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Old Jul 22, 2019, 11:15 am
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Sometimes the corporate bootlicking on here gets to be too much. Can everyone give the OP a break, come on it was a fair Q.
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Old Jul 22, 2019, 12:19 pm
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Originally Posted by SJC ORD LDR
Calling something a money grab is accusatory.
To each their own and don’t agree. I consider all kinds of ancillary fees like this as money grabs.
Absolutely fair question by the OP and not sure why some are upset by it.
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Old Jul 22, 2019, 3:12 pm
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Several years ago when I transferred the AmEx MR points to Air Canada, I was told that the exise tax applied only to US carriers. Since then I've always transferred only to non-US carriers.
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Old Jul 22, 2019, 3:30 pm
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Originally Posted by apodo77

To each their own and don’t agree. I consider all kinds of ancillary fees like this as money grabs.
Absolutely fair question by the OP and not sure why some are upset by it.
Except this isnt an ancillary fee, it's a government mandated tax. One that they publish they must and thus do charge.

Some of us dont like accusing people/companies of being shady/immoral/unethical. OP implied that was the case simply cause AMEX charged a federal tax.
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Old Jul 22, 2019, 3:35 pm
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Originally Posted by GetSetJetSet
Sometimes the corporate bootlicking on here gets to be too much. Can everyone give the OP a break, come on it was a fair Q.
It was a perfectly fine question. It was the ending statement that we've taken issue with. It had no basis in reality.
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Old Jul 22, 2019, 11:30 pm
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There is a 7.5% federal excise tax when purchasing miles from a US airline. Amex is just passing the tax on, where most other programs would just pay it.

Car companies often hide this tax in if you report your US based awards program. I've regularly seen a flat charge of $0.50 even if you only get like 50 miles. That is totally a rip off. Hence, I credit those miles to my useless Virgin Atlantic account.

Incidentally, if the tax is $0.0006 per mile, then we know that AMEX buys miles at $0.008 from the airline!!

https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...-tax-refunded/
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Old Jul 23, 2019, 7:43 am
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Originally Posted by flyerCO
Except this isnt an ancillary fee, it's a government mandated tax. One that they publish they must and thus do charge.

Some of us dont like accusing people/companies of being shady/immoral/unethical. OP implied that was the case simply cause AMEX charged a federal tax.
A gov't mandated tax that *only* AMEX charges. So the gov't only taxes AMEX and not Chase or Citi? Never been charged a penny transferring Chase UR's to UA.
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Old Jul 23, 2019, 7:48 am
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Originally Posted by GetSetJetSet
Sometimes the corporate bootlicking on here gets to be too much. Can everyone give the OP a break, come on it was a fair Q.
Originally Posted by apodo77

To each their own and don’t agree. I consider all kinds of ancillary fees like this as money grabs.
Absolutely fair question by the OP and not sure why some are upset by it.
Well I'll certainly never win most popular here in the DL board, tough crowd. Though it's nice to see that there's a couple others who can read a post objectively without allowing their love for DL to influence their replies.

I meant absolutely no accusation here.
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Old Jul 23, 2019, 8:00 am
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Originally Posted by flyerCO
Except this isnt an ancillary fee, it's a government mandated tax. One that they publish they must and thus do charge.

Some of us dont like accusing people/companies of being shady/immoral/unethical. OP implied that was the case simply cause AMEX charged a federal tax.
You sure are putting a lot of words into the original posters mouth. Maybe I am not as sensitive as you and didn't take his last sentence to mean any of what you are claiming.
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Old Jul 23, 2019, 8:25 am
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Originally Posted by apodo77
Absolutely fair question by the OP and not sure why some are upset by it.
Agreed, but the Corporate Apologists Brigade can't help themselves ( and it remains totally unclear to me, after years on FT, what type of questions these self appointed moderators would view as acceptable) .
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Old Jul 23, 2019, 9:23 am
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Originally Posted by jdrtravel
Agreed, but the Corporate Apologists Brigade can't help themselves ( and it remains totally unclear to me, after years on FT, what type of questions these self appointed moderators would view as acceptable) .
Where have any of us done as you say? If OP post was to be taken how posted all companies are money grabbers. They all charge taxes when required. I know it's quite shocking. They follow the law but are money grabbers for doing so.
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Old Jul 23, 2019, 10:04 am
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Where have any of us done as you say? If OP post was to be taken how posted all companies are money grabbers. They all charge taxes when required. I know it's quite shocking. They follow the law but are money grabbers for doing so.
Again you continue to put words in my mouth. So now I've implied all companies are money grabbers?!?! You really can't help yourself can you ??

They don't all charge taxes when required. I've posted several times now that Chase doesn't charge any taxes when transferring points to UA. So how is that true?
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Old Jul 23, 2019, 12:03 pm
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The question’s been answered and now this has become a food fight. Not sure there’s anything (productive) left to add here.
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Old Jul 23, 2019, 12:23 pm
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Geez you guys act like the OP insulted your mothers.

Is DL REALLY that special to you?
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Old Jul 23, 2019, 9:46 pm
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I believe this thread has reached a good conclusion and is now closed. Feel free to PM me if you feel otherwise.

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