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Credit card companies are pitching new travel enticements, from waiving foreign transaction fees that can add up to 3 percent to your purchases abroad to picking up fees for checked baggage.

What a difference a year makes -- or does it? A year ago, new rules and restrictions were placed on credit card companies to benefit consumers.

So where do we stand now?

Before many provisions in the Credit Card Act took effect earlier this year, credit card companies routinely would apply customers' payments first to balances with the lowest interest rates.

Credit card companies are expected to implement a variety of creative fees to cushion the impact of a reform bill signed into law last year.

More than ever, credit card companies are ready to negotiate with borrowers who are in over their heads. But know your options before you commit.

Other credit card companies might decide that it’s worth it to follow the lead of American Express and Discover and eliminate over-limit fees.

A Minnesota firm, the National Arbitration Forum, had been sued over its handling of debt disputes between consumers and credit card companies.

Monstrous fees, high interest rates, disappearing rewards . . . credit card companies are battering consumers across the board.

But no cards are worse than these.

A primer on the new restrictions that credit card companies face, and some reassurances on those rewards programs.

With Congress on the verge of limiting penalties on delinquent borrowers, credit card companies are expected to turn to their best customers to make up the difference.