Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Incorporated

Think of it as an invisible road hazard. Three months after Joan Cox rented a Ford Fusion in Orlando last summer, a surprise bill from Thrifty Car Rental landed in her mailbox. The company wanted 50 cents for a toll violation on the BeachLine Expressway,...

Here's your throat-clearing Thursday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: -- Federal regulators aren't kidding around when it comes to toy safety. The Consumer Product Safety Commission slapped a $1.3-million fine on a toy company that sold...

Here's your mopingly Monday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --Of all the things that need reforming, airline safety shouldn't be one of them. Yet our friends at the Federal Aviation Administration are calling for carriers to crack......

Here's your merge-'em-up Monday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --As expected, United Airlines and Continental Airlines say they're climbing into bed together in a $3-billion corporate marriage. The deal, if approved, would create the world'...

Fasten your seat belt. Car rental rates have hit overdrive. Even an econo-box can command $35 or more a day in the U.S., plus taxes and fees. But your wallet needn't be flattened by rising prices. Few travel costs are more flexible than rentals, and...

David Sikorski went to a Hertz in Austin, Texas, last month to rent a car for a business trip to Dallas. He'd booked a fuel-efficient mid-size sedan, hoping to keep expenses down on the 400-mile round trip. What he got was a 16-mile-per-gallon Ford...

When the marketplace zigs, wily travelers zag. Or, said another way: If you're confident about your finances in these days of uncertainty, this is a good time to price trips. With economic unease afoot in the U.S., an energy crisis afflicting the West...