Originally Posted by
Time traveller
Not sure if the federal excise tax is for US only or for everyone. You can log in your aa.com account and attempt to buy the miles and it will tell you whether they will charge you the tax or not.
too bad, we are getting double dinged
Number of Miles: 60,000
Cost: $1500.00 USD
GST/HST: $76.50 USD
Federal Excise Tax: $112.50 USD
QST: $2.36 USD
Processing Charge: $30.00 USD
Total Cost: $1721.36 USD
Federal tax and Canadian tax