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Oct 17, 2012 | 9:05 pm

#419

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SugarLime

Thanks, thats helpful. AA is giving them an ARV (approximate retail value) somewhere around 10k (I'd have to look it up) but I only have to pay tax on the FMV...

Find the lowest valued fare you can use points for.
Remember, if you only want a one way ticket, you still have to use a full BE roundtrip award to get it. So, maybe you can value a 2000 mile domestic ticket award at $50 to $100
Document it
Use that as the FMV