Sentence examples for a base fare from inspiring English sources

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On top of a base fare and taxes, airlines now add on a "fuel surcharge", usually labelled "YQ".

Solo riders using UberX now pay a base fare of $2.55 instead of $3, and a minimum fare of $7 instead of $8.

For the proposal that calls for a 30-day unlimited card of $125, a base fare of $2.25 and a 5 percent bonus, a rider would need to make 59 trips over 30 days to justify the purchase.

UberEats drivers are paid a base fare of £3.30 per delivery, plus £1 per mile between the restaurant and the drop location, minus a 25% fee taken by the company.

The costs of the trip, like the subcultures, come in tiers: a base fare of $326 for adults, from Bellingham to Juneau (children under 6 are free, ages 6 to 12 travel at half the adult fare, and seniors receive a 25 percent discount), gets you aboard the Columbia on foot with your luggage.

And Michael O'Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, the Irish no-frills carrier, has said he plans to start a new airline that will fly from secondary European markets like Liverpool or Birmingham to a half-dozen American cities like Baltimore or Providence, R.I., for a base fare as low as 10 euros, or about $16 at $1.59 to the euro.

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Non-business travelers, in aggregate, will choose a seat offered at a low base fare, almost every time.

"The addition of incremental fees means that if a passenger succeeds in getting a lower base fare than last year, their out-of-pocket expense actually ends up being higher," said Jamie Baker, an analyst at JPMorgan Chase.

Most likely, it is an irrational response, probably due to the cognitive glitch of "framing". A low base fare plus fees is deemed by people as more burdensome than a high base fare with "discounts," even if the total sum is the same.

That includes both lower time and distance charges, as well as a lower base fare, all of which goes into effect Monday, January 21.

With a higher base fare of $1.35 and new surcharges based on distance, Blue Line riders will have to shell out up to $1.25 more for every ride they take.

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