Merchants will often hold an additional 15-20% to ensure there are enough funds for potential service charges or incidentals.
This can happen and is normal for restaurants and some merchants like gas stations, car rentals, and hotels, where a pre-authorization hold is placed on your card.
This is by no means a charge, however, is standard to ensure you have enough to cover the purchase (plus incidentals where applicable). This typically happens on all credit cards but is more noticeable on SideKick because of our real-time transaction reporting. The amount will ‘settle’ for the expected charge within 3-5 business days.
Please email support@sidekickcard.com or WhatsApp us at 1.800.508.8813 if you would like us to confirm the expected charges.
This can happen and is normal for restaurants and some merchants like gas stations, car rentals, and hotels, where a pre-authorization hold is placed on your card.
This is by no means a charge, however, is standard to ensure you have enough to cover the purchase (plus incidentals where applicable). This typically happens on all credit cards but is more noticeable on SideKick because of our real-time transaction reporting. The amount will ‘settle’ for the expected charge within 3-5 business days.
Please email support@sidekickcard.com or WhatsApp us at 1.800.508.8813 if you would like us to confirm the expected charges.