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| Happy Presidents' Day, Daily Money readers. I'm Elisabeth Buchwald here to kick off your week (or not, if you're lucky enough to get today off from work). |
| It's Christmas in February... at least it seems like it with all the big sales today. Thankfully our in-house shopping experts at Reviewed are keeping tabs in real-time (!!) on where all the best deals are. They also put together a cheat sheet on all the coupon codes you can use to save even more money at the checkout. |
What to do if you get bumped from your flight |
| Have you ever been bumped from a flight you rightfully paid for? It's becoming increasingly more common with travel demand remaining elevated. A recent analysis by The Wall Street Journal found that more than twice as many passengers were involuntarily denied boarding between October 2021 and September 2022 compared to the same period a year prior. |
| Unfortunately, airlines are generally free to deny you boarding if your flight is oversold. But airlines may have to pay heavily for bumping you. |
| For domestic flights in the U.S., airlines have to pay you 200% of the value of your one-way ticket up to $775 if you arrive at your destination one to two hours past your originally scheduled itinerary, or 400% of the one-way ticket price, up to $1,550 if your arrival delay is longer than two hours. |
| For international flights departing the U.S., the 200% or $775 compensation window is up to four hours, with 400% up to $1,550 compensation owed for a delay of more than four hours. |
| As an alternative, airlines often directly negotiate with passengers at the gate to get volunteers for a later flight, which in some cases can exceed the compensation they are legally required to pay passengers. |
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| Lapse of extra SNAP benefits: Looming cuts to emergency SNAP benefits threaten food security in rural America |
| How will we afford them?: Anti-obesity medications are set to skyrocket this year |
🍔 Today's Menu 🍔 |
| Today is the day... The Shamrock Shake is back at McDonald's along with the Oreo Shamrock McFlurry! Don't wait too long to get them since they'll likely only be available for around a month. |
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About The Daily Money |
| Each weekday, The Daily Money delivers the best consumer news from USA TODAY. We break down financial news and provide the TLDR version: how decisions by the Federal Reserve, government and companies impact you. |
| Elisabeth Buchwald is a personal finance and markets correspondent for USA TODAY. You can follow her on Twitter @BuchElisabeth and sign up for our Daily Money newsletter here |
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