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Possible Price-Gouging By Four U.S. Airlines
It was announced today that four major airlines, Delta, American, Southwest and JetBlue, may have temporarily raised ticket prices to take advantage of the May Amtrak crash that left eight people dead and hundreds injured. The crash caused major service disruptions on the Northeast corridor. This was allegedly seen as an opportunity by the airlines. Consumer complained that the airlines had…
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Get Free Roadside Assistance From Your Credit Card
If you drive a lot and especially in relatively remote areas, then Emergency Roadside Assistance is a service you have or have looked into. Some people pay for such services, either from an auto club or through their car insurance. Geico can offer it for $15 a year. But did you know that you can…
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Citi To Refund $700 million to 8.8 Million Customers
Citigroup will refund $700 million to its customers and will pay $70 million in additional fines for illegal and deceptive credit card practices. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered the one of the largest credit card issuers to pay the amounts for their role in selling “add-on” products to customers, such as credit score monitoring or…
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Discover Removes A Few Card Benefits Starting in August
Discover surely has had a lot of new members recently and maybe the amazing Double Cash Back promotion has forced to look for savings elsewhere. I received the following email today noting that a few card benefits will be discontinued. Effective August 1, 2015 Discover card will discontinue the following benefits: 24/7 Travel Assistance, Baggage…
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How to Increase Your Gas Mileage
There’s tons of tricks to lower the price of gas at the pump. Some of them we have covered here before such as enrolling in rewards programs for your local gas station and even better, using rewards from supermarkets such as Stop & Shop or Kroger. These tricks might get you gas for under $1.00…
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The Henn Na, A Japanese Hotel Staffed With Robots
The Henn na Hotel (Weird Hotel), in Sasebo, Nagasaki, is a one of a kind experience. I haven’t visited myself but it made my “to do” list after reading about it. It is staffed almost entirely by robots. As soon as you enter, you see a grinning velociraptor in a bellhop hat, that takes your…
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Hackers Get A Million United Miles
Whats the quickest way to get a million United miles? Maybe open 20 credit cards? Maybe MS for a while? Or maybe just find some loopholes in United Airlines’ computer systems. Two hackers did the latter, and they were awarded a million miles each. United Airlines has had some troubles recently. Just last week all United flights…
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Amazon’s Prime Day Fails To Impress
I posted about the Amazon Prime Day and I posted some of the deals that I thought were worth it. However i was done pretty quick with just 10 or so items. Out of those, the best ones were gone pretty quick. Soon it became obvious that the “better than Black Friday” comments weren’t entirely true. Social media…
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Amex Launches Amex Express Checkout
American Express introduced today Amex Express Checkout, a fast and secure way to pay at online merchants with no accounts to set up. American Express cardholders can pay at merchants like Burberry, Warby Parker, Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Hulu, Newegg, The Wall Street Journal, Ticketmaster, Avis Car Rental, Cole Haan etc just by using their usernames and passwords…
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United Flights Grounded Due To System Failure For 81 Minutes
UPDATE: As of 9:47 a.m. the ground stop has been lifted for United flights by the FAA. The grounding lasted for an hour and 20 minutes. FAA had announced the grounding at 8:26 a.m. ET. If you have a United flight scheduled today you’re out of luck. All United flights have been grounded nationwide and there’s a massive…
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TripAdvisor Flawed? Fake Restaurant Tops Rankings in Italy
Do you want to have a top ranked restaurant? Apparently all it takes is a few pictures and 10 amazing reviews to make your dream a reality at TripAdvisor. The staff of, Italia a Tavola, a hospitality trade magazine in Italy, created a fake restaurant, “Ristorante Scaletta”, located in Moniga del Garda, in Lombardia, Italy.…
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Major Airlines Under Investigations For Price Fixing
Airfare is undoubted much cheaper when you’re in the points and miles game, but paying full price for a flight is sure to make a dent on most people’s finances. The reason that prices are so high might be that airlines have been working together to keep them high. Four carriers control 85 percent of…
