Avoid visa problems this summer. Here’s how
If you travel abroad this summer, look out for visa trouble.
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.
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.
You’ve been warned! Don’t fall for these scams this summer
It happened to Shirley Kroot on a recent visit to Paris: the classic summer vacation scam.
EU’s new rental car rules could be signpost for US
If you rent a car in Europe this summer, you might notice a few changes. Pay attention to them. They could be coming to America soon.
Leave this at home when you go shopping (or you’ll regret it)
What should you leave at home when you go shopping this summer? Jennifer Boaro prefers this strategy: Put your credit cards into a cup of water. Then store it in the freezer.
What to drive this summer
It isn’t too soon to think about what you’ll be driving this summer. For Alan Monaco, that’s an easy decision: He and his wife, Stephanie, will take their GMC Yukon Denali to the Jersey Shore.
Whose armrest is it, anyway? The unspoken etiquette of airline seats
Jacy Reese was just being polite when he offered to switch airline seats with a mother and her young son on a recent flight from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Toronto. But as the old saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished.
Take this shopping: Proven strategies for spending less during sale season
Cindy Mesaros has the perfect antidote to compulsive shopping.