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Travel cash cards sound great, but there are a few key issues to watch out for. Photo: iStock Do not use a travel cash card. That’s the golden nugget of advice from Traveler “Tripologist” Michael Gebicki when it comes to managing your money abroad. Don’t approach one of them. “I hate them,” Gebicki told Flight of Fancy, the Traveler podcast, on this week’s money-themed episode. “I don’t understand why any intelligent person would ever use a travel cash card.” To clarify, a “travel cash card” is different from a standard credit or debit card. It is a product offered by many institutions today – from Australia Post to Qantas to CommBank – that allows travelers to buy amounts of foreign currency and put it in a card, which can then be used like a standard debit or credit card with local currency when they travel. abroad. Sounds great at face value, but there are a few issues, as Gebicki explains. ...

Devon Allen did not jump before the starting gun in the final of the 110m hurdles at the world athletics championships, but he was still disqualified for a wrong start. The 27-year-old hopes to clinch a world title before starting a three-season wide receiver contract with the NFL Philadelphia Eagles. He qualified fourth fastest for the final but was too soon out of the blocks. This is what it means in the world of athletics. Did Allen really leave the starting block too early? Yes and no. He doesn’t leave before the gun starts firing, but sensors on the block measure “reaction time” which is the amount of time it takes a runner’s leg to leave the block after the gun explodes. Devon Allen has signed a rookie contract with the Philadelphia Eagles. ( AP: Ashley Landis ) Obviously, leaving the starting block before the gun explodes is not an act, but the rules also say it is a false start if a runner leaves in 0.1 seconds after gun — the idea that no one might r...