What’s the most compelling reason to pay for things with your credit card? The loyalty points and discounts? Yes, those are nice, but it’s the ability to lodge a chargeback dispute when you don’t get what you paid for that’s the real perk.

It’s a consumer protection mechanism globally offered by Mastercard and Visa via the banks that issue the credit cards...

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