The phrase "ancillary charge" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to additional fees or costs associated with a primary service or product.
Example: "The hotel informed us that there would be an ancillary charge for using the spa facilities during our stay."
Alternatives: "additional fee" or "supplementary charge".
Already, big airlines are following the lead of the low-cost airlines and levying what have euphemistically become known as "ancillary" charges.
Despite regulators having some success in this regard with airlines, many hotels find the temptation to advertise low prices, which they then sneakily bulk up with ancillary charges, impossible to resist.
Although legacy carriers have had some success in improving their cost structures by renegotiating union agreements and experimenting with ancillary charges, for example—progress is stymied by their full-service proposition.
For trying to squeeze an extra $60 from Mr. Miró, the Irish low-cost carrier found itself in a Barcelona court, where it lost the case — just one episode in a recent consumer backlash against ancillary charges, fees outside the sale of tickets and cost-cutting practices coming at a time when airlines across the globe are increasingly adopting European ancillary pricing models.
But if they manage to get their belongings into one carry-on bag and one "personal item" (that will fit under the seat), they pay nothing.It seems this has been rather too popular a response for many people faced with American's ancillary charges.
He does say that down the road, Eventbrite is hoping to bring the same technology to sports venues, where people really rack up ancillary charges on merchandise and food.
Airlines use hidden ancillary charges as an indirect way to raise fares in a manner which makes it impossible to predict the total price of a ticket.
This commonly employed prosecutorial tactic of twisting the law to create ancillary charges when none fit the perceived crime is the reason why this country needs specific anti-bullying legislation.
The move marks a break from other "traditional" European carriers (think Air France or British Airways,) "which have prided themselves on not burdening passengers with ancillary charges as do the budget carriers," reports Business Traveller.
When it comes to ancillary fees, charge what you want, and whatever the market will bear.
