Every day brings a headline sillier than the last.    Today we have  “I Was Blind To Let You Go”: BofA Dumps Complaining Customer, Wants Her Back Two Days Later.     In this case, the cardholder was canceled for complaining about her limit being reduced.    Of course, the story has a happy ending in that BofA restores her card after the reporter’s inquiry.

Meanwhile..

Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut has proposed legislation that will freeze interest rates before the effective date of the CARD act, which has now being proposed to  been moved up to December first. Personally, I don’t get it.   Unless the law is passed in a millisecond, why can’t credit card companies legally raise rates right before the law is passed?     This seems to be the problem with all legislation, regardless if it is effective February 22d, December 1st, or tomorrow.

Continental Officially At Star Alliance

There are three major airline alliances out there, SkyTeam, OneWorld, and the Star Alliance.    Continental, which had been a member of SkyTeam, is no officially part of the Star Alliance.   The Frugal Travel Guy has all of the details. This is a big deal for anyone who travels on US Airways or (uggh!) United.    This means that those travelers, or credit card miles collectors should be able to book flights on Continental.    Likewise, US Airways and United miles holders should be able to redeem their miles for seats on Continental.     I say should, because I have found Continental miles extremely difficult to use.     Even United award seats are slightly more available, provided you don’t try to redeem them for partner travel, which is often blocked.

Of course, if for some reason you do fly United, you can now credit your flights to your Continental account, and pick up a Continental credit card along with it’s sign up bonus.

You Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up

Finally, it seems that the singer “Dave Carroll” of “United Breaks Guitars” fame, had his luggage lost in Denver this week on his way to a presentation about customer service to United Airlines! Give it up and move on Dave.    There are lots of great ways to get to Denver without having to subject yourself to United Airlines!

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