H. A. Chippendale
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The Arab oil embargo of 1973 led airlines to add fuel surcharges to their passenger fares that were large enough to discourage air travel. Surcharges are usually added for special service. When you request a "rush job" from a service supplier, it will probably bring a surcharge along with it. A particularly difficult phone installation may carry a surcharge. An extra-large fine for a speeding offense after you've already had too many tickets could be called a surcharge. An added tax may be called a surcharge (or surtax) when it only affects people with incomes above a certain level. And if those low, low prices that show up in really big letters in ads for all kinds of services turn out to be misleading, it's probably because they don't include a bunch of surcharges that you won't find out about till later.
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Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
On Disney, room service is mostly free all day and night, while on Royal Caribbean, only continental breakfast is included in the fare (hot breakfasts and other meal periods are surcharged), for example.
—Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2024
John Russell, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
The group said existing law did not allow for the surcharges.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Surcharge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surcharge. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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