Faxing Credit Card Authorization?

[wrtiii]

Fax is much less insecure than email. Each email you send goes through many servers on many networks, and you have no way to tell who might be storing or reading them. I would NEVER email someone my credit card info, even as an image. I'm in IT security, by the way.

[booger]

Credit card transactions are protected by the credit card company. The burden is on the establishment to prove that it was legit. If not, the credit card company issues a chargeback to the establishment and the card user is off the hook. American Express is the toughest to do business with and they are the best when it comes to the user. I'm not going to share what I do for a living, however I take 6 digit loses in my business annually and clearly know how this works. The vast majority are fraud..... Organized crime being the biggest culprit.

Feel free to email your credit card info. If you need piece of mind use a different card than you plan to travel with in the rare event your card is compromised.

[dash]

As Booger said. I use CCs for everything and have only had one incident where 700$ cash advance was drawn in Vegas while I was in Germany. One phone call all fixed. I have called in, faxed and emailed my CC info often. Never a problem.

[Mike_D]

As an alternative to sending credit card info, you might want to see if the hotel will accept a check. I have done business with a particular West End hotel that accepted a check as a deposit. In exchange, I was given a discounted rate since they did not have to endure any credit card processing fees. This particular business had a US mailing address (the owner lived in the States part of the year), so mailing a check was relatively cheap and easy.