A surcharge for something additional.
The word "upcharge" is an accepted and commonly used word in written English. It is used to describe an additional fee or cost added to the original amount for a service or product. For example, "The restaurant added an upcharge of 10% to the bill for ala carte items.".
Ultimately, the reason airlines cram us into tiny seats and upcharge for everything is that we're out there on Expedia and Kayak, shopping on exactly one dimension: the price of the flight.
And the way to do that is...to cram us into tiny seats and upcharge for everything.
(His voice rising) And the chef worked hard on it, just like my mom, God love her, and if you believe in the chef's values of hard work and creative spicing you should order it, although if you don't like chicken we can substitute shrimp for a small upcharge.
Erich Merkle, an auto analyst and president of Autoconomy, said that environmentally motivated consumers "should have no problem with that kind of upcharge - it's insignificant over and above the cost of a Chevrolet Cruze if you think it's helping keep our planet clean".
"Dark of the Moon" is one of the few recent 3-D movies that justify the upcharge.
A study by Validas, a company that analyses its customers' bills to match them with an efficient phone plan, said that the upcharge on Verizon smartphone users was steep.
In the case of "Dark of the Moon" I at least know where my 3-D upcharge money is going, and one of the reasons I like it better than the other two — Shia LaBeouf has not grown on me.
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