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Balazs’ Citi Bike blunder costs him $400

From left: Citi Bike station and hotelier Andre Balazs
From left: Citi Bike station and hotelier Andre Balazs

A bit of user error has racked up quite a bill for Andre Balazs, the hotelier powerhouse behind the Mercer and Standard hotels.

Balazs, who signed up for Citi Bike using his credit card, took his bike for a spin around the city and to the office for several days, thinking he had a full week’s worth of access to the healthy new program. A kind person at his office, however, finally asked him what the heck he was doing.

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“I thought the bike was mine for six days,” Balazs told the New York Post, not realizing he had signed up for a week’s worth of access. “They said, ‘You idiot, you’re running up a huge bill.'”

Right they were, as Balazs wound up with a $400 tab. [NYP] — Julie Strickland

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