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Old Sep 11, 2014 | 10:24 am
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Originally Posted by YSL5577
Alaska Airline points. Yes, was about to buy 80,000 + 3200 (bonus) for $2200 and with this Federal tax at 7.5% and GST/HST (1.13%) i'm looking at addition $800 on top..

total seems to be just under $3000 a.i? tax itself seems to be allot.

Also I'm Canadian, so currency exchange rate sucks too at this point...
7.5% tax is charged on all purchases, to my knowledge. To avoid the GST/HST, try to get an American debit visa/mc (which come with most bank accounts) and "move" your address to the US. Or find an American friend!
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