increase of 19% over the end of last year. now, with the fed s ninth interest rate hike in a row, to 5% inflation remains too high and the labor market remains to be very tight. reporter: many americans will see an almost immediate increase to their credit cards interest rate. when the fed raises interest rates, it really kicks in quickly. and that interest rate hike applies to currently held balances, as well as future balances. reporter: your card s rate is not totally tied to the fed s action. your credit score has a lot to do with it. here are tips that could bring some relief. if you have good credit, transfer balances to an introductory zero percentage rate card. a personal loan can also help. and finally, try picking up the phone and asking your card issuer for a lower rate. we found 70% of folks who in the past year got one.t rat -
the height of the pandemic, but the airline faced specific problems including the late delivery of 17 aircraft which are needed for its schedule. the civil aviation authority said it would provide advice to those affected. passengers are being told to check their travel insurance policies and to see if they can get their money back from their credit card providers. you will ultimately be able to claim back the money from the card issuer with which you bought the ticket, or indeed, you can talk to your travel agent if you booked through them. but right now, you have a problem. the caa says you re going to have to find an alternative flight or indeed a train or a coach that will be able to get you to your destination. british airways, easyjet and ryanair have offered special fares for flybe customers. the train company lner is also allowing them to travel free on their services this weekend. flybe employed 321 people at belfast airport, birmingham airport and other sites. 277 have now
country, so for them it is a worrying time and we understand the administrators, we spoke to this morning, so they are speaking to employees and we make get more details on what this means for them later today. details on what this means for them latertoday. in details on what this means for them later today. in terms of passengers, flybe has taught any passengers spectrum to fly were it not to go to the airport today, it also said it would not be able to help passengers arrange alternative flights. uk civil aviation authority said that customers should visit its website or twitter feed to where it will be trying to keep people posted, give them more information. the government said its immediate priority would be to support anyone as stranded abroad trying to get home, as well as flybe staff have lost theirjobs. it did so most destinations served by flybe in the uk are accessible through alternative means of transportation, but obviously, if you are reliant those those, you have to ch
of the covid pandemic. anybody with a ticket today, your flight will not be going. do not go to the airport unless you have a reservation for a different hairline you bought since the collapse of flybe. you will ultimately be able to claim back the money from the card issuer with which you bought the ticket, or indeed you can talk to your travel agent if you book through them. but right now you have a problem. the caa says it will have to find alternative flight or indeed a train or a coach that will be able to get to your destination. that or a coach that will be able to get to your destination. or a coach that will be able to get to your destination. that was simon calder. civil servants who had intended to lodge complaints against cabinet minister dominic raab later pulled out due to fears about being identified stop mr raab is currently subject to a bullying investigation. let s get more from our political correspondence david wallace lockhart. good morning, david. this has been s
of flybe. you will ultimately be able to claim back the money from the card issuer with which you bought the ticket, or indeed if you speak to your travel agent, if you booked through them. but right now, you have a problem. bcaa says you will have to find an flight or indeed a train or coach that will get you to your destination. it is a very sad day for the airline, of course, especially for the staff, but it is not like when the original flybe went bust in march 2020. at that time, we saw tens of thousands of people losing their flights, and crucially over 2000 people losing theirjobs, right at the start of theirjobs, right at the start of the covid pandemic. those people, i reckon, will, and many of them are based in belfast and birmingham, they will be able to get alternative employment relatively quickly. but of course, the passengers who just found their travel plans torn up, it is extremely inconvenient. there is