Sentence examples for charges for checking from inspiring English sources

The Pew group has also found that banks have a bewildering array of charges for checking account customers.

Airlines are taking a variety of actions to generate revenue, imposing charges for checking bags, booking tickets and selecting seats.

BA has already added charges for checking in bags, brought in under the guise of discounts for hand-luggage-only fares.

The move comes a day after Delta doubled, to $50, the fee it charges for checking a second bag and follows an earlier decision to impose a fuel surcharge of up to $50 for booking a ticket using miles.

Eliminating flights is the latest move by the airlines in a cost-cutting drive that also has led to ticket prices climbing 10 times this year and new fees, from charges for checking extra bags to changing itineraries.

And, as one airline spokesman said on condition of anonymity, an airline would rather pass up the $50 it charges for checking an animal as luggage than risk the barrage of bad publicity that follows a pet's injury or death.

The estimate examined only charges for checked bags and extra legroom on nine airlines flying four major domestic routes.

The site offers a Fees Estimator for flight searches, integrating charges for checked baggage and services like meals, beverages and headphones into the ticket price.

Of course, that's small potatoes compared with the airline industry's revenue from fees, which totaled $6 billion last year just in charges for checked bags and for changing an itinerary.

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.

Overweight-bag fees can be far costlier than base charges for checked luggage.