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	<title>CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT</title>
	
	<link>http://elliott.org</link>
	<description>Advocate. Author. Journalist.</description>
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		<title>Help, my car rental company is charging me for a burnt clutch</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 05:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Travel Troubleshooter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CHARGE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CLUTCH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HERTZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RENTAL]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[When the clutch on his car fails, Hadley Roeltgen is sent an 850 euro bill. But his credit card company says he shouldn’t be responsible, and reverses the charge. Now, a collections agency is after him. What should he do?<div class="feedflare">
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>An Aeromexico refund runaround with a surprise ending</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/elliottorg/~3/cDjDj9LX1UU/</link>
		<comments>http://elliott.org/case-dismissed-2/an-aeromexico-refund-runaround-with-a-surprise-ending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Case dismissed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AEROMEXICO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OVERBOOKING]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REFUND]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Extracting a promised refund from an airline can be hard work. At times, it can even be impossible — or close to it.<div class="feedflare">
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Two live travel events you just can’t afford to miss!</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/elliottorg/~3/MIgDt8AcvSY/</link>
		<comments>http://elliott.org/elliotts-email/two-live-travel-events-you-just-cant-afford-to-miss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 18:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elliott's E-Mail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ELLIOTT'S E-MAIL]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is a special Memorial Day edition of Elliott&#8217;s E-Mail, my free weekly newsletter. To subscribe by email and receive the complete edition, please sign up here. □ SOCIAL NETWORK OF THE WEEK Please add me to your circles on Google Plus, because there&#8217;s something truly interesting...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>The mystery of the reappearing $400 cancellation fee</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/elliottorg/~3/dhx3RHq88cI/</link>
		<comments>http://elliott.org/problem-solved/the-mystery-of-the-reappearing-400-cancellation-fee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Problem Solved]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DIRECTV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PACKAGE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PREMIUM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Matt Solum is facing a $400 cancellation fee for a DirecTV package he doesn't want, and believes he shouldn't have to pay for. Is there any way to get it removed?<div class="feedflare">
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		<slash:comments>48</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is anyone really listening to your TSA complaints?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/elliottorg/~3/TvR4Xo1f-HI/</link>
		<comments>http://elliott.org/security-2/is-anyone-really-listening-to-your-tsa-complaints/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COMPLAINT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FEEDBACK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LISTEN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TSA]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[With only a few weeks left to leave your comments about the TSA's controversial passenger screening methods, here's a question worth asking: Is anyone listening?<div class="feedflare">
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>“Let’s go out on the tarmac and deal with this, just you and I, right here, right now”</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/elliottorg/~3/c8TYakFtnU0/</link>
		<comments>http://elliott.org/can-this-trip-be-saved-2/lets-go-out-on-the-tarmac-and-deal-with-this-just-you-and-i-right-here-right-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Can this trip be saved?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMERICAN AIRLINES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FIGHT]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Depending on your point of view, Sean Hillen&#8217;s case is either an example of an airline crewmember on a power trip or a passenger behaving badly. Or maybe both. Hillen wants me to mediate his case with American Airlines after he and his wife were removed from an American Airlines flight from...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Would you let the next big airline merger happen? Honestly, would you?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 22:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elliott's E-Mail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ELLIOTT'S E-MAIL]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is the online version of Elliott&#8217;s E-Mail, my free weekly newsletter. To subscribe by email and receive the complete edition, please sign up here. □ SOCIAL NETWORK OF THE WEEK You&#8217;re gonna want to follow me over on Twitter right now. Seriously. Just do it! I&#8217;ll tell you why:...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Should the U.S. government approve the American Airlines – US Airways merger?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/elliottorg/~3/r1Z4cJ5mlPk/</link>
		<comments>http://elliott.org/blog/should-the-u-s-government-approve-the-american-airlines-us-airways-merger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMERICAN AIRLINES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MERGE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US AIRWAYS]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[What if you could make the call on the proposed merger between American and US Airways?<div class="feedflare">
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sick restaurant surcharges you shouldn’t have to pay — or should you?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/elliottorg/~3/6cAcgTsB90g/</link>
		<comments>http://elliott.org/what/sick-restaurant-surcharges-you-shouldnt-have-to-pay-or-should-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 05:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[So what do you know about travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AIRPORT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OAKLAND]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SURCHARGE]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ward Chartier almost choked on his breakfast croissant he ordered at Oakland International Airport recently.<div class="feedflare">
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		<slash:comments>99</slash:comments>
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		<title>The dangers of dynamic currency conversion</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/elliottorg/~3/3r52uR_cyQI/</link>
		<comments>http://elliott.org/the-navigator/the-dangers-of-dynamic-currency-conversion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 05:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Navigator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CREDIT CARD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CURRENCY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOLLAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EXCHANGE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MASTERCARD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TRADE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Processing a credit card charge for overseas purchases used to be pretty simple. You swiped your card while on vacation, your bank changed the money from pesos or euros into greenbacks, and the amount you’d spent appeared on your bill. Maybe you paid a small conversion fee, but you also got a...<div class="feedflare">
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		<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
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		<title>No hope for an airline ticket refund – or is there?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/elliottorg/~3/DTPmgPJ5EUM/</link>
		<comments>http://elliott.org/the-troubleshooter/no-hope-for-an-airline-ticket-refund-or-is-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Travel Troubleshooter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMERICAN AIRLINES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FLEXIBILITY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REFUND]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TICKET]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[When Kathy Stickney’s niece must return home early to be with her ailing father, she must forfeit an American Airlines ticket. But is that fair?<div class="feedflare">
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		<slash:comments>49</slash:comments>
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		<title>What does Marriott owe me for a reflagging nightmare?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/elliottorg/~3/svLzmIeHkNY/</link>
		<comments>http://elliott.org/is-this-enough-compensation/what-does-marriott-owe-me-for-a-reflagging-nightmare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 05:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Is this enough compensation?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HOTEL ASHBOURNE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRELAND]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MARRIOTT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POINTS]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[When Donna Larkin booked a room at the Hotel Ashbourne Marriott near Dublin last year, she had no way of knowing it was about to change owners. Or that some of the information on the hotel&#8217;s former website was less than accurate. But that&#8217;s exactly what happened when she and her family...<div class="feedflare">
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		<slash:comments>71</slash:comments>
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		<title>Did Sprint break its “buyback” promise?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/elliottorg/~3/QZJosyj_mGg/</link>
		<comments>http://elliott.org/problem-solved/did-spint-break-its-buyback-promise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Problem Solved]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BUYBACK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PHONE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PROBLEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPRINT]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sprint offers Sarah Gagliardo a refund on her cell phone after she cancels her service. But now it's refusing, saying she's not a current customer. Can it do that?<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>It’s time to tell the TSA what you really think of it — and for it to listen</title>
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		<comments>http://elliott.org/security-2/its-time-to-tell-the-tsa-what-you-really-think-of-it-and-for-it-to-listen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 05:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COMMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PAT-DOWN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RULEMAKING]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCAN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TSA]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Travelers love to complain about the TSA, and even though the agency assigned to protect America's transportation systems claims to listen, most of us know better.<div class="feedflare">
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		<slash:comments>91</slash:comments>
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		<title>No compensation for Air Force One delay?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/elliottorg/~3/0iQtW2J8940/</link>
		<comments>http://elliott.org/can-this-trip-be-saved-2/no-compensation-for-air-force-one-delay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 05:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Can this trip be saved?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AIR FORCE ONE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DELAY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNITED AIRLINES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WASHINGTON]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a complaint you don&#8217;t see every day. It comes to us by way of Alex Johnston, who was flying from San Francisco to Charlottesville, Va., via Washington on United Airlines. &#8220;We boarded our flight in San Francisco on time,&#8221; she remembers. &#8220;But shortly after...<div class="feedflare">
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