One destined to succeed, just as reported? There's a price for being on the up!
I believe the answer is:
airfare
'one destined to succeed just as reported?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'a price for being on the up' is the wordplay.
'price' becomes 'fare' (I have seen 'Price of passage ' mean 'fare' so perhaps 'price' could also mean 'fare').
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'being on the up' becomes 'ir' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fare' after 'ir' is 'irfare'.
'a'+'irfare'='AIRFARE'
'there's' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for airfare that I've seen before include "Cost of flying" , "Charge for flight" , "The cost of travelling" , "Price of flying" , "One won't catch a plane without it" .)