Bonus! This Best Western Plus case just got solved by you
Western Plus. Cindy Iverson’s Valentine’s Day weekend was ruined and she needed a little help salvaging it.
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Are credit cards with “no” foreign transaction fees still scammy?
If you’re a credit-card skeptic like I am, then maybe you’ve enjoyed your front row seat to the rise and apparent fall of foreign transaction fees
AirTran declined my credit card and now I have to buy a new ticket
Gary Murray’s credit card is declined when he buys an AirTran ticket, but he doesn’t find out until he gets to the gate.
Don’t be a chip-and-pinhead!
If you happen to drive down the Brenner Autobahn between Austria and Italy this summer, keep a little cash on hand to pay the toll.
Are e-checks a safe way to pay for travel?
As she paged through Viking River Cruises’ glossy brochure one recent afternoon, Diane Moskal noticed a new way to save money: If she booked the Waterways of the Tsars itinerary sailing from Moscow to St. Petersburg with something called an e-check, the cruise line promised to knock $100 off the fare.
Keep us posted on that refund
American European Travel’s nine-day ancient Turkey tour looked like the perfect birthday gift for David Olson’s wife, Barbara. With stops in Istanbul, Ephesus and Pamukkale, it fulfilled a lifelong dream of visiting the old Ottoman Empire.
When your credit card gets compromised at a hotel
A day after Sheilah Reardon checked into the Bellagio Las Vegas, she received an e-mail alert from American Express warning that her credit card had been compromised. Among the fraudulent charges: a $67 bill from an online memorabilia store.
The one thing every good customer forgets? You’ll never guess
You’re a smart consumer. Otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this.