(Update 5/10/23: Checks are soon going out, per CNN) TurboTax from Intuit has agreed to pay out $141 million to millions of customers who used the ‘free’ filing service, yet ended up having to pay for the service. The... Read More →
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Priority Pass Adds More ‘Be Relax’ Spas (14 In Total)
Update 4/21/23: Two new locations have been added to Toronto Airport. Hat tip to OMaaT Priority Pass had previously added five ‘Be Relax’ Airport spas (San Diego & Detroit, DFW, DTW & LAX). There are now a total of... Read More →
Hyatt Announces New Brand ‘Hyatt Studios’, 100 Properties Planned
Hyatt has announced a new brand called ‘Hyatt Studios‘. Hyatt describes it as the ‘first upper-midscale brand in the Americas’. Hyatt has signed letters of interest from developers for more than 100 new... Read More →
[YMMV] Google Accidentally Deposits Money Into Google Pay Accounts, Users To Keep Funds
Google has accidentally deposited money into some users Google Pay accounts. The deposits have come through as Google Pay rewards and range from $10 – $1,000 and the message reads ‘dogfooding the Google Pay Remittance... Read More →
JUUL $255 Million Class Action Settlement
JUUL has denied any wrong doing but has agreed to a $255 million class action settlement over claims that the products were unlawfully targeted at minors and didn’t provide accurate information regarding the addictiveness and... Read More →
Walmart+ Now Includes Free Returns From Home
Walmart+ now includes free returns from home. When you use this benefit Walmart gives you a time window that somebody will pick the item up from your home, the person picking up the item then scans your phone during pickup to... Read More →
Brex Devalues Reward Points By 40% With No Notice
Brex has devalued reward points by 40% without any notice at all. Previously points were worth 1¢ per point and could be transferring to travel partners at a 1:1 rate. You now get 0.6¢ per point or can transfer 1,670 Brex points for... Read More →
Amazon To Sunset ‘Order History Reports’ After March 20th
A few months ago, I bumped into an interesting option on Amazon to show your historical order history in spreadsheet form. Direct link (affiliate link here and below). Sadly, a reader noticed that this option is going away on March 20... Read More →
Bakkt Closing App, Converting To ‘Web Experience’
Bakkt has announced that on March 15, 2023 the Bakkt app will be shutting down. An e-mail has been sent out to users that have linked their Wyndham account stating: Because you’ve linked your Wyndham Rewards account to the Bakkt® app... Read More →
Google Chrome To Offer Ability To Create Virtual Credit Cards
Update 2/7/23: Now works on American Express cards. According to 9to5google Google Chrome will soon add the ability to create and manage virtual credit cards. Google is working directly with credit card payment networks (Visa... Read More →
MoviePass Relaunches With Three Membership Tiers
Update 1/26/23: MoviePass is now available nationwide. Beta now live for some people in KC, Dallas, and Chicago. Options are: 1-3 movies for $10 2-4 movies for $20 3-5 movies for $30 Original post: Cinema subscription service MoviePass... Read More →
Bilt Rewards Adds Point.me Award Search Integration
Bilt Rewards has announced a partnership with award search tool point.me. This partnership allows Bilt members to use Point.me to search for award availability for Bilt partners ( American AAdvantage, Aeroplan, Avios, Cathay, Emirates... Read More →
AmEx To Temporarily Close Seattle Centurion Lounge
American Express has announced that the Seattle Centurion Lounge will be closing on Sunday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m. local time as they transition to the new lounge that will be located mezzanine level of the Central Terminal. As we get ready... Read More →
T-Mobile Data Breach: 37 Million Customers Impacted
T-Mobile has confirmed that it has suffered a data breach and 37 million customers have been impacted. The following information was accessed between November 25, 2022 and January 5, 2023: name billing address email, phone number date... Read More →
Here’s Why Your Comment Isn’t Showing Up on the Site Doctorofcredit.com
(Originally posted 2/28/17, reposting 1/17/23 since we get this question all the time about a comment not showing up. Just to reiterate: there’s a WordPress system that decides what shows and what goes to moderation and what goes... Read More →