Topic: Robert Mckinley

4-Week Holiday Savings Plan

Real Simple - 454 days ago
Four Weeks to Go: Otherwise you might pay up to $20 at the ticketing office or up to $10 when you call the airline (exceptions are JetBlue and Southwest Airlines, which don't charge such fees). Three Weeks to Go: Search for ...

6 Credit-Card Traps to Avoid Now

SmartMoney - 877 days ago
In many ways, the economy has been as tough on credit-card issuers as it has been on their debt-ridden customers.. "That's considerably higher than the 9.99%-plus-prime that issuers like Bank of America, Citi and Chase used to charge," says ...

Credit-Card Traps You Still Need to Watch For

SmartMoney - 1000 days ago
PRESIDENT Obama signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009 Friday afternoon, marking a major milestone in consumers' love-hate relationship with credit cards. "You will see a re-emergence of fees for all kinds of other services," says Robert ...

Credit Card Pitfalls Still Worth Watching Out For

SmartMoney - 1001 days ago
PRESIDENT Obama signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009 Friday afternoon, marking a major milestone in consumers' love-hate relationship with credit cards. "You will see a re-emergence of fees for all kinds of other services," says Robert ...

Credit card rewards: Use them or lose them

Consumer Reports - 1066 days ago
If you've been stockpiling frequent flyer miles or other reward points earned with credit cards, better use them before you lose them.. That's the word from Robert McKinley, who has been following the credit card industry for more than 20 ...

The Coming Credit-Card Crunch

SmartMoney - 1504 days ago
THE SUBPRIME-MORTGAGE crisis has cost millions of homeowners their homes. As of the third quarter of 2007 (the latest for which data is available), credit-card balances increased by 7% on an annualized basis, according to statistics compiled by market research firm TowerGroup ...

Rewards cards can also provide problems

AP News - 1600 days ago
Rewards Cards Can Provide Cash Back, Free Tickets - but Consumers Need to Watch for PitfallsCredit cards that offer rewards are increasingly popular, from gas company cards that give cash back to airline cards that award free tickets and retail cards that provide ...