Originally Posted by mia
Skymiles do not cost $55 per thousand. "Miles may be purchased for $0.0275 USD per mile (minimum 1,000 miles) plus a 7.5% Federal Excise Tax and a $25 USD processing fee." The $55 amount used in the original message includes the $25 processing fee, which is assessed once per transaction.
dennis
Bingo, MIA Dennis! ^
Even with the 15% bonus, I still don't consider this 2B a good deal--unless one is a few K short of an award, esp. trans-oceanic J
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