The Easiest Way to Ask Your Bank for a Higher Credit Limit
Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) Having a higher credit limit on your credit card can be beneficial in several ways. It can help improve your credit score by lowering your credit utilization…
Why It’s Never Been More Important to Have a Good Credit Score
A low credit score is always going to affect your ability to qualify for loans at decent rates. But given the current state of interest rates, having a strong credit…
Use Flightera to See How Often a Flight Is Delayed
Photo: Gorodenkoff (Shutterstock) In our hurry to find the cheapest flight possible, there’s a crucial travel detail that many of us don’t stop to consider: how often a flight is…
Use This USPS Online Tool to Find Out If Mail Really Is Slower in Your Area
Photo: Jonathan Weiss (Shutterstock) Along with the weather, commenting on how it seems like it’s taking longer for a piece of mail to arrive at its destination is another small…
10 Unexpected Benefits to Negotiate When You Sign a New Lease (Besides Rent)
Buying a home has consistently trended toward unaffordable in the last few years, but so has renting: The median rent across the U.S. in January 2020 sat at $1,585 and…
All the Ways You Didn’t Know You Could Raise Your Credit Score
Photo: Yulia Grigoryeva (Shutterstock) The credit score, which has a surprisingly long history dating back to the 19th century, is mainly used to judge how much risk you represent to…
How to Get the Most Money Possible From a Canceled Flight
Photo: Tyler Olson (Shutterstock) With a debacle at Southwest Airlines leading to more than 3,000 flights canceled on Christmas day, and the Federal Aviation Administration’s computer outage leading to more…
Real Estate Reality Shows Are Lying to You
Photo: hanohiki (Shutterstock) A few years ago, some friends appeared on a house-hunting reality TV show. They had a blast, but afterward, they revealed something that surprised me: It was…
The Airlines Most Likely to Suck, According to Department of Transportation Data
Photo: ThamKC (Shutterstock) If you’re booking summer travel and faced with a choice of similarly priced tickets on different airlines, it’s worth doing a little homework first. The Department of…
14 ‘Boring’ Simulation Video Games That Are Actually Totally Addictive
Cities: Skylines is my favorite video game of all time. In it, you build a city from scratch, dealing with all the minutia that entails, from planning sewage and electrical…