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Fewer companies are willing to pay extra fees airlines keep tacking on, leaving employees to not check bags or order in-flight food, or to pay for the services themselves. A report released today by travel and expense management company GetThere says 78% of corporate travel managers who answered a GetThere survey said their companies reimbursed for a first checked bag last year, down from 95% in 2010. The percentage of travel managers whose companies covered the costs of on-board food or beverage dropped to 42% last year, compared with 53% the year before. As companies tighten travel budgets, another report released Monday reveals that U.S. airlines bring in more revenue from fees for bags and other products and services than do the world's other carriers. United, Delta and American finished in the top three — each generating billions in ancillary revenue outside airfares last year, according to the report by IdeaWorks, a consultant specializing in ancillary revenue. The...