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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…
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Whole Foods Has Been Overcharging Customers
Did you use that Amex Offer for $10 off a $75 purchase at Whole Foods a while back? If so, then the discount might have made up for the overcharge. If you purchased a container of coconut shrimp, then even the discount wouldn’t have made up the $14.84 overcharge. The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs is…
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Long Island to Iceland? Wow Could Come to MacArthur Airport
Officials at Long Island’s MacArthur Airport are hoping to bring in budget airline Wow Air, which operates out of Reykjavik, Iceland, to the Islip Town-owned facility, according to Airport Commissioner Robert Schaefer. It’s about five-and-a-half hours by air from Islip to Iceland so the move makes sense. The idea is that travelers could fly between Long Island…
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Americans Prefer Credit Cards to Cash, But Not For the Rewards
If you’re reading this blog, then most of you get a new credit card to take advantage of the sign up bonus, cash back or points and miles. Most likely, you also use your credit cards in a way that maximizes your cashback/points/miles. But that’s not the case for most Americans. The reason Americans love their credit cards…
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United to End Service to JFK Airport
United Airlines has announced that it will end service to New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport in October of this year. To make up for the change, and to still serve the tri-state area, United will add flights to destinations from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), in New Jersey. The Newark airport is about…
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Visa Gift Cards Scams – Be Alert
We all handle a lot of gift cards and we sometimes hear about stories where people try to use a gift card and find out that the balance is $0.00 instead of $200 or $500. We’ve covered such stories in the past but it looks like there’s new scams that are surfacing. Cashiers pocketing gift cards…
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Phoenix Best City For Retirees, NYC Second Worst
If you’re retired, or planning to retire soon, then you should check out Arizona. The Phoenix metro area came out on top in a ranking of the best cities for retirement in the United States, mainly due to its high well-being score and weather. The five worst places for retirement are Little Rock, New York City, New…
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Unloading GCs at Walmart to Become More Pleasant
There is no new memos or policy changes, let’s get that out of the way. Wal-Mart Stores Inc gave some raises recently and now they have relaxed the dress code and are raising the temperature at its stores as part of an effort to improve working conditions at its 4,555 U.S. locations. So you might…
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Amex MR Points Devaluation, 250 = 200 British Airways Avios
Starting October 1st, your American Express Memebership Rewards will be less valuable when transferring to British Airways and Iberia. In fact they will be 20% less valuable. Instead on the current 1,000 Membership Rewards = 1,000 British Airways / Iberia Avios, the new rate will be 250 Membership Rewards = 200 British Airways / Iberia Avios.
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FIFA Officials Stacking Up Amex MR Points
You may have heard about the FIFA corruption scandal in the last few days. Before all this started, Chuck Blazer pleaded guilty in 2013 after a 10-count charge that included racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering and income tax evasion. From April 1990 until December 2011, Mr. Blazer served as general secretary, or second in command, of the soccer…
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PayPal to Pay $25M in Refunds & Fines to Settle Allegations
PayPal will have to pay $25 million to settle allegations it illegally signed up tens of thousands of customers for unwanted credit, U.S. regulators said. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said that PayPal advertised benefits of its PayPal Credit online credit product that it failed to honor, signed up customers for the credit without their…
