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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 9:40 pm
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Originally Posted by Tech Noir
You can buy a maximum of 40,000 AA points each year. This costs US$1,000 plus a US$30 processing fee. Currently they have a promotion whereby you will receive 15,000 bonus points when purchasing 40,000, so 55,000 points for US$1,030 which is about AU$1,150.
Are you Federal Excise Tax (US$75.00) exempt if a US non-resident AA member?

Even if not, the 55,000 plus a gift of 5,000 from someone allows for two trans-tasman returns in J for AUD715 plus taxes each. Not bad!
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