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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 2:00 am
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theworld
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Originally Posted by percysmith
I don't quite get the $150 bit.
What is your USD price?

I'll try to reconcile the breakeven USD price to the HKD cash price:

HKD cash price: $88,650

Each HKD$1 spending in USD on Citi earns 0.25 mile = $0.025. An effective rebate rate of 2.5%.

Breakeven USD price:
88,650 = usd_price x 7.91 (believe me, almost all HK banks bill at this rate (this is inclusive of bank 1.95%) x (1-0.025)
usd_price = 11,494.70


Postscript: wouldn't there be remittance fees for wire transfer that should be taken into account?
Hi

Sorry, these numbers are giving me a headache!

HK price of the item is HK$87,428, but the US$ price of the item is US$11,283. The company has pricing in HK$ and US$ and these are the prices listed.

In terms of wire transfer, they have the ability to make a wire transfer to a HK bank account in HK$.
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