Jan 4, 2017, 7:59 am
Last edit by: mia
CAUTION: In February 2019, American Airlines changed the coding of gift card transactions. Although there are a few successful data points since, in general, Gift Card purchases are now explicitly identified, and no longer reimbursed by American Express.
Reminder: you must enroll and select your airline BEFORE making a reimbursable purchase. http://www.americanexpress.com/airlinechoice -or- "Call the number on the back of your Card to select a qualifying airline."
Data Points on automatically reimbursed incidentals since 2017:
Admirals Club Memberships: Admirals Club Passes:
Wifi is provided by one of three third-party providers and is thus not eligible for the incidental credit.
* For items not automatically reimbursed but which are not excluded by Amex, you can try and request manual reimbursement from American Express; however, you may need to wait 14-28 days first.
To review AA reimbursement reports from 2011-2016 as well as information on gift cards, click HERE.
Reminder: you must enroll and select your airline BEFORE making a reimbursable purchase. http://www.americanexpress.com/airlinechoice -or- "Call the number on the back of your Card to select a qualifying airline."
Data Points on automatically reimbursed incidentals since 2017:
Admirals Club Memberships: Admirals Club Passes:
- Yes - Hilton-gold, moe8555
- No - ShrinkTheGlobe, canesfan, jasmians, soy
- Yes - Dedicated, Rakibullslam, tsmith12, lotrbfme, mia, GTITAN, cdoobiest
- No - Alex_I, exmike, jb0506, fangtl, nall, javabytes, chitink
- Mixed - PatrickTM, Visconti, iahphx
- No - cubs105, prhocky2607
- No - PatrickTM, mileshound
- Yes - LuizMiranda, fotoflyer88, nk15, joshvworld, Hilton-gold, captaink, JCN, aftortoriello, nall
- No - pubsmeister
- Yes - jvel
- Yes - JDiver
- No - AUSINSIGHT
- No - mrlemm
- Yes - Segments
- Yes - wireless_999, saunders111, mosfet, Budoka, sdsearch
- Mixed - inevitability
Wifi is provided by one of three third-party providers and is thus not eligible for the incidental credit.
* For items not automatically reimbursed but which are not excluded by Amex, you can try and request manual reimbursement from American Express; however, you may need to wait 14-28 days first.
To review AA reimbursement reports from 2011-2016 as well as information on gift cards, click HERE.
Airline fee $250/$200/$100 reimbursement reports: AA only (2017-2019)
Jan 1, 2017 | 9:34 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 10
Airline fee $250/$200/$100 reimbursement reports: AA only (2017-2019)
Today is 1/1/2017..
I opened amex prg card in feb'16.... got $100 amazon card thru mileagex app in 2016..
now new calendar year started.. so can i get $100 more credit now??
shud i buy two $50 gift card from AA or what... plz help and suggest...
I opened amex prg card in feb'16.... got $100 amazon card thru mileagex app in 2016..
now new calendar year started.. so can i get $100 more credit now??
shud i buy two $50 gift card from AA or what... plz help and suggest...
Jan 2, 2017 | 1:04 am
#2
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 89
Would like to know if any updates to reimbursing for award tickets redeposit/cancellation fee ($150)? The last post about it was back in April 2015... Should I buy the aa.com gift cards and pay for the redeposit/cancellation fee or use my Amex Plat to directly pay for it in order to get the reimbursement benefit for 2017? Thanks.
Jan 2, 2017 | 7:57 am
#3
Join Date: Apr 2012
Programs: 23 million points to burn!
Posts: 1,528
Patiently waiting for the first successful report of a $100 AA GC purchase getting reimbursed in 2017 before I pull the trigger...
Jan 2, 2017 | 7:58 am
#4
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: DAY
Programs: Marriott Platinum, HHonors Diamond, AA ExPLT
Posts: 116
Would like to know if any updates to reimbursing for award tickets redeposit/cancellation fee ($150)? The last post about it was back in April 2015... Should I buy the aa.com gift cards and pay for the redeposit/cancellation fee or use my Amex Plat to directly pay for it in order to get the reimbursement benefit for 2017? Thanks.
Jan 2, 2017 | 8:35 am
#5
Join Date: Jul 2004
Programs: Priority Club Platinum & Ambassdor, Hilton Honors Diamond, SPG Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 509
Would like to know if any updates to reimbursing for award tickets redeposit/cancellation fee ($150)? The last post about it was back in April 2015... Should I buy the aa.com gift cards and pay for the redeposit/cancellation fee or use my Amex Plat to directly pay for it in order to get the reimbursement benefit for 2017? Thanks.
Jan 2, 2017 | 12:10 pm
#7
Join Date: Sep 2009
Programs: Far too many
Posts: 316
$100 Purchases: need to be on different dates?
Any experiences with buying 2 $100 GCs in separate orders on the same day?
Jan 2, 2017 | 1:11 pm
#9
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Berlin
Programs: BA Gold; SK Gold; Accor Diamond; IHG Diamond-Amb.; Meli/HH/Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 5,592
Jan 2, 2017 | 1:41 pm
#10
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: San Francisco & London
Programs: UA1k, Oneworld Sapphire, Hyatt Globalist, IHG DiamondAmb, Hilton Diamond, Marriott LTP,
Posts: 1,867
Does this work for a Virtual Gift card?
Also can you use these to upgrade to F at check-in?
Also can you use these to upgrade to F at check-in?
Last edited by navatwal; Jan 2, 2017 at 3:38 pm
Jan 2, 2017 | 8:07 pm
#11
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: FRA
Programs: MR, DL, MM, HH
Posts: 57
ordered $100... will see how it goes
I have Plat and PRG and pretty sure I'm closing the PRG after I milk it this year.
I have Plat and PRG and pretty sure I'm closing the PRG after I milk it this year.
Jan 3, 2017 | 9:03 am
#12
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 226
so another DP - ordered 2 $100 gift cards, but messed up and did it on the same order which posted to amex as $200 AA MISC SALE. Realized my mistake, and placed another 2 orders for 100 each. The $100 orders got reimbursed , even though they were placed after the $200, so looks like another DP that over $100 will not be reimbursed.
Also - the order posted on dec 30, but the reimbursement happened on jan2, can somebody confirm that will come out of my 2016 credits even though i got credited in 2017?
Also - the order posted on dec 30, but the reimbursement happened on jan2, can somebody confirm that will come out of my 2016 credits even though i got credited in 2017?
Jan 3, 2017 | 9:08 am
#13
Flyertalk Posting Legend Moderator: Credit Card Programs, American Express, Capital One, Chase, Citi, Diners Club, Signatures.
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: HH & IHG Gold; Marriott & AA Perpetual Platinum
Posts: 49,600
https://online.americanexpress.com/u...rted_index=0#/
Jan 3, 2017 | 2:30 pm
#14
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 374
I known $100 AA GC works, $200 doesn't work. How about $150?
Jan 3, 2017 | 2:43 pm
#15
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 22
Waited until the very last minute on AA. I purchased 2 - $100 e-giftcards from AA on a personal platinum at 9:45pm CST on Dec 31. It posted on Dec 31 and was reimbursed on January 2.
Don't wait until the last minute, I got lucky because AA was going to start site maintenance at 10:00pm on Dec 31, so if I would have waited longer it may not have processed.
Also I can confirm that I still have $200 in credit until Dec 2017. So I can do this again for 2017.
Don't wait until the last minute, I got lucky because AA was going to start site maintenance at 10:00pm on Dec 31, so if I would have waited longer it may not have processed.
Also I can confirm that I still have $200 in credit until Dec 2017. So I can do this again for 2017.