If you're one of the 2.8 million people flying somewhere for the holidays this month, no doubt you're encountering a blizzard of fees in the process: Charges for checked baggage, ticket changes, early boarding, overweight bags — not to mention food, blankets, and pillows.
Ever since airlines began imposing fees in earnest three years ago, carriers have argued that, because travelers are paying only for the services they really want, fees MORE
Donna Rosato - Dec 23, 2010 2:00 PM ET
Have tax questions? Let MONEY help answer them.
The holiday cards and catalogs that have been filling your mailbox will soon be replaced by W-2s, 1099s, receipts for year-end charitable gifts, and other tax forms. And the April 15 deadline to file your return — as well as fund certain retirement plans for 2010 — will be upon you faster than you think.
As you start to look over the taxes you MORE
Dec 23, 2010 11:00 AM ET
You're down to the wire, and your wallet is aching from holiday outlays, when — oops! — you remember you still haven't gotten anything for your kids' heroic soccer coach, or the girl down the block who babysits for you.
But hey! You just got some very attractive coasters at the office Santa Swap. Plus an unexpected bottle of bubbly from a pal. And a V-neck sweater from Mom in a MORE
MP Dunleavey - Dec 22, 2010 11:30 AM ET
Does your debit card have a rewards program? Be prepared to kiss it good-bye.
That's the likely upshot from the Federal Reserve's proposal, issued Thursday, to limit the amount of money that stores and other merchants are charged each time a customer pays for a transaction with a debit card.
Tali Yahalom - Dec 17, 2010 6:29 PM ET
For years now, the number of women who are the primary or sole earners in their household has been on the rise. About a third of married women, according to Census data, are the breadwinners.
But is this trend — which has been accelerated by the recession — something to celebrate?
MP Dunleavey - Dec 9, 2010 2:58 PM ET
'Tis the season for tipping. Maybe you tip because you genuinely appreciate good service when you get it. Or maybe you tip because you're afraid if you don't, your newspaper will end up on the neighbor's lawn every morning or you'll be the last one served at your favorite bar.
But however you feel about holiday-season gratuities, tipping is a serious business for most people on the receiving end
Donna Rosato - Dec 8, 2010 5:12 PM ET
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