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Your Credit Card Can Cover a Canceled Trip

Your Credit Card Can Cover a Canceled Trip

Just the Tip: Many credit cards repay prepaid, nonrefundable costs when illness, severe weather, or another covered reason cancels or...

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Pay for Fewer Oil Changes

Pay for Fewer Oil Changes

Just the Tip: The mileage on a shop’s windshield sticker rarely matches your carmaker’s oil change schedule. Look up the...

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Lufthansa Miles & More Mastercard Review – A Yearly Companion Ticket for Lufthansa Flyers

Lufthansa Miles & More Mastercard Review – A Yearly Companion Ticket for Lufthansa Flyers

Get the Lufthansa Miles & More card only if you fly Lufthansa from the U.S. at least once a year...

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Mastercard Black Card Review – $300 in Credits Can Cut the $699 Fee to $399

Mastercard Black Card Review – $300 in Credits Can Cut the $699 Fee to $399

Advertiser Disclosure The credit card, banking, and other financial offers that appear on this site are from companies that compensate...

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Rotating 5% Categories – Activate Them on Day One of Every Quarter

Rotating 5% Categories – Activate Them on Day One of Every Quarter

Just the Tip: A rotating-category card pays 5% only if you activate each quarter’s categories. Skip activation and most of...

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Extended Warranties Are a Bad Bet

Extended Warranties Are a Bad Bet

Just the Tip: Turn down the extended warranty, or protection plan, at checkout, unless a breakdown you couldn’t afford is...

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Opt Out of Debit Card Overdraft Coverage

Opt Out of Debit Card Overdraft Coverage

Just the Tip: Your bank can charge an overdraft fee on an everyday debit card purchase or ATM withdrawal only...

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Credit Karma’s Guarantee Covers a Card Denial, Not Your Rate or Credit Limit

Credit Karma’s Guarantee Covers a Card Denial, Not Your Rate or Credit Limit

Advertiser Disclosure The credit card, banking, and other financial offers that appear on this site are from companies that compensate...

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Idle Brokerage Cash Can Earn Near Zero

Idle Brokerage Cash Can Earn Near Zero

Just the Tip: Cash waiting in your brokerage account or IRA sits in a default sweep, and at many firms...

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Don’t Let Your Medicare Drug Plan Auto-Renew

Don’t Let Your Medicare Drug Plan Auto-Renew

Just the Tip: Medicare open enrollment runs October 15 through December 7, and if you do nothing, your drug plan...

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