Jorge booked a nonrefundable room at the Hampton Inn & Suites Reagan National Airport through Orbitz and then canceled the trip.

No credit for your nonrefundable hotel room

True, Jorge Sanchez-Salazar booked a nonrefundable room at the Hampton Inn & Suites Reagan National Airport through Orbitz. And it’s true, too, that he canceled the trip, and that under the rules, the hotel could keep his money — all of it.