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Old Aug 29, 2018, 7:54 am
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Originally Posted by Flying Lawyer


this, my dear, is the reason for his impression that he gets not enough points. The rate he sees contains a certain tax portion which does not earn points.
Partly wrong. The IHG website clearly shows the qualified amount with taxes incorrectly removed (should be 10% VAT I believe, but some other random amount is removed instead), converts from EUR to USD, and then only gives 10 points per EUR not USD. The whole thing is a mess.

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