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Tip 1 - 5 Surefire Ways to Prevent Gas Station Credit Card Fraud | GOBankingRates

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Lance Greenslade | permalink

There are many gas station scams out to get your credit card information, but by knowing how to identify gas station credit card fraud, you can protect yourself.
Tags: gas station scams, gas station credit card skimming, gas station credit card fraud,credit cards,credit cards how to,credit cards how to strategies

For further reading: http://www.gobankingrates.com/credit-cards/5-tried-true-strategies-protecting-credit-card-gas-pump/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - The Secret to Never Paying Fuel Charges on Award Tickets - Extra Pack of Peanuts

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Martin Bergonje | permalink

[UPDATE: I’ve actually written a whole series on fuel surcharges that is also more up to date. Head to the first part by clicking here] You’ve finally done it! You followed all my advice in the Beginner’s Guide to Frequent Flying, earned your points, found the flights you want, and are now set to take …

For further reading: http://www.extrapackofpeanuts.com/the-secret-to-never-paying-fuel-charges-on-award-tickets/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - Cash Or Credit At The Gas Pump? The Choice Is Costing You

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by cucamacuca | permalink

More gas stations are charging two different prices for cash and credit cards. Now, a separate price for debit cards may be on the way thanks to the Durbin Amendment.
Tags: Wall Street,Investing,Personal Finance,Business,BP,Credit card,Debit card,Durbin Amendment,Filling station,Heartland Payment Systems,Interchange fee,Mastercard,Merchant,National Retail Federation,New York City,VISA

For further reading: http://www.forbes.com/sites/halahtouryalai/2011/10/21/cash-or-credit-at-the-gas-pump-the-choice-is-costing-you/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - You're Probably Paying for Gas You're Not Getting - The Savings Experiment

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jiya Momin | permalink

Topping off your gas tank may actually be draining your wallet. Here's how to avoid being cheated at the gas pump.

For further reading: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2014/03/27/topping-off-your-gas-tank-did-you-know-savings-experiment/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - Avoid Having Your Utility Shut Off

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by lypho | permalink

How to avoid a power shut-off this winter. The most common reason utility service is shut off is nonpayment. However, even in cases of nonpayment, the...
Tags: Consumer Advisor,Consumer Tools

For further reading: http://turn.org/consumer-tools/consumer-advisor/avoid-shutoffs.html ^[5]

Tip 6 - How oil and gas drillers avoid paying royalties

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by goduwillsurvive | permalink

Energy companies have a host of tricks to help them skim higher profits.
Tags: Corporations,Energy,Regulatory+Affairs,Top+Stories

For further reading: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/10/oil-drilling-avoids-royalties ^[6]

Tip 7 - Taking Advantage of a Legal Loophole: You Can Avoid Paying Fuel Surcharges on Award Tickets If You Know Where to Start and End the Trip - View from the Wing

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Leonardo Lellis | permalink

Taking Advantage of a Legal Loophole: You Can Avoid Paying Fuel Surcharges on Award Tickets If You Know Where to Start and End the Trip - View from the Wing

Fuel surcharges are the bane of many frequent flyers, junk fees adding hundreds or even a thousand dollars onto award tickets by many frequent flyer programs around the world. Airlines like fuel surcharges because: Changing the fuel surcharge in a market can raise or lower every ticket price in that market, no need to re-file every single fare. They allow an airline to raise price even with many fixed-fare agreements. And, of course, because they can be charged to frequent flyers trying to redeem a captive points currency. US frequent flyers — who don’t participate in mileage programs based outside the US — don’t have to deal with fuel surcharges very much. American adds them to awards on British Airways (and to a very modest extent on Iberia) Alaska adds them to awards on British…

For further reading: http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/01/26/taking-advantage-legal-loophole-can-avoid-paying-fuel-surcharges-award-tickets-know-start-end-trip/ ^[7]