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Saturday, June 16, 2018

5 Reasons to Get the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card - Over Sapphire Reserve and more...

In 2016 Chase introduced the Sapphire Reserve card which was such a hit Chase filed an SEC 8-K advising of materially higher costs from new cardmember acquisition. It's a $450 annual fee card that offers a $300 travel credit, a Global Entry credit, ...

5 Reasons to Get the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card — Over Sapphire Reserve and more...


5 Reasons to Get the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card — Over Sapphire Reserve

In 2016 Chase introduced the Sapphire Reserve card which was such a hit Chase filed an SEC 8-K advising of materially higher costs from new cardmember acquisition. It's a $450 annual fee card that offers a $300 travel credit, a Global Entry credit, provides a Priority Pass for airport lounge access and 3 points per dollar on travel and dining.

That's great but many people are now considering – more than a year later – whether it's worth keeping the card after the excitement has worn off and without the signup bonus.

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What Are the Least Racist Airports to Go Through US Immigration?

There's no question that immigration and customs develops a different culture and reputation at different airports in the U.S. While you'd hope they would apply standards and procedures from their handbook uniformly, there's a difference between de facto practice and de jure rules.

People learn procedures by watching other people, and by discussing how to go about doing their jobs with colleagues. In other words, customs and immigration procedures are carried out by people.

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Report: Sick Passengers Refused Water, Threatened With Arrest During 4 Hour Delay on Singapore Flight

On Friday's Singapore Airlines flight SQ516 from Singapore to Kolkata, India was delayed four hours due to non-working air conditioning onboard. But apparently crew didn't keep passengers informed about what was wrong or what it looked like to fix the aircraft.

There weren't any refreshments served during the delay that stretched as long as the block time for this four-times weekly Airbus A330. Allegedly sick passengers were refused water.

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American Will Pay $45 Million to Settle Claim They Illegally Colluded With Other Airlines

Three years ago the Department of Justice announced that they were investigating the US airlines for unlawful collusion to limit capacity and increase airfares.

DOJ walking away from its case didn't end matters. There's still a private lawsuit. It argues that the major US airlines colluded to restrict capacity through their public statements calling for capacity discipline.

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The Scams People are Running on Uber and Suing Equifax in Small Claims Court for its Data Breach

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

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United CEO Fined $58,625 for Stealing Sand From Public Beach For His Mansion’s Yard

In the days following the David Dao passenger beating incident onboard a United Express plane, the airline's CEO was chided for bicycle riding in front of his $6 million Florida mansion. Now that mansion has him in trouble in a different way.

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