Recap: Marriott Issues & Credit Union Fees, Wyndham Bargain & More

Ride Smart to Maryland’s Amazing Breweries, Wineries, and Distilleries and get a Free Lyft Ride Home by Lyft via reader Joe. Looks like it’s up to the individual bartenders/venue to actually offer the free rides (apart from that first promo for $10 off). Still a great idea and good to see Lyft and the individual venues getting behind this.
New Wyndham Bargain (via Points) for Large Families Visiting Disney by Miles For Family. Four bedroom villa for 15,000 points, seems like a great deal for families.

Marriott Workers Struggle to Pay Bills, and Credit Union Fees by New York Times. I can empathize with Marriott workers in this situation, my suggestion would be to run as fast as you can away from Marriott Employees’ Federal Credit Union. There are LOTS of accounts that offer no monthly fees and much lower overdraft fees and high yield interest accounts.

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Bill M (@guest_667343)

November 3, 2018 21:22

#667343

The credit union story sounds like it was written by the ABA and spoon fed to a reporter.

Mike L (@guest_656265)

October 12, 2018 10:28

#656265

I don’t understand the complaint about the credit union fees. If he feels it’s not working for him, he can always switch to a bank or another credit union. Am I missing something here?

Electroman (@guest_656334)

October 12, 2018 12:06

#656334

Mike L

No, but did you read the story? It’s mostly about Credit Unions in general and how their business is changing, and generally not for the better, at least for their clients. The specific CU mentioned in the click-bait-ish headline is a high-fee CU and yes, he should switch.

NinjaX (@guest_656361)

October 12, 2018 12:47

#656361

Electroman

thats exactly the OPs point. its a click-bait title and nothing extraordinary about the subject. ya, Food/Bev industry wages suck. ya the hours are not stable. employees are treated like trash. its not just marriott. then u also have crappy CU or predatory financial institutions which is not new. there are a shitload of them in the credit card game, banks like WF, check cashing service and unbanked debit services with huge fees. the article couldve been about Walmart and their shitty wages and how useless their PayActiv and Even financial services are for their low wage employees.

JMR0303 (@guest_656424)

October 12, 2018 14:49

#656424

Yeah, in a more general sense I’ve noticed my credit union starting to raise fees too. That and the overly twitchy fraud-prevention system means I only really use them for teller transactions and ACH payments these days.

NinjaX (@guest_656356)

October 12, 2018 12:40

#656356

exactly. i was expecting a major expose about employees being imprisoned and were not allowed to bank anywhere else or the CU busting was out illegal shady WF tactics.

CM (@guest_656395)

October 12, 2018 13:51

#656395

He spoke to the reporter through an interpreter; it’s buried in the middle of the article. The fact that he already makes twice the fed minimum wage, and still cannot avoid financial ruin — how exactly is Marriott Credit Union to blame for offering him service where presumably no other bank would?! If you don’t like it, change it or leave it. Of course, you can’t go far if you need an interpreter to speak to people. Completely empty article, with very little relationship to Marriott.

U of W (@guest_656415)

October 12, 2018 14:34

#656415

You seem to have a great deal of empathy.

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William Charles(@will)

October 13, 2018 01:17

#656586

I think the issue is a broader one about the fact that this is supposed to be a employee run credit union, but those least able to afford fees are the ones having to pay them. Similar to how low level employees aren’t receiving raises, whereas C-suite is.