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Old Aug 7, 2013 | 3:56 am
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your Invoice should show the breakdown of with and without VAT (with VAT listed as a line-item)..............MR points are applicable to the non-VAT included portion ONLY.......

Originally Posted by tbm13
I wonder how this works in Europe though where you're quoted a room rate which includes tax (VAT). My assumption was that you'd get points on the full rate (including VAT) but I'm not entirely sure that's correct.

Given the wierd exchange rates Marriott uses when awarding points for non-USD spend, it's hard to work out anyway...
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