May I alert you to a personal credit card fraud and how it may affect you? While recently in Orlando, Florida my credit card was used at several restaurants. Upon returning home and checking my credit card activity with my bank I found a very high and mysterious charge that I never made. This morning there appeared another very high charge once again. In working with the credit card company and then Expedia travel I was able to get a name of the individual using the card number. I immediately cancelled the credit card and had a new one issued. The disturbing part in all of this was the lack of immediate concern on the part of either the credit card company or the travel company to take any immediate action against the perpetrator. Only the hotel desk manager at the very expensive Orlando hotel where the fraud perpetrator was staying indicated that he would try to find out what this guest was up to. The desk manager stated that when accomodations are booked and paid for through an online travel company they are not required to take a credit card imprint when the guest registers. Calling Expedia I was informed that anyone can book travel with them as long as the credit card numbers are good for a valid card. The person booking does not have to give anything but his own name (which could be ficticious) and all of the particulars on the card. I questioned this policy but was told that this is the way it is since often parents or grandparents authorize their children to use their card to book travel or vacations. So my friends, if you book anything with one of these online travel agencies keep a close eye on your credit card account. In this instance it was Expedia.com but the same might hold true with the others like Travelocity or Orbitz. Billy