Priceline.com charged my credit card without permission twice for the same hotel, same date. Norwalk Connecticut

I was checking hotel prices on priceline and they charged my credit card without my consent or permission, using credit card information that they had stored from a transaction 6 months ago. I never logged into priceline, checked the "initial" boxes, or hit any "buy" button.

I only found out that I had been charged for a hotel room (on my wifes credit card which I didn't have) when I checked my email. Then two days later my wife was searching for a hotel on priceline(not knowing that we had already been charged for one) when the same thing happened again to her. Now we are being charged for two rooms on the same date at the same hotel that we never wanted to reserve! Neither time did we log into priceline, Neither time did we check any initial boxes, neither time did we hit any "buy" button. .

My previous experiences with priceline have been good, so I am very disturbed at this fraud. My wife is crying and her 50th birthday is ruined!

We have reported our credit card as stolen, and we have reported this fraud to the police. Any suggestions for the Next step? I think that the FTC needs to shut down this fraud of a company. Anyone considering a class action suit please contact us.

Mark
Austin, Texas
U.S.A.