12.08.22 Airline Fees & Customer No-Service / Cost Effective Grocery Shopping

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

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🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The news just gets worse for travelers dealing with airline customer no service. Clark cites heavy fines against airlines for non refund of tickets on canceled flights, and discusses how you can avoid high baggage fees. Also in this episode: Grocery inflation is beginning to ease, item by item and Clark shares a money saving example in the meat department, and why using a “reverse shopping list” is key to spending less. Airline Fees: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Supermarket Savings: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: WSJ-These Travelers Would Rather Eat Glass Than Pay an Airline Fee Frontier Airlines Drops Its Customer Service Phone Line New Tool Shows Southwest Prices From Google Flights Search Look out! Airlines are setting a carry-on luggage trap Frontier, 5 other airlines to refund more than $600 million Safely Short-Term Vacation Rental Insurance & Guest Screening BBB-File a Complaint Experian Boost Review: How 3 Bills Helped Raise My Credit Score 14 Points Check Overpayment Scams | Consumer Protection Bureau How To Spot, Avoid, and Report Fake Check Scams Straight Talk Wireless Introduces Prepaid Home Internet Live TV Streaming Channel Tool Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.7	It's my pleasure to welcome you to the Clark Howard Show.
0:37.6	Our mission is to serve you and empower you to make better financial decisions in your
0:43.4	life.
0:44.4	In today's episode, the news just well continues to get rougher and rougher for you as
0:53.9	a traveler and customer no service, obviously part of the equation.
1:00.9	And, airlines getting rid of their phone numbers or never having them in the first place.
1:07.9	And, there's one type of meat that's getting so much cheaper.
1:13.9	I'm going to tell you what you may want to have on your menu.
1:18.9	So, I've alluded to this recently about Frontier Airlines, getting rid of their customer
1:27.5	no service number.
1:29.0	Now, Frontier happens to be the airline that had to pay the largest fine of any airline
1:36.2	that serves the United States, foreigner domestic, for refusing to refund people their tickets
1:43.9	when Frontier canceled a flight on them that did not go and then did not comply with
1:50.2	federal law to give them their money back.
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