News and notes from around the interweb:
- The FAA has downgraded Costa Rica to International Aviation Safety Assessment Category 2 saying the country does not comply with ICAO safety standards. Existing flights to the U.S. by the nation’s carriers — Avianca and Volaris — can continue but new flights cannot be launched.
Andaz Papagayo, Liberia Costa Rica - British Airways first class passengers can access the new American Airlines Flagship First Dining inside the Flagship lounge in Dallas which opens today. BA first class passengers can also (since December) use Flagship First Dining in Miami.
- Some banks do a hard inquiry on your credit when opening a CD when it’s more the bank’s (or FDIC’s) credit that matters here…
- With American Express acquiring Resy we’ll see how long the pretty cool Capital One-Resy partnership lasts.
- Singapore Airlines Krisflyer is discounting San Francisco – Hong Kong awards in June.
- Two Marriotts, the Park City Marriott (Utah) and Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks (Maine), are reportedly being reflagged as Sheratons. (HT: Scott G.) I suppose this makes a certain amount of sense, if it doesn’t meet brand standards for Marriott and the owner doesn’t want to invest, this gives Marriott a way to keep the fees from the property.
- Airbus A220 operators ordered to inspect fuel feed tubes
Swiss International Air Lines, Copyright: prestonia / 123RF Stock Photo
Despite reading the MoneyWatch article I still don’t understand why a back would do a hard pull if YOU are giving THEM money.
More importantly, I don’t understand why people are putting money into CDs. Just yesterday I was researching where to park some cash, and the difference in yield–between a CD, where my cash is locked up, and a money market fund, with instant liquidity–was just 2/10ths of a percent. Plus with the money market there is no credit pull.
Seven months ago I opened a new credit union checking/savings account. During the process I specifically asked the rep if they do a hard pull. I was told that no they just do an information verification. I then asked if they do this with one bureau or more than that. Was told just one.
Well, it was a hard pull across all three. I do believe that this person did not lie to me. Its obvious that they were very uninformed and poorly trained.
Freezing your file at all 3 agencies should help prevent any nasty surprises like that. Just unfreeze right before you want to apply for a new card. It only takes a few minutes and I sleep much better knowing identity thieves and overzealous bankers will get a face palm.
SQ is discounting only San Francisco to Hong Kong, not Singapore.
@Rob.
+1. Freezing your credit bureau accounts is the best thing you can do to protect yourself from identity theft.
RE: Airlines — Thank you. I took my life in my hands as a college student by flying from Tijuana to Mexico City in 1963. I’m wiser now, one would hope. Questions: Technically (legally) Avianca Costa Rica is a subsidiary of the parent Columbian company Avianca, and Volaris Costa Rica is a subsidiary of the Mexican parent company Volaris. Does this affect the parent companies also? That would be HUGE! and affect other subsidiaries. Or does it relate to air/ground safety and operations within Costa Rican airspace/airports for only these subsidiaries?
has anyone looked at your car insurance bill?? It says we checked your credit score(usually on my non-credit car daughter who has no credit) and we have adjusted your bill..according to findings????. Not good if we have paid state farm for 35 years on time??? crazy
Above is comment on Cd opening and credit check
So Marriott has Sheraton set up as being more down market than Marriott?
Hard credit pull story sounds exaggerated. No banks listed by name makes me wonder. And the recommendation to just ask if they pull credit when it has to be fully disclosed is questionable.
A better story might be for readers to “Just read the documents you are agreeing to.” Or Just read the Contract! before signing it.