Upcharge

Upcharge is used as the billing counterpart to marketing's upsell.[1][2] In one context,[2] it means paying a smaller increment in price for a larger increase in what is received; in another it means paying an increase for a non-standard arrangement, what one writer called "upcharge money."[3]

It also may refer to a convenience fee:[4] a pharmacy that carries basic grocery items and charges higher prices for the non-pharmaceutical one-stop-shopping items.[5] While a surcharge is part of what must be paid, an upcharge is not always unexpected,[6] and usually can be declined by rejecting the additional service or the suggested upgrade,[7][8] albeit receiving less.[1]

The term upcharge is sometimes used when charge (or possibly surcharge) would suffice, similar to the matter of upsurge compared to the simpler words surge and increase.[9][10] "Upcharge attraction" is one description of how amusement parks charge both for admission and then for individual rides.[11]

References

1. Garth Johnston (February 8, 2013). "Neat Upsell: Restaurant Caught Charging More For Bourbon Without Rocks". The Gothamist. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
2. John Del Signore (July 28, 2011). "Le Poisson Rouge Charges $3 Extra For Glenlivet With Ice, $3 Extra Without". The Gothamist. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
3. Concepción de León (March 25, 2019). Kristian Thacker (ed.). "Damon Young on the 'Absurdity' of Being Black". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
4. "Family Vacation: What Price, Convenience?". The Wall Street Journal. March 4, 2007.
5. "What Will the Economy's New 'Normal' Look Like in 2013?". The New York Times. January 2, 2013. a drugstore that also carries basic grocery items at an upcharge.
6. Nick Guy (November 11, 2021). "The Best Cheap iPad Cases". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2022. for about the price of a burrito and chips (including the upcharge for guac)
7. What is the difference between surcharge and upcharge?, retrieved October 2, 2022
8. "Upcharge definition", Law Insider, retrieved October 2, 2022
9. wherein, having referred to surcharge and "10 percent", "10%" and "upcharge" are said.Joel E. Abramson (October 27, 2015). "Answers About Rent Stabilization, Part 2". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
10. Melanie Gouby. "Eastern Congo city suffers upsurge in violence". The New York Daily News. "It is only an upsurge in ordinary crime," he asserted.
11. Adams, Judith A. (1991). The American Amusement Park Industry: A History of Technology and Thrills. Boston: Twayne Publishers. ISBN 0-8057-9821-8.