Carnival of Debt Reduction, Thanksgiving Week Edition

This Thursday is Thanksgiving in the United States. If you’re traveling, please do so safely ... with a quickie on how not to abuse your credit cards. Destroy Debt lists over six dozen ways ... have to use your credit card for things. Debt Free Destiny asks how freely your cash is flowing. Credit Card [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 07:42:18

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Cash in those bank rewards travel points!

Kudos to the Wall Street Journal for pointing out yesterday an important side effect of the financial problems of Citigroup and other banks: Credit-card rewards programs are vanishing, especially for travel. On March 1, Citibank will make a key change to its ThankYou Rewards program for its credit-card holders. You'll have to spend [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:57:23

10 Tips to Keep Identity Theft from Ruining Holiday Travel Plans

From Brian Lapidus, Chief Operating Officer for Kroll Fraud Solutions Attention Holiday Travelers: ... the house key. Don’t leave out tax returns, credit card statements, utility bills and the like. It’ ... with identifiable bank or credit card information. Not even your online personal bill-paying [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 06:24:11

Two Slideshows We'd Watch Again And Baggage Fee Shenanigans

With so much travel news flying around, we don't always have time to give every story big play. Here's more of the day's news, in brief ... . · Everyone Absolutely Loves This Video of Tokyo WorldHum · Monocle Magazine's Travel Top 50: Put your credit card in a glass of water and lock it in the freezer before watching this 10-minute [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:00:48

Travel Tips From A Japanese Travel Agent

This is a fantastic email forward that’s going around that was written by an American citizen that lives in Japan: ... a credit card, in order to make them spend more money. We suggest politely declining offers of credit ... store, they will ask you if you want to open a credit card account. They are *not* asking whether [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:16:14

Charge this: 7 tips for a successful credit card dispute

August 16, 2009 When Carla DeLuca canceled her room at the W Hotel Union Square in New York a week before her arrival, the hotel decided to ding her for a night’s stay anyway.Despite assurances from several W employees that the erroneous charge would be reversed, DeLuca, who owns a marketing company in San Francisco, was asked to pay an extra $330 on her next American Express bill.So DeLuca did what increasing numbers of travelers are doing: she filed a dispute with her charge card company. [more...]

Date: 2009-08-16 10:00:43

Expensify: A new take on expense reporting

Business travel seems to be one enormous headache, with the long security lines, the new fees for luggage, ... your credit card information. They send you a brand new Visa debit card, which you then use ... . I do have to consolidate expenses to invoice my clients, however, which accounts for more than half of my travel. Over [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 11:30:59

Dividend Paying Stocks from The S & P, Volatile Stock Market: The Roundup

School is back in full swing and a new writing gig is keeping me pretty busy. But I managed to squeeze in some financial reading (and extra writing) ... about her credit card accounts. Intelligent Speculator: What are leveraged ETFs? The intelligent speculator ... ? The Smarter Wallet offers traveling tips for the early bird traveler. We should be [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 22:37:41

Free Money

Every Friday, it’s time for Free Money here at My Dollar Plan! ... Gift Cards from MyPoints Earn Cash Back with Big Crumbs Cashbaq $5 Signup Bonus Credit Card Bonuses ... Transfer Credit Card Offers The Best Airline Rewards Credit Cards Best Travel & Hotel Rewards [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 14:29:46

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