I’ve been back in NZ for at least a full day now, and am awake at 5:30am due to acts of storm, which includes a whole lot of rain & some thunderclaps loud enough to rattle the house. (One of them was strong enough that the floor shook)

Part of today’s plans need to be The Unpacking Of The Things, so that my suitcase is no longer cluttering up the lounge, and the rest of my clothing from the trip makes it to the laundry hamper.

Turns out I hilariously over-estimated my spending money for the trip, as I have half the cash & a third of the debit card balance remaining.
~ shrug ~
It’s not like it goes stale or anything, so provided I keep it all safe, and use the debit card occasionally so as not to trigger the not used within twelve months charges, it’ll still be there for Gen Con 2015.

On the money front I do need to check with my bank on Monday, to make sure that those JW Marriott charges get reversed. I get that it can take some time, and I don’t think that the hotel would try to get paid twice, but this situation happened because they didn’t explain things properly, and didn’t know the full consequences of their own systems, so it bears keeping an eye on.
Worst case, I have around a month to challenge the charge, and I have the bill from them to prove I paid in full.
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OK, so the JW reversed the charges without a problem, but there are two other charges of a non-specific nature on there, which look distinctly like they’re applied by the credit card company.
~ sigh ~
Well, that’s a thing to do on Monday, isn’t it?