{"id":25193,"date":"2012-02-03T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/a-us-passport-will-now-cost-you-a-little-more\/"},"modified":"2018-10-18T13:50:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T13:50:05","slug":"a-us-passport-will-now-cost-you-a-little-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/a-us-passport-will-now-cost-you-a-little-more\/","title":{"rendered":"A US Passport Will Now Cost You a Little More"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Several passport fees are increasing in 2012 <\/strong><\/div>\n

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Americans planning international travel in 2012 will have to pay a little more to obtain a passport if they don’t have one already.<\/p>\n

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According to a report from MSNBC<\/a>, passport fees are increasing across the board. The passport application fee will rise 27 percent, from $55 to $70. First time applicants are also subject to a $25 “execution fee” on top of that.<\/p>\n

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The increases won’t only affect first-timers, however. Frequent travelers will be bummed to learn that it will now cost a whopping $82 to add extra pages to their passports. That service used to be provided free of charge.<\/p>\n

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The price hikes come as the U.S. State Department looks for ways to fully cover its consular services, according to the report.<\/p>\n

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While the charges will be a little hard to swallow, countless reasons remain as to why every American should own a passport. Frugal travelers can off-set the expenditure by tracking down cheap flights<\/strong><\/a> with CheapOair.<\/p>\n

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CC Flickr photo credit: bark<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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