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Domestic biggies American, Delta and United and budget airlines Spirit and Frontier have been pocketing billions of dollars in so-called “junk fees” by charging extra for customers extra to select a seat or to carry on bags, according to a just-published Senate subcommittee report.
Flight delays and cancellations, rescheduled, getting bounced for a premier frequent flyer or even off-duty airline crew, lost baggage. Unless you are truly lucky, you will fly into one of these frustrating experiences, especially at peak travel times such as the holiday season. If you are offered an airline voucher for your trouble, read the
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Scam alert: Dynamic Currency Conversion. It’s the newest twist on foreign transaction fees, and the newest way way to rip you off when you travel. If an overseas trip on your summer getaway horizon it’s worth knowing, or being reminded of, the best ways to avoid, or at least minimize, foreign transaction fees when you
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Those tiny bottles of booze are big profits for airlines, which are raking in the dough from selling those single-serve bottles of liquor and wine during flights. Profits from in-flight sales of booze was more than $43 million in a four month period in 2014. That’s not nearly as much as they earned from
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