When we got to the front, we were asked to pay
the bag fee with a credit card and the processing fee in cash.
This is assuming the first checked
bag fee with United is $ 25, followed by $ 35 for the second, which totals $ 60 per person, on one leg of the flight.
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Not exact matches
Just as Torontonians were getting used to shelling out 5 cents for plastic
bags, Mayor Rob Ford — possibly angered by having to carry so many nickels and unwilling to suffer the indignity of paying for a reusable shopping
bag — put forth a motion to do away
with the city's plastic -
bag fee as of July 1.
They smuggled in samples
with travel
bags from their hotel room rather than pay exorbitant
fees to have new samples delivered to their booth.
Dom's frustration
with airline baggage
fees motivates the crew to create a carry - on suitcase that can hold as much as a large checked
bag.
The
bag -
fee movement — driven by environmental crusaders and corporate group - think — un-tipped because it conflicted
with the primacy of consumer preferences.
Businesses caught up in do - right crazes like the
bag fee will inevitably (and embarrassingly) find themselves offside
with customers once the fad proves bogus.
JetBlue Airways announced Wednesday that it will charge certain customers for their first checked
bag, yielding to pressure from analysts who criticized the airline for not adding
fees in step
with other carriers.
Passengers claimed that the airlines» collusion began in early 2009, led to higher fares and reduced flight choices, and together
with low fuel prices and higher
fees for checking
bags and other services helped the industry post record profits.
By contrast, the traveller who shells out $ 569 for the «Plus» fare gets a seat
with extra legroom, an extra checked
bag and no change
fees.
No - frills carrier Spirit Airlines, for example, has drawn the ire of consumer activists
with some 70 different
fees, including $ 35 to $ 50 for a carry - on
bag.
Brown unmasks the financial industry for all to see, revealing the less - than - honest sales tactics of boiler - room brokers and dressing down investment banks for running away
with fees and riches while Mom and Pop retail investors are left holding the
bag.
When you choose to fly
with Delta, this card allows individuals to waive the
fee for their first checked
bag.
Look at the 2013 list of top - rated charities (the ones that give the most money to their ministries vs. those who take a huge chunk of the donations for «administrative
fees»)- It's a mixed
bag, but the ones that tend to do the best are the Catholic Charities (Jesuit Refugee Services gives ~ 97 % of its donations directly to the poor) while the bottom 20 are filled
with religious, non-Catholic charities like «Victorious Christian Living International» and the «Gospel to the Unreached Millions» Which give 57.2 % and 56.9 % of their donations to the poor, keeping the rest for administrative costs.
The New York City Council voted 28 - 20 to require certain retailers to collect a
fee on each carryout
bag, paper or plastic,
with some exceptions,
with Mayor Bill de Blasio expressing support for the measure.
Environmentalists also expressed disappointment
with Cuomo's proposal, noting it exempts several types of plastic
bags and does not impose a
fee on paper
bags to encourage the use of reusable
bags.
However, we continue to support either a
fee on all single - use
bags, which has been effective in many jurisdictions including Suffolk County, or a ban on plastic
bags with a
fee on all other single - use
bags.
I am living
with a 5 cent
fee on both plastic and paper
bags in Suffolk County, compliments of the Democrats in the county legislature and the Democrat county executive.
But as
with so much else in the city, the last word on the subject lies
with the State Capitol, where hostility to the
bag bill has threatened to undo, or at least revise, the
fee.
Rather than hit customers who use plastic and other disposable
bags with the 5 - cent
fee under the city law, a new bill would actually pay them to use reusable
bags.
A bill that prevents all cities and towns in the state from imposing
bag fees passed the Republican - led Senate on Tuesday,
with 36 in favor and 22 opposed.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito wants to sock New Yorkers
with a five - cent
fee on grocery
bags to boost recycling and reduce waste.
«He's troubled by the
fee, he agrees
with the goal that we all do that we'd like to see less of these plastic
bags.
Plastic
bags in the five boroughs will soon come
with a 5 - cent price tag, according to a group of legislators who said they have the votes in the NYC Council to pass a bill imposing the
fee.
The Long Beach City Council passed a 5 - cent
fee on plastic
bags at stores in the city,
with members voted 5 - 0 to impose the
fee, which will take effect on April 22 — Earth Day — next year.
But on Tuesday evening, it was the Republican leader in a statement praising Cuomo for signing a bill that blocks the implementation of a 5 - cent
fee on plastic
bags in New York City — a measure that had been pushed by the GOP conference, most prominently Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who aligns
with the Republicans and is a key vote.
The
fee would apply to both plastic and paper
bags with some exemptions, like takeout delivery
bags.
In the State Assembly, the effort to reverse the
bag fee is supported by Steven Cymbrowitz, Dov Hikind, Peter J. Abbate, William Colton, Jaime Williams, Nicole Malliotakis and Pamela Harris of Southern Brooklyn, along
with Walter Mosley of Fort Greene, Erik Dilan of North Brooklyn, Maritza Davila of Bushwick and Charles Barron of East New York.
The city was ready to start imposing a nickel
bag fee on shoppers as of Oct. 1,
with the money kept by merchants, until lawmakers in the state Senate rebelled and passed a bill blocking the move.
Opponents charge that the
fee would hurt the poor — putting the onus on the council, which was the driving force behind the
bag fee, to come up
with a solution.
It is important to note that the communities
with fees and / or bans have resulted in significant decreases in
bag pollution (60 - 90 %).
As you know, there were only 10 Democratic Senators, together
with myself, who joined the Republicans in the Senate to support a bill sponsored by Senator Simcha Felder, to reject the City of New York's five cents (5 cents) per plastic
bag fee to shoppers in the five boroughs.
Councilman Brad Lander (D - Brooklyn), who is co-sponsoring the bill
with Councilwoman Margaret Chin (D - Manhattan), said it's one of several options on the table, including banning plastic
bags outright while imposing a
fee just on paper
bags.
Governor Andrew Cuomo is revisiting the idea of a
fee on plastic grocery
bags with a new task force.
The City also agreed to conduct large - scale reusable
bag giveaways prioritizing low - income areas,
with the stated goal of getting reusable
bags into the hands of New Yorkers so they wouldn't have to pay the
fee.
Plastic
bags will soon come
with a 5 - cent price tag, according to a group of legislators who said Wednesday they have the votes in the City Council to pass a bill imposing the
fee.
Plastic
bags have become a hot button issue at the Capitol of late,
with state lawmakers voting this week to delay by one year New York City's imposition of a
bag fee, previously approved by the City Council.
The City Council voted 28 to 20 on Thursday to require certain retailers to collect a
fee on each carryout
bag, paper or plastic,
with some exceptions.
He said he anticipates there will be a 10 - cent
fee on plastic
bags with revenue shared by the state and retailers, but said he hopes he is wrong on that.
He promised to introduce legislation to create a fund for the county for environmental projects, funded
with two or three cents from the
bag fee.
They assert that the
fee with prompt New Yorkers to turn to reusable tote
bags.
For months, Suffolk lawmakers had debated a straight ban on plastic
bags and had settled on the
fee on «single use» paper and plastic
bags as a compromise
with grocery store owners and labor unions that represent workers.
In yet another reminder of the mayor's lesser reputation in the eyes of the Senate — where Long Island and upstate Republicans hold sway, and have been offended by efforts to oust them — New York City was forced to delay enacting a five - cent
fee on plastic
bags, a setback for the mayor and the City Council on a seemingly local concern but one
with national political appeal.
The new
bag bill would include provisions for low - income families,
with people who receive SNAP or WIC benefits exempt from the
fee, Mr. Lander said.
Even a year later, Lander is confident that the bill he is co-sponsoring
with Council Member Margaret Chin to impose
fees on single - use plastic and paper
bags at grocery stores and bodegas will pass
LUGGAGE: Passengers are increasingly traveling
with large carry - on
bags because of
fees to check luggage.
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