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Why can foreign transaction fees apply here in the USA?

Why can foreign transaction fees apply here in the USA?

by Charlie Leocha | Apr 4, 2025

200 million Americans don’t realize foreign transaction fees can apply without foreign travel US consumers waste millions of dollars each year paying foreign transaction fees on credit cards. In many cases, they don’t even know they’re paying these...
Is a travel rewards credit card right for you? Think carefully.

Is a travel rewards credit card right for you? Think carefully.

by Herb Weisbaum | May 9, 2019

Free travel sounds mighty appealing. So, it’s easy to see why travel rewards cards that offer free airline tickets or hotel rooms are popular. More than one-third of Americans (35 percent) carry a credit card in their wallet that earns travel rewards, according to a...

Credit card fees are coming to the major airlines — Lufthansa succombs in Europe. Can it happen here?

by Charlie Leocha | Aug 11, 2011

Fees to use credit cards in Europe for purchasing airfares are going up and spreading to mainstream airlines. Lufthansa was the latest to announce credit card fees, effective Nov. 1. They join other biggies, British Airlines and Virgin, on the credit-card-fee...

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Accomplishments

These accomplishments have been achieved by working closely with our members, national media, the travel industry, the Department of Transportation (DOT), Congress and many other agencies.

  • – Removal of restaurant fees from DC area eateries — this is an ongoing project
  • – Creation of DOT Dashboard to outline consumer rights after cancellation of a flight
  • – Bi-partisan bill to eliminate hotel resort fees introduced into House of Representatives
  • – Creation of the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections
  • – Advertised airfares now include airfare plus, mandatory taxes and fees
  • – Lost/damaged/delayed luggage compensation limit increased to $3,800
  • – Passengers have 24 hours to change or cancel their nonrefundable tickets without penalty
  • – Once an airfare is purchased, that airfare and ancillary fees cannot be increased
  • – Families flying together act passed by Congress that requires family members 13 years of age and younger to sit with other family members at no additional cost.

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The mission of Travelers United is to identify and promote ways to improve and enhance travel for consumers across all modes of travel. Travelers United is a nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.

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