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American Airlines To Charge $8 For Blanket And Pillow, If You're Lucky
Starting in May, American Airlines will sell blanket-and-inflatable-pillow packs for $8 each on domestic flights longer than 2 hours. If your flight is under 2 hours and you tend to get cold on a plane, relax: you can't shiver to death in under 2 hours, and by then you'll be at your destination. Or, okay, still on the runway at your departure spot, raiding your carry-on for snacks. You might want to bring a light jacket. More »
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Citibank Postpones New Checking Account Fees For Newer Customers
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo got Citibank to agree not to implement its new monthly fees on formerly free checking accounts, at least for some customers. If you signed up for one of Citibank's EZ Checking or Access Checking accounts between January 1, 2009 and November 5, 2009, the new monthly service charge will be waived until this time next year. If you're one of those customers, there's nothing you have to do--you'll get a notice in the mail from Citibank. More »
Man Jailed For Threatening To Rob BofA After They Robbed Him
An unemployed 40-year old mechanic is in the clink after he threatened to rob Bank of America as revenge for an erroneous service fee. He's in jail on $75,000 bond, which neither he or his 72-year old frequent surgery recipient mother can afford. The man he was arrested after he called a local news channel and told them to show up tomorrow as he was going to rob the bank. It was unclear how he planned on pulling off the heist. Maybe he was going to raise their APR without notice?
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Man Infuriated By Overdraft Fee Jailed After Threatening To Rob Bank [Huffington Post] More »
Protect Yourself From Unexpected Fees At Medical Clinics
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An anonymous reader wrote to us to ask what he should do about unexpected bills from a medical clinic. He chose the clinic precisely because he can't afford hospital bills in the hundreds of dollars, and was led to believe that there'd be no out-of-pocket cost. It turns out there was. More »
Chase Sets Early Payment Trap For Mortgage Customers, Too
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Chase's statement cycle trap isn't just set for credit card customers. Mortgage and loan customers can be charged a fee for paying too early, too. Serves you right for trying to be proactive and plan ahead! Dana says that Chase punished her for setting up her automatic monthly payment to send on the 30th of the month instead of the 1st, and charged her $52.96 for two months' transgressions. More »
EBay Says It Will Remove Listing Fees For Low-Priced Items
EBay needs more people to buy and sell stuff on its site, so it will change its listing fees at the end of March, says Reuters. Once it goes into effect, auction items with a starting price of 99 cents can be listed for free, and eBay will take 9% of the final price or $50, whichever is less. More »
This Mediacom Cable Box Comes With Invisible Roommate Who Keeps Ordering Porn
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Lesley lives alone, and says that despite what any Mediacom CSRs may think, she hasn't been consistently ordering adult movies for the past three months. More »
American Airlines Raises Checked Bag Fees Effective February 1st
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American Airlines announced today that they're raising checked baggage fees by $5, effective February 1st. Your first bag will now cost $25, and your second one will cost $35. If you want to check a third bag, you will have to buy the airplane (cash or certified checks only), and if you want to check a fourth bag, you will have to endure a phone call from AA's CEO Gerard Arpey, where he will cry at you and say he doesn't know how to run a company and he's scared. He only made $8.9 million in total compensation last year, so cut him some slack. More »
AT&T Announces Proposed Settlement Over ETF Class Action Lawsuit
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Chris wrote in to us this afternoon, "I found this gem in my AT&T wireless inbox [today]. I received no notification it was there, just happened to notice that I had a new message from AT&T online." It's an announcement that AT&T Mobility has arranged a proposed settlement over a class-action lawsuit concerning early termination fees. If it's approved, there'll be a settlement fund created from which AT&T customers "may receive monetary or other benefits." More »
Google And T-Mobile Will Charge Up To $550 To Break Your Nexus One Contract
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If you're interested in the new Google/HTC Nexus One smartphone with a T-Mobile contract and can look past the problematic 3G access and buck-passing technical support, that's great. Just, before you go through with the purchase, make sure you really, really like the phone and the service. Because, according to the Android fan site Phandroid, T-Mobile and Google have partnered up to charge you as much as $550 in "equipment recovery" and early termination fees. Update: T-Mobile has confirmed that they will be charging their own ETF on top of Google's fee. More »
Here's A Possible Way To Avoid Citibank's New Account Fees
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Next month, Citibank will implement its new $7.50 fee on what were formerly free checking and savings accounts. The only way to avoid the fee is to keep a total of $1500 minimum in your linked accounts. John wrote in to tell us that when he went to his branch and asked about the new fee, they found a way to get around it. It may not work for anyone else, but it's worth sharing. More »
Delta Hikes Bag Fees: $23 For 1st, $32 for 2nd
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Delta has increased its checked baggage fees, effective today. Your first bag now costs $23 and your second, $32, up from $15 and $25, respectively. More »
Gov To Hit Banks With New Fees
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The White House could be planning to start charging banks new fees as a way to trim the deficit, get paid back for the bailout, and teach bankers a lesson they hasn't sunk in yet. What?! A fee on banks? You're crazy. Only banks are allowed to make up fees. More »
Buying Things In Puerto Rico Is Apparently "International" Commerce
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So, Puerto Rico is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States. Its head of state is Barack Obama. Its currency is the US Dollar. So why is one of Chris Elliott's readers being charged an international transaction fee on her Visa? More »
Why Aren't Cellphones Under Warranty For The Duration Of Your Contract?
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Adam got a bad iPhone that stopped providing some key functions--he can't make calls on it, for example--18 months into ownership. He didn't buy Applecare when he purchased it, which would have covered him during the second year of his contract. But that shouldn't matter, he argues: "[Why isn't it] incumbent upon a device maker to guarantee a product's proper function for--at the very least--the length of the contract required at purchase?" More »
Sprint Imposes $5 Monthly Fee Because You Might Pay Late
If you have a spending limit on your Sprint account because of your credit history, or in order to prevent runaway data bills, as of today you'll have to pay for that privilege. Sprint has imposed a $4.99 per month surcharge on all mobile phone accounts that have spending limits in place. More »
Apartment Complex Says "Use This Cable Company Or Pay Us $40 Per Month"
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The FCC has made it clear that apartment complexes can't force residents to use a specific cable company, but Amy Davis at KPRC in Houston reports that there's a sneaky way to get around this restriction. The residents of one Houston apartment complex don't have to go with the building's chosen provider, but if they opt out they'll have to pay an extra $40 per month for trash and water. More »
Best Buy Bans Visa Contactless Payment Over High Fees
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If you buy something with your Visa card at Best Buy, you'll have to go the old fashioned route, comparatively speaking, and swipe it. Visa demands that contactless payments have to be signed, which is more profitable for Visa but not for Best Buy. Visa refused to change their policy, so Best Buy says it will no longer allow customers to pay that way, reports StorefrontBacktalk. Mastercard doesn't ban PINs on contactless payments and will continue to be an option. More »
Sign The Slip Or Enter Your PIN? The Difference Is Fees
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The NYT has an interesting article about what does on behind the scenes when you make a purchase at a retailer with your VISA debit card. You typically have two choices -- you can enter your PIN or choose to sign. When you sign the retailer has to pay higher fees to VISA. More »
BoA Explains Fees With Pretty Lady On Talking Website
Bank of America launched a new sub-site to help explain their banking penalties to fee-curious customers. I always feel safer when my website talks to me and pretends to be alive so Bank of America has also included "Janet," a walking talking video actor to help guide me through the process. I appreciate that she is wearing no belt. It sends the signal, "hey, we're keeping it cas." More »
