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In this issue. How to avoid a hotel billing error. Plus, the government cracks down on lying airlines and luggage fees failures.
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• Folio failure: 5 insider strategies for avoiding a hotel billing error
• “You might think that this request is a bit bold”
• Tough talkin’ Transportation Department slaps United with $75,000 fine
• Luggage fee fail! Codeshare screw-up results in accidental overcharge
• Double trouble with my hotel points
• All we’re really asking for are fair fares
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