

If the charges don't come on to your card, you will need to call Finnair and ask them what they have been paid for, and what they haven't been paid for. Wait at least a week for that.

Then you can go and buy everything again.

If the charges can't make it on to your card because you ave a 0.00 balance, it is unlikely the airline will try again. They will just leave it to you to try and purchase again. But contact Finnair before doing so.

Thanks traveller. Preciated it heaps.

I get the impression that the moment i add in money next week. That transaction that is waiting will disapear. Knowing the stuff was there waiting to paid off. But i don't no. Yes it is a visa debit card. Under my first name Barbra H

Yes i will do that thanks for that. Just dont no what some of those are charge for. Maybe the extra bag cost or something i have no idea. im alittle confused only because ive rushed into adding things already. I get overly exsisted. Didn't new i would be broke knowing i thought i had enough money but anyhow very well for the mean time.

Also another out of interest which i wont create a new topic about it.

My card is due in 06/2017 I be using it to pay for my hotel. In december the end of december. Am i going to be acceptable to use that card in order to pay the hotel even though they say a credit card or any card should not be less then 6 months to be due. In regards to saying that my card is exactly 06 6 months to be due soon. so if im paying hotel in person in last week of december and my card is due in june 2017 am i close to or may not be acceptable even if electronic says wont work regardless ?

And again what if i pay the hotel same card in early janaury. 2017 yet my card is due in 06/2017 so shouldnt it be locked me out of using the card to pay hotel because it is then under 6 months ? Not sure exactky when in 6 months (june in 2017 it needs to be renew the card) but im scared it may not work in person to pay hotel. As i used it online to request room and i need to present the card in person to pay cash and or with card. Hotel cost around 5.000 dollars) no way im taking on my hand 5.000 dollars to pay the hotel on hand other then easier with the card. But the card is due under 6 months time from 1st of january its when it be under 6 months soon.

Thats what i know.. ANything less then 6 months and they will not accept it. So what happens now ? I can still use the card to withdraw and buy things but when it comes to hotel thing you need a valid more then 6 months right ? this one is due less then 6 months.

Which means i get a renew card when it dues aventually.

 

[barbra]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

Is it a credit card or debit card? Both can be Visa.

its a visa DEBIT card. Not credit card but works the same but the other way around. it is not a debit card as in keycard where the pension goes i suppose.. Its just a visa debit card with he visa logo infront.

 

[Peter D]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

The six months is only the hotel policy when they accept bookings.
If the booking has been accepted then no problem.
No one will refuse payment in January 2017 because the card expires in 30th June 2017. If they say they accept visa I would insist that they do.

By the way did you mean $5000 for ten days in Berlin. You should be able to get very good hotel for a lot less than that.

Try looking on websites such as expedia or even the hotel links on the Finnair site.

 

[travelislife]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

IC on Berlin was amazing for about $130 a night.

 

[JohnK]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

Macgret? If you don't know then no need to worry....

 

[travelislife]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

Also be careful using a debit card at hotels. On check in they will put a hold on funds for security deposit. Much better using a credit card as those funds sometimes aren't released for a week or so.

 

[barbra]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

The six months is only the hotel policy when they accept bookings.
If the booking has been accepted then no problem.
No one will refuse payment in January 2017 because the card expires in 30th June 2017. If they say they accept visa I would insist that they do.

By the way did you mean $5000 for ten days in Berlin. You should be able to get very good hotel for a lot less than that.

Try looking on websites such as expedia or even the hotel links on the Finnair site.

Thank you so much great info.

Yes it cost almsot 6,000 aussie dollars. It's an apartment with 2 separated rooms a apartment hotel. High season makes things cost more. 2x rooms makes it twice the price unless i was to choose just 1x apartment room its less. Yes 10 10 days because each day works out to be some what around 230.00 dollars or something not sure but yes the first time im paying something high price. its in the centre of the city with views. And i booked it on booking which means i dont pay that much today but to pay when i get to the hotel. So this means i still had to add in my visa debit card in order to reserve the 2x rooms apartment. Don't ask why we need 2 rooms

I had to get the 2x room apartment so i tried ways to get it cheaper but works out the same way and ive chooses to pay later which means i can also guarrantee to cancel it anytime till leading to the trip in case something was to change along the way.

Yes they do accept visa mastercard and debit card. (not keycards obviously) and they accept cash. Using any cards means i have to pay a fee unless booking .com already made the fee up for me in the subtotal price of the apartment im going to stay because it indicated something called VAT% so on... sounds like some kind of city fees or some sort. Which is included in the price. I think that's how it works.

Last time i stayed in the same hotel at the end i had to also pay a unexpected fee vat of some what over 100 dollars because i was staying in that hotel for 7 nights. It was some rules of the hotel City fee whatever that suppose to mean. So not sure if i be paying that as well or that the booking on booking .com shows me the subtotal and nothing else to pay.!

The 2x rooms apartment wasnt aailable on diferent sites i found when i scan it with skyscanner. But it only found available for the day im traveling with booking .com



EDIT: just went to my booking .com log in and in the hotel price for this indicates the following:
[TABLE="class: price_breakdown hide_price_value clarify-the-price big-price"]
[TR="class: charge extracharges included rooms"]
[TH="class: key"]1 room[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: charge extracharges included vat"]
[TH="class: key, colspan: 2"]7 % VAT[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: charge extracharges included city_tax"]
[TH="class: key, colspan: 2"]5 % City tax

the 1 room just means 2xbedrooms in a 1 apartment.[/TH]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

€ 3,987.90

So because the hotel has this thing at the check out must pay some city tax or something like the unexpected thing that happen to me as he shows me on fine note on paper the new rules as of such and such about this. So i dont no exactly if all this is in the Subtotal price i still have to pay more of the unexpected city tax at the check out ?

I think i would pay the full booking of the hotel on the day i get there without the wait until i check out just in case i end up spending it or gamble it on something.

Also because it includes breakfast buffet 30.00 each person 2x of us they have fantastic big breakfast in a restaurant downstairs. so 30.00 aussie dollars per mornings for 10 days. Each person.

below it indicates: Please note that for security purposes, guests are required to present the credit card used for reservation when checking in.

 

[barbra]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

Also be careful using a debit card at hotels. On check in they will put a hold on funds for security deposit. Much better using a credit card as those funds sometimes aren't released for a week or so.

Thanks travelislife
Much appreciated that.

I be using the same visa debit card as to what ive done on booking .com because i must re-present the same visa debit card that i reserve the room with online and into person. From there from what i remember last time i stay was that they told me. Would you prefer to pay with this card now or cash on hand. So that gave me options to how to pay.


Yes using any sort of credit cards if its mastercard. Visa card or any american or dine club cards of all itnernational credit cards. They all get charge on top of what you paid. For using the card to pay for the hotel. So for me i don't exactly no if i must pay fees or it already is in the included total subtotal price as shown obove this messages.

On booking of my preseve room indicates the following:

You'll pay in the local currency € 3,987.90
The displayed amount (in AUD) is indicative and based on the exchange rate at the time of booking.



[TABLE="class: price_breakdown hide_price_value clarify-the-price big-price"]
[TR="class: charge extracharges included rooms"]
[TH="class: key"]1 room [/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: charge extracharges included vat"]
[TH="class: key, colspan: 2"]7 % VAT[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: charge extracharges included city_tax"]
[TH="class: key, colspan: 2"]5 % City tax[/TH]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]


Those 3 things has a green tick on the side.

and at the moment indicates on my booking :

Prepayment:

• No deposit will be charged.

So at this stage i have nothing in the bank. But as time goes by i am adding funds into my bank because i obviously need to save up for the hotel and other things along the way leading to my holidays. So 9 months to save up now and until december. Plenty of time now but i must save up now and not later. As this is the msot expensive paid on a hotel for just 2 people on a 2 separated bedrooms in a 1 apartment. It is a high season as well. Also because its a much bigger sizes compare to the other rooms with the 1 bedroom apartment. There for the breakfast is also included which adds up aproximate 30.00 aussie dollars per person for each person for 10 days each morning in subtotal cost included.

Now i need to figuire out will i need to pay extra fees or tax or city tax or something.

Last time i stay this hotel i booked directly by them over the phone. It was paid in advance. But still ahd to re-present my visa debit card to show proof of the same card i told them over the phone. But it was already paid. By the time i check out of the hotel days later a suprise happen and i was ask to pay the fee or city tax i think city tax which ended up something 100 dollars or something not sure now... They show me a print out of the dates added with the price.. I have no idea what sort of stuff this is. But now im wondering if in berlin when i get there this will also happen again or that this subtotal COST that is showing me on booking .com is already in the price as subtotal. Unless it is not. So im confused to know really.

 

[barbra]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

I found that receipt last time is tayed there where i was suprised i had to pay this thing call city tax berlin and didn't new i had to pay 63,90 euros for 7 nights
Its call City tax berlin then on the VAT: 7.00% and Price/Unit: 7,00 total charge: 7,10Euros

Down below the page subtotal 63,90 euros

So thats what i had to pay and didn't new nothing about it. And they told me its a new introduction that people must pay from now on at the hotel here.


So i wonder if i be paying that on check out as well or not.



Just if your curious enough below this receipt indicates the following since i kept it on my last trip i stayed in berlin:

VAT CODE....... TOTAL EX VAT EUR: ... VAT EUR:..................... TOTAL Incl VAT EUR:
19.00%.....................0,00......................0,00........................ 0,00
7.00%...................... 59,72.................. 4,18........................ 63,90
0,00%.................... 0,00................... 0,00.......................... 0,00

So thats the chart of what it says below the receipt of the hotel invoice.

I don't fully understand any of that but sure i was alittle mad for not knowing i had to pay 63,90 euros on the day i checked out of the unexpected.

So wondering as i said again does my booking of the hotel is subtotal included or not. Otherwise they might charge me for this city tax as well without me knowing it. Or paid in subtotal cost not sure.

take care

 

[Mattg]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

What you were charged is correct for Berlin. You have to pay a 7% VAT (value added tax - same as GST) and a city tax that goes to the local Berlin government. Some hotels include this in the price, others not - it will usually say if it doesn't in the fine print when you book.

 

[travelislife]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

Sorry I struggled to make sense of that, but it does seem crazy expensive still. On AirBnB for 10 nights in Berlin you could easily pick up a 2 bed apartment for 1500 Euro (or maybe even less!).

I was talking about the hotel charges. I was talking about the security hold. They don't take the funds but hold them so you don't have access. If you are using a debit card that means you won't have access to that cash which could be quite a large amount for a 10 day stay.

 

[Pushka]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

Sorry I struggled to make sense of that, but it does seem crazy expensive still. On AirBnB for 10 nights in Berlin you could easily pick up a 2 bed apartment for 1500 Euro (or maybe even less!).

I was talking about the hotel charges. I was talking about the security hold. They don't take the funds but hold them so you don't have access. If you are using a debit card that means you won't have access to that cash which could be quite a large amount for a 10 day stay.

Yes. Thats why you use a credit card not a debit card so it doesn't ransom your actual cash for a few days.

AirBnb is cheap and isn't an Hotel.

 

[barbra]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

What you were charged is correct for Berlin. You have to pay a 7% VAT (value added tax - same as GST) and a city tax that goes to the local Berlin government. Some hotels include this in the price, others not - it will usually say if it doesn't in the fine print when you book.

Yes it is quite expensive by all means. But it works out (per night cost(s)

It is a apartment hotel. Usually a 1 bedroom apartment there cost me 2,400.00$ just for 7 nights only. It comes with a kitchen and balcony and 1 separated bedroom 2 televisions. Bathroom
Having a 2x room in a 1 bedroom apartment and going on a (higher season) more or less it adds up almost like paying 2 x of that.
No idea why it is expensive but it cuts down as to some what around the 240.00 per night price kind of thing. But that's because ive accepted breakfast included yes expensive at 30.00 each per person per mornings.

So 10 days in the hotel cost the stuff ie mention before plus it has breakfast included for each of us each 30.00 dollars for 10 days all in the Subtotal cost of that price. Along with that so what GST sort of to speak....... Very expensive

 

[barbra]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

Sorry I struggled to make sense of that, but it does seem crazy expensive still. On AirBnB for 10 nights in Berlin you could easily pick up a 2 bed apartment for 1500 Euro (or maybe even less!).

I was talking about the hotel charges. I was talking about the security hold. They don't take the funds but hold them so you don't have access. If you are using a debit card that means you won't have access to that cash which could be quite a large amount for a 10 day stay.

Your not wrong it does cost alot. It is in the centre of the city of everything. Its apartment hotel and not just staying in a room with the kitchen right next to the bed. This is a proper apartment hotel separated rooms. This is a 2x
rooms separated in a 1 apartment with a full working kitchen. each rooms has its own television and another in the living room next to the kitchen. It comes with balcony and 2 bathrooms one has the washing machine in it and the other doesn't comes with showers on each. So yes expensive.. But not need to worry as they are not even taking my money what so ever until close to or getting there on the actual date.

I am saving money at the moment 0cents its what i have. Booking indicates they will not charge my card at all Until i get there. But they needed my card numbers ONLY to reserve and hold my room for that date but no charges will be laid. I hope its what im understanding.

It be nice to find it cheaper yes... but it seems so expensive in berlin some what.
Im very picky when it comes how i want and where the hotel. I like things like all rooms with a window and a view. I expect good bathroom/shower and at least a washing machine inside the bathroom. A full working kitchen with its utilities But obviously doesnt come with an oven but yes a microwave....... TVs to watch television and balcony for sure. So i can be picky and alocated and this hotel is very much close to everything one would consider.

Not sure why it cost so much. The actual hotel has studio rooms/1 room style/ 1 apartment room style/2 rooms in a 1 apartment style.. Of course it looks much cheaper for the studio rooms and the 1 room styles as in ktichen next to the bed. Expensive comes the highest to the 2 room 1 apartment style. The studio rooms and all those cost much little at a decent price. Not sure why the 2 room 1 apartment cost almost 6,000 dollars

I see it the most expensive i came across. But maybe because it is also included the so what GST berlin tax thing as well included in the price the 30.00 dollars per person per mornings for the full breakfast buffet for 10 days.

Yes the room may cost less if i stay less then 10 days.

I dont think they will take my money away just yet. Booking indicated choose to pay later u paying higher price (i personally not sure why) but the hotel will not charge my card until i get there only. Its the one i choosed (pay later) rather then pay now. The pay now the price was cheaper some what while the pay later the price was higher. I have no idea the meaning of that on booking .com

But since there is 9 months or there about i dont need to worry as i will save up at least 500.00 dollars every 2 weeks from the pension. Leading to the way i still ahe more months later to save up on expenses for buying things in berlin and groccery as well. So ive been using the card and i can still use it to pay things and the hotel thing was reserved on the day of my airline bookings. But still can add money and buy things. The hotel wont hold hidden of the hotel price invisibly. But they will charge it when i get there i wish to pay when i get there or pay on check out.

Not sure if i should pay on arrival so that i dont accidentally touch that almost 6.000 dollars on clothes. Or pay later . Not sure.

 

[barbra]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

Yes. Thats why you use a credit card not a debit card so it doesn't ransom your actual cash for a few days.

AirBnb is cheap and isn't an Hotel.

I choosed the option for (pay later) on booking but to choose this the price seem more higher like maybe 1.000 dollars more then if i was to choose PAY NOW and it be less then 1.000 dollars sort of to speak.
I choosed PAY LATER option but i still had to include my card numbers on it ONLY as they want it to only reserve the room so this isn't a lie or a get away sort of to speak obviously. Also the freedom that it aloud me full cancellation refund back anytime until close to date.

I want to know if all the VAT% and so on is included in that total subtotal price or not or am i suppose to pay VAT city tax thing on top of that as well. I don't no just hope the hotel doesn't confuse me thats for sure.
But same time it seems as the VAT% and CITY TAX is included alll in the Subtotal price., But i want to be 100% sure as i have no idea.

 

[levelnine]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

This thread is amazing.

Please continue barbra.

 

[travelislife]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

Yes. Thats why you use a credit card not a debit card so it doesn't ransom your actual cash for a few days.

AirBnb is cheap and isn't an Hotel.

AirBnB isn't always cheap but the value you get for your money when staying 4+ nights is nearly always way better for a hotel.

The requirements Barbra has set out for her accommodation sounds perfect for AirBnB over a 'apartment hotel'. Would most likely even get an oven too!

Also don't know why you would pay more for the buffet breakfast when you already have a full kitchen.

Barbra it will be much easier to respond to your 'questions' if you keep them more succinct.

 

[travelislife]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

The city tax is generally charged in check out (I.e not included in the rate). This was definitely the case when we stayed at the IC in Berlin in January this year.

 

[barbra]

Re: Flight centre vs online FINNAIR booking

The city tax is generally charged in check out (I.e not included in the rate). This was definitely the case when we stayed at the IC in Berlin in January this year.

No worries but on booking .com indicateds green ticks VAT% and all that so im guessing the total cost of the hotel and everything and the breakfast(s) is all added as subtotal cost. I could be wrong but thats what it is showing me when you look at it how much the cost(s) are individually.

Im picky as the hotel i be staying is close to everything centre of the city, Not wanting to stay way far as i won't be driving in berlin thats for sure.