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Citibank Tells IRS That Your Frequent-Flier Miles Are Taxable Income

January 29, 2012
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Citibank Tells IRS That Your Frequent-Flier Miles Are Taxable Income

Frequent-flier miles clearly have value–why else would people want them? But do they also represent taxable income? Citibank seems to think so. It’s sending tax forms to people who received thousands of miles as a reward for opening a checking or savings account. Those forms value each mile at about 2.5 cents and list...

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New Full-Disclosure Air Ticket Rules Go Into Effect

January 26, 2012
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New Full-Disclosure Air Ticket Rules Go Into Effect

What you see is what you get. And, What you get is what you see. As of today, new rules go into effect which require airlines to post the entire price that customers have to pay for a ticket — including mandatory fees and taxes. This is no small matter in the sticker-shock department...

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The Most and Least Expensive Cities Around the World

January 16, 2012
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The Most and Least Expensive Cities Around the World

Inexpensive doesn’t always mean “best” but in the pricey world of travel, knowing where there are bargains should be part of the consideration. PriceOfTravel.com looks over the world with a penny-pincher’s eye and annually surveys travel spots and ranks them by cost. Of course, it is cheaper to visit Newark than New York and...

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Choosing Our Seat Neighbor, the New Airline Trend?

December 23, 2011
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OK, I choose Halle Berry. Likely, though, Ms Berry would meantime wisely choose “any seat far, far away from Denis Horgan.” How will they square that? Rachel Klein at Fodor’s tells us that choosing your seatmate could become the new thing in air travel. “Travelers on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will soon be able...

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