Word: capping
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...cap on travel agents' commissions introduced by major airlines last month will likely make travel more expensive, though it probably won't affect students buying airline tickets for spring break...
...affecting us terribly," she said. McKenzie said the agency added a small service fee on coupons in response to the cap, but has not yet levied service charges on regular tickets...
...Cornbury, the Colonial governor of New York in 1702. Cornbury, using the excuse that he had to he had to represent Queen Anne as best he could, regularly wore women's clothing to the state's Assembly. His portrait--in which he sports "a gown, stays, tucker, long ruffles, cap," and a five o'clock shadow--still hangs in the New York Historical Society...
Delta ended that benevolent policy two weeks ago when it scrapped the 10% commission that airlines have paid agents to distribute tickets for domestic flights. Instead, Delta placed a $50 cap on fees for ticketing round trips costing $500 or more. American, United, Northwest, TWA, Continental and USAir swiftly joined the formation in moves that the industry says could save it $800 million this year...
...argue the reformers, should be made to pay higher premiums and larger deductibiles. But it turns out there are relatively few ``greedy geezers'' to be gouged. Nearly 80% of all Medicare benefits go to households with annual incomes less than $25,000. Another Republican proposal would simply impose a cap, a fixed percentage, on the growth of Medicare's budget. But opponents claim this would threaten vulnerable hospitals in inner cities and rural areas, while creating chaos in a program destined to grow larger from the addition of aging baby boomers...