CLEAR Could Be Useless In California, New Consumer Friendly Airline Rules & The New Card No One Wanted Or Needed

April 24, 2024
Mark Ostermann

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April 24, 2024
Mark Ostermann

Travel on Point(s) is an independent, advertising-supported website. This site is part of an affiliate sales network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites like Creditcards.com and Bankrate.com. This compensation does not impact how or where products appear on this site. Travel on Point(s) has not reviewed all available credit card offers on this site. Reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone and have not been reviewed, endorsed, or approved by any partner entities.

ToP Roundup

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Airlines must cough up cancellation cash and can no longer hide fees under new federal rule – NBC News

There are some new protections, but most of it is kind of a nothing burger. Outside of the pandemic, I never had an issue getting a refund for a canceled flight etc. Showing all of the fees will help the less informed, but won't do much for seasoned travelers. The requirement for a refund if your bags are lost could be useful, but I bet it would be just for bag fees. Until they have a law about delayed flight compensation it just isn't enough though.

Barclays Launches Xbox Credit Card – Doctor of Credit

If they had a razzies awards for credit cards this would could win the most useless card award for 2024. This is a weird one.

California Bill Aims to Stop CLEAR Passengers From Skipping TSA Lines – Miles to Memories

That would make it pretty useless for a chunk of people. Or it would increase the cost if they implement their own lines. Hopefully it gets killed on the floor.