As we’ve reported numerous times during the last year, many banks have been planning to fight new financial regulations and swipe fee reforms by tacking on a host of new fees for everything from getting a paper statement to talking to a human being at the bank to closing an account. Now our corporate cousins at Consumer Reports want to hear from you about which ones have been creeping their way into your bank statements. [More]
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Spirit Airlines To Charge $5 To Print Your Boarding Pass For You
By 6.21.11
Bottom-dollar carrier Spirit Airlines is trying very hard to become the Ryanair of the U.S., announcing that it will soon begin charging travelers $5 to have a boarding pass printed by a Spirit staffer at the airport. [More]
Delta Discontinues Discount For Paying Bag Fees Online
By 6.2.11
Since Delta began charging fees for checked bags — $25 for the initial piece on domestic flights; $35 for a second — the airline has been offering $2-3 discounts to travelers who prepaid those fees online instead of at the airport. Not anymore. [More]
Bank Of America To Charge Fee To Some For Making Mortgage Payment Within Grace Period
By 1.19.11
Bank of America is making an 11th-hour push for inclusion in the upcoming Worst Company In America tournament. Starting in February, folks with BofA mortgages who don’t have BofA bank accounts will see their current 15-day grace period for making payments cut by 40%. [More]
Cleveland Looking Into $5 Pedestrian Fee At Browns Tailgating Lot
By 10.6.10
Yesterday, we brought you the story of Cleveland Browns fans being charged a $5 pedestrian fee just for walking into a parking lot used for pre-game tailgating. Unfortunately for the company that owns and operates that lot, one of the pedestrians they hit up for the fee also happens to be a city council member. [More]
