Sentence examples for ancillary fees for from inspiring English sources

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The $450 annual fee can pay for itself if you count the free access to hundreds of airline clubs and $200 annual credit for ancillary fees for things like checking a bag.

Add on a litany of ancillary fees for checked bags and in-flight amenities plus the advent of basic economy fares – which often don't allow for seat selection or overhead luggage storage – and many passengers have grown weary of the mainstream international economy experience.

The discount airline barely has a toe in the big pool of money that rivals collect from "ancillary" fees for, say, food bought on board or preferred seating.

"We don't know, but we think it's possible that they've made as much as $40 million in profit, so, yeah, they're happy to pay a $375,000 fine and just continue the practice". The suit comes at a time when government regulators are moving to clarify ticket prices -- and airlines rake in billions of dollars in ancillary fees for services like checked baggage and seat selection.

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As to the specific charges for return preparation (separate from ancillary fees, like fees for quicker access to cash from the refund, which in the last filing season to over $424 million) the report notes that mystery shopper testing has documented preparation fees up to $400 or $500 per return.

A study of more than 200 airlines by Amadeus, a company that provides technology to the travel industry, and IdeaWorks, a consulting organisation, reveals that carriers are expected to collect $32.5 billion in ancillary fees this year, for everything from baggage and onboard meals to advertising revenue.

Ancillary fees accounted for just 3.1% of Southwest's passenger revenue through the first nine months of last year, lagging well behind Delta Air Lines Inc. and United Continental Holdings Inc.

Now consider that in many cases, passengers had prepaid not just the fare, but also some of those ancillary fees, like charges for checked bags and priority seat selection.

The RS Us alleged mismanagement of funds comes at a time wherein the Ford government has announced they will be allowing an opt-out for ancillary fees.

Ms. Medina at the airline trade group said that the estimate of over $11 billion in ancillary fee revenue for 2010 sounded "highly suspect, if not impossible," given that passenger traffic was up only 2 percent from 2009 and that airlines generally did not add new fees.

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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