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35 Most Outrageous Fees & How to Avoid Them

Tickets

Paper Tickets ($45 - 75),
Speaking to a Person ($15 - 20),
Changing Flights ($175 - 250),
Aisle or Exit Seats [$15 - 75 (Vigin Atlantic)],
Overweight & Extra Baggages ($50 - 200)

Car Rental

Insurance ($10 - 35/day),
Excise taxes (2 - 5 %)

Hotels

Add-on Charges, including Resort fees, regardless of if you use the ammenities (pool, etc) or not. ($10 - 30)

Phone

Surcharges & Penalties ($1.99 - 200)

Gift Cards

Activation fees ($9.95 - 25)

Real Estate

Junk closing costs ($1000s),
Title Insurance ($800 - 1100),
Bi-weekly payment fee ($10)

Banks

ATM fees ($1.25 - 2.50),
Monthly service fees (up to $13 or more),
Bad deposit fee [a collected cheque you never kew would bounce] ($10),
Foreign currency fees ($3 + 3%),
Credit card late fees ($39),
Over limit fees (avg $39),
Same day online payment fees ($15)

Investments

Mutual Funds Fees (15 - 25%),
Variety annuity expenses (3 - 20%),
Brokerage tranfer fees ($25 - 60),
College Management [529] fees (.05 - 2.05%)

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/20...12/gallery.outrageous.fees/2.html

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