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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 $67 bill from an online memorabilia store.
The one thing every good customer forgets? You’ll never guess
You’re a smart consumer. Otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this.
5 summer travel scams no one warned you about — but should have
Watch your wallet while you’re on vacation.
Check confusion at Macy’s is driving me #$&!@ mad
David Garcia writes two checks to Macy’s, but they’re deposited in the wrong place. Now it can’t help him fix the problem. How can he fix this problem?
They confiscated 201,780 points — can you help me get them back?
When Chase closes Robert Weisberg’s account and confiscates 201,000 points, he’s told he is out of options. But is he? The Travel Troubleshooter investigates.