Airbnb requires my credit-card transaction history?

Question

https://twitter.com/planmoretrips/status/1603738966271860736I ran into this myself (literally could not check out with my credit card without agreeing to those terms) and opted to paypal instead. Anybody at airbnb/plaid know if this is any less awful than it seems?

ausudhz · Accepted Answer

Use hotels. Airbnb has been comparable to hotels in the area, without extra services, no loyalty points, no daily cleaning (in many cases) and no added value at all.At least before you'd pay significantly less than an hotel. Now hotels are more convenient especially if you're member and you get it with a discount

therockspush · Answer

airbnb seems to find new ways to burn any goodwill they had.
I've heard about more friends getting scammed and having their reviews deleted, and dragged out refunds if they happen at all.
Almost all of them ended up with chargebacks on their credit card, and then airbnb bans them.
I wonder if they're looking for a history of that, and just hoping people don't care about what info they're giving away.

lfodofod · Answer

Airbnb does this because fraudsters use it to cash out large amounts of money from stolen credit cards, they&rsquo;re a lucrative target.

type0 · Answer

Maybe they are trying to combat money laundering, if they are it's a very severe case of "You are doing it wrong!" syndrome

Airbnb requires my credit-card transaction history?

https://twitter.com/planmoretrips/status/1603738966271860736
I ran into this myself (literally could not check out with my credit card without agreeing to those terms) and opted to paypal instead. Anybody at airbnb/plaid know if this is any less awful than it seems?

Airbnb does this because fraudsters use it to cash out large amounts of money from stolen credit cards, they’re a lucrative target.

Maybe they are trying to combat money laundering, if they are it's a very severe case of "You are doing it wrong!" syndrome