Credit card holders affected by the proposed British Airways (BA) strikes have been offered a possible safety net, it emerged on Tuesday (December 15th).
The carrier confirmed earlier this week that its cabin crew have disclosed plans to engage in industrial action between December 22nd and January 2nd 2010.
According to estimates, up to one million Britons could be affected by the subsequent rescheduling of flights .
However, Rochelle Turner, head of research for Which? Full Post…
A new social networking site has made a small splash by offering users the opportunity to share – or “blip” – their recent credit card purchases in a similar way that “tweets” are shared on Twitter. The website is called Blippy and it has recently started a beta site to gauge those who might be interested in a site that will allow the sharing of all personal finances.
The site’s founder, Philip Kaplan, started Blippy in 2008 as a way to allow you to share what you’ve bought with your plastic. If you sign up, you can register your credit or debit card into the service – as well as other accounts like Amazon, Zappos and Apple’s iTunes store – then your profile will post your purchases as you make them.
Using your credit card to shop online can be riskier than when you use it in person. That’s because it’s easier for credit card thieves to create fake websites than it is to create fake stores.
When you use your credit card online, be on guard for impostor websites and other scams designed to steal your credit card information.
Read: Online Credit Card Shopping Tips
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December 22, 2009