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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ancillary charges" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to additional fees or costs that are not included in the main price of a service or product.
Example: "Please be aware that there may be ancillary charges for services such as baggage handling and seat selection."
Alternatives: "additional fees" or "supplementary charges".
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Almost 20percentnt of Ryanair's revenue comes from ancillary charges – something that this service will boost.
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.
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For owners who are New York State residents, Animal Health Diagnostic Center ancillary test charges covered by the NYS contract will be performed at no additional charge.
More than a quarter of Ryanair's turnover is from ancillary revenues – charges for services such as using credit cards, priority boarding and checking in baggage.
Prison phone providers sued to block the rule, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit put a hold on the rate caps in March 2016, although the cap on ancillary fees — charges tacked onto to inmate calls — was permitted to go into effect.
As for other so-called ancillary fees charged by airlines, spending increased by 11.3 percent for priority access, as business travelers struggled to deal with the worsening boarding-area scrums.
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