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Commentary
Elliott Advocacy is a nonprofit organization that mediates cases between consumers and businesses. These are commentary articles that detail our efforts and provide educational information for consumers.
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How to win the war on wrinkled clothes
You’d be hard-pressed to find a more frivolous travel topic than wrinkles. But I’m willing to bet that the longer you spend on the road, the less you’re laughing.
The lies your financial advisor tells you (and how to spot them)
When it comes to getting advice — especially financial advice — truth can be such a relative thing.
Don’t send that email until you’ve read this. Seriously, don’t.
Sometimes, the most effective emails are the ones you don’t send at all.
As airlines try to monetize seat assignments, are passengers with disabilities being left behind?
Flying with a disability is never easy, but in the past, airlines have lightened the burden a little by offering passengers such as Scott Nold advance seat assignments.
Avoid visa problems this summer. Here’s how
If you travel abroad this summer, look out for visa trouble.
American Airlines still tops our complaints list, but here comes United
Our May complaint numbers are out and they show a tightening race between American Airlines, which has received them most complaints since we’ve been keeping lists, and United Airlines.
Tech tools can help rental car drivers avoid — and contest — traffic tickets
Who is sending Katherine Johnson’s daughter parking tickets? The Miami Parking Authority’s citations, usually for $42 apiece, have arrived in the mail intermittently since 2014 for violations that allegedly occurred in Miami, where her daughter attends college.
Will the rash of recent viral videos have a lasting impact on airline regulation?
It didn’t take the latest string of viral videos to convince Cynthia O’Leary. There was no need to see the near-riot at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport or the passengers brawling on a flight at Burbank Bob Hope Airport.