Securing credit cards when you travel, as well as debit cards. The experts I spoke with don’t always agree on the perfect solution — banks vary wildly in their fraud response, and technology that protects you in one scenario can create vulnerabilities in another. But...
Eric Finkel thought he’d dodged a bullet on a recent visit to Vietnam. His hotel “accidentally” charged his credit card $1,500 instead of the correct amount of $66. The staff immediately cancelled the erroneous charge right in front of him. Problem solved, right?...
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...
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...
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...
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.
