Originally Posted by
mrlasssen
Can anyone tell me why American Express charges a .0006 "Federal Excise" tax on transfers of points into a US airlines milage account? However, if you transfer Ultimate Rewards points into a US airline the Federal tax is not collected.
About that - I have transferred MR points to BA, agreed to the fee and never seen it charged. It doesn't amount to much but I'm curious as to why I wasn't charged, or if this is common.