"Hefty surcharges" refers to significant additional costs or fees that are charged on top of the original price of a product or service. It means that the surcharges are considerably high and can significantly increase the overall cost.
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Unfortunately, some airlines and routes have
pretty hefty surcharges, which means you need to know if you're going to be responsible for paying them.
Cathay Pacific fuel surcharges are quite small on its own metal (only $ 14 for travel between Hong Kong and the U.S.), but they
add hefty surcharges to most of their airline partners, even some American Airlines flights.
You can transfer points from Amex Membership Rewards directly to Skywards, Emirates» loyalty program, but the carrier imposes
hefty surcharges on award flights.
Many people automatically discount the use of British Airways miles for award flights due to the fact that most of their international flights transit via Heathrow and
carry hefty surcharges.
Nor does it specify how the $ 1.5 billion a year —
from hefty surcharges on cars, trucks and for - hire vehicles to drive in congested areas of Manhattan — will actually be spent to improve city subways and buses.
This time at English Kills, he constructed an ATM that functions like any other cash machine except for its
rather hefty surcharge ($ 4.99).
Many people automatically discount the use of British Airways miles for award flights due to the fact that most of their international flights transit via Heathrow and
carry hefty surcharges.
And then Fannie and Freddie adopted risk - based pricing models, meaning that if there wasn't a halo floating above your head you'd be subject to some
pretty hefty surcharges.
Sources say the plan is also expected to add
a hefty surcharge for app - based car services like Uber and Lyft.
Currently print books in Poland have a 5 % VAT but e-books carry
a hefty surcharge of 23 %.
(Please note that Amazon adds
a hefty surcharge in some countries outside the US.
She was disgruntled that print books in Poland have a 5 % VAT, but e-books carry
a hefty surcharge of 23 %.
Doing so after - the - fact can add more delays, frustraions, and it becomes more expensive (the copyright folks charge
a hefty surcharge of hundreds of dollars to rush the filing and that's only if you meet very specific criteria).
This adds
a hefty surcharge to even the best bargain ticket.
You may also have to pay
a hefty surcharge if you use points to pay for a flight on one of Virgin America's partners.
The Virgin America card is a relatively good value, but it can charge
some hefty surcharges and booking fees.
The good news is that when you book Oneworld and other partner awards you can often avoid
these hefty surcharges.
As usual,
hefty surcharges will be likely when you book with ANA.
This route avoids
the hefty surcharges on British Airways and takes about the same time.
For example, flights out of the UK often have
hefty surcharges added, plus even more if you're flying on or booked through a British carrier.
Although we might idealistically call for a ban of plastics, or mandatory recycling, or adding
a hefty surcharge for each «disposable» plastic item, one of the only things that seems to hold promise in reducing plastic pollution is to move toward greener materials that are made from renewable resources and can break down quickly without adding more of a toxic load to our waterways.
Why plead guilty and get assessed points and
hefty surcharges?