The settlement calls for merchants to advise consumers of the surcharges, potentially at the cash register.
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Revenues from surcharges have helped put ATMs in seemingly every shopping mall and supermarket in America.
The OFT has been investigating some unnamed airlines over the "transparency and presentation" of their surcharges.
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Boehner leveled particular criticism at proposed tax surcharges on the wealthy contained in the House bill.
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Airlines must now incorporate all previously asterisked fees and surcharges in their advertised ticket prices.
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That's because 10 states, including California, New York, Florida and Texas have laws prohibiting such surcharges.
New surcharges on the richest are part of austerity programmes in Portugal and Spain.
Even if they could, most stores will not risk offending their clientele by slapping surcharges on cards.
The lawsuit settlement says that merchants can't discriminate among card brands if they decide to add surcharges.
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So far, more than a dozen communities, from Los Angeles to Miami, have begun to target ATM surcharges.
The OFT said airlines could still impose surcharges for credit cards, "which can be a more costly process".
The surcharges are particularly galling to pols and consumer groups because they seem to amount to blatant double dipping.
Merchants may have to limit surcharges to the cost of card acceptance, for instance, or disclose surcharges to customers.
With huge surcharges, the wealthy realize there is no longer value in Medicare.
Such sums have now sparked a nationwide legislative brawl over profitable ATM surcharges.
When combined with fuel surcharges, this more than makes up for higher expenses.
Mr Clegg also promised more high speed rail links and surcharges on most flights under a Lib Dem government.
The latest announcement marks the third time BA has raised surcharges since December.
To add surcharges to a previously quoted price is bad form: "You lose your relationship and credibility, " she says.
By slapping ETS surcharges on tickets, as some non-Chinese airlines have done, they may even profit from the scheme.
"Surcharges for credit or debit card payments are ... especially unfair, " says Gray.
Fees and surcharges seem to be an unavoidable part of living in a world where banking is big business.
The plan suggests public funding could come partly from special taxes on fans, such as ticket and parking surcharges.
Notably, those films did not have 3D or IMAX surcharges boosting their totals.
The number of machines has nearly doubled, from 139, 000 in 1996, when the surcharges first took effect, to 227, 000 today.
The agreement limits any surcharges to roughly the cost of the swipe fees, generally 1% to 3% of the purchase.
The mere power to impose surcharges gives them new leverage, potentially making it easier to negotiate lower fees for themselves.
These surcharges supposedly will apply for one year, though if Congress finds this a popular tune, it may make it permanent.
BA's chief executive Willie Walsh has insisted that passengers had not been overcharged because fuel surcharges were "a legitimate way of recovering costs".
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