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LIE

When it comes to getting financial advice, the truth can be such a relative thing. How to spot the lies financial advisors tells you.

The lies your financial advisor tells you (and how to spot them)

February 1, 2024June 12, 2017 by Christopher Elliott

When it comes to getting advice — especially financial advice — truth can be such a relative thing.

Categories Commentary

The truth about airline lies (can you handle it?)

February 5, 2024September 5, 2015 by Christopher Elliott

The busiest summer for air travel is almost over. But for many passengers, this flying season was the lyin’ season.

Categories Commentary
Continental Airlines made her a promise: The frequent flier miles she'd earned from her business travel wouldn't expire.

The rise of the insincere travel offer – and what to do about it

January 29, 2024October 4, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

Continental Airlines made her a promise: The frequent flier miles she’d earned from her business travel wouldn’t expire.

Categories Commentary
Travel companies lie to you all the time. Why can't you lie right back? That's the provocative question raised by the Transparent Airfares.

If they lie to us, why can’t we lie back?

January 26, 2024May 10, 2014 by Christopher Elliott

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Categories Commentary
It offers several other options, including small-claims court or a credit-card dispute, as possible alternatives.

3 sweet lies you should thank a company for

January 26, 2024December 4, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

As far as rejection letters go, the one I almost never use is unfailingly polite.

Categories Problem Solved
It's more than a decade years since the airline industry, led by a then-ailing American Airlines, quietly stripped the ability to check your first bag at no extra cost from the price of an airline ticket — an act given the antiseptic name "unbundling."

The travel industry is lying about fees — and now it’s gone too far

March 17, 2024September 28, 2013 by Christopher Elliott

It’s more than a decade since the airline industry, led by a then-ailing American Airlines, quietly stripped the ability to check your first bag at no extra cost from the price of an airline ticket — an act given the antiseptic name “unbundling.”

Categories Commentary, On Travel
If you've ever fudged a few facts to get a hotel discount, you're not alone. Almost 3 in 10 hotel guests admit they stretched the truth.

Liar, liar! 28 percent of hotel guests admit they stretched the truth for a discount

April 26, 2025February 12, 2011 by Christopher Elliott

If you’ve ever fudged a few facts to get a hotel discount, you’re not alone. Almost 3 in 10 hotel guests admit they stretched the truth to save a few bucks, according to a new survey.

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