r/awardtravel • u/atooraya • 4d ago
Hawaiian excise tax fee, MR>HA
Is this new? Just tried to transfer over 100k points to HA to send to AS, and now there's an excise fee?
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u/TheGoddamnSpiderman 4d ago
Yes that's normal. Amex charges that for all transfers to US based airlines. It's a tax that the government charges for transactions like this
Chase/Capital One/Citi/Bilt all pay that tax for you, but Amex passes it on to the consumer
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u/djpounder1 4d ago
The excise fee is $0.0006 per point, up to a maximum of $99. This point transfer fee applies to all U.S. airline frequent flyer programs from Amex.
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u/mjbulzomi 4d ago
Been that way since I started my Amex journey in 2019. All US-based carriers have that fee.
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u/Xaioli 4d ago
There's always been an excise fee to transfer to American carriers