Sep 17, 2014, 10:44 am
Last edit by: mia
Reminder: you must enroll and select UA as your airline BEFORE making a reimbursable purchase (this includes MPX). Click HERE.
Caution: As of December 2016, it appears that American Express no longer reimburses MPX transactions.
Credits generally appear 3-4 days after making the transaction. No need to worry unless they don't appear after a week.
TravelBank funds can only be used on United and United Express flights. Partner flights are not eligible.
Gift Registry and Gift Cards
The consensus is that United gift registry contributions will be reimbursed and gift card purchases will not. So
There seems to be no downside to contributing in sub-200 dollar chunks since the gift registry creates a single pool of cash. However there are lots of reports of successful fee credits from a single $200 donation. Whether done as on $200 transaction or eight $25 transactions, the result is that one will have $200 in ones TravelBank.
PLEASE NOTE: When you establish a gift registry for the first time, it will take 24 hours before the funds in the registry are available to use toward payment of a flight.
Do I have to join the united.com Club ($25 annual fee) to use my TravelBank?
Apparently not.
Does spending TravelBank credit count towards PQD?
Yes-for revenue flights only
Airline Taxes on Award Tickets- Log into united.com
- Set up a gift registry for yourself
- Use the link in your gift registry web page to send an announcement to your email address. This better, faster, and more reliable than searching for your gift registry, especially if you have a common name. Even someone with an unusual surname like mre5765 has could not find his registry after creating it.
- Log out of united.com
- Follow the Make Contribution in your gift registry email
- Contribute using your Amex platinum card
There seems to be no downside to contributing in sub-200 dollar chunks since the gift registry creates a single pool of cash. However there are lots of reports of successful fee credits from a single $200 donation. Whether done as on $200 transaction or eight $25 transactions, the result is that one will have $200 in ones TravelBank.
PLEASE NOTE: When you establish a gift registry for the first time, it will take 24 hours before the funds in the registry are available to use toward payment of a flight.
Do I have to join the united.com Club ($25 annual fee) to use my TravelBank?
Apparently not.
Does spending TravelBank credit count towards PQD?
Yes-for revenue flights only
Doesn't seem to work anymore; see post 179 http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25297196-post179.html and #391
MPX (MileagePlus X)It appears that this is no longer working. See this post: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/27589581-post1496.html.
Economy Plus feesThere are recent reports of this working on a per ticket basis. No recent report of an Economy Plus annual subscription being reimbursed.
$200 airline fee reimbursement reports: UA only. [2010 - 2016]
Jan 15, 2014, 10:45 pm
#811
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 96
For those who have loaded funds into a GR, have you noticed a lag between the credit showing under "current balance" and the time it shows under "available balance"?
It seems like the funds aren't immediately usable, which has implications for those of us planning to load GR funds right before making a purchase...
It seems like the funds aren't immediately usable, which has implications for those of us planning to load GR funds right before making a purchase...
Last edited by milefan; Jan 15, 2014 at 11:05 pm
Jan 16, 2014, 8:00 am
#812
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: CLT
Programs: FT Member #8119 F & J Free Agent
Posts: 6,550
For those who have loaded funds into a GR, have you noticed a lag between the credit showing under "current balance" and the time it shows under "available balance"?
It seems like the funds aren't immediately usable, which has implications for those of us planning to load GR funds right before making a purchase...
It seems like the funds aren't immediately usable, which has implications for those of us planning to load GR funds right before making a purchase...
Jan 17, 2014, 5:35 am
#813
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: XNA
Programs: UA Platinum
Posts: 57
Another data point. Bought $200 GR on 1/13 and received the credit on 1/16.
Jan 17, 2014, 8:01 am
#814
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: BOS (South End)
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP, TrueBlue, IHG Plat Amb, SPG Gold, Marriott Gold, Accor Platinum, National Exec Elite
Posts: 907
Jan 18, 2014, 2:22 pm
#816
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 301
2x$100 at united.com never posted, but $200 at GR posted in 3 days 
Jan 20, 2014, 11:04 am
#817
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: PDX
Programs: AS MVPG, TK Elite, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold, Bonvoy Gold, AMEX Plat
Posts: 57
2x unsuccessful. $200 GR done twice (7/1 and 14/1) and neither have been credited. Never had any issues in previous years getting the $200 GC to credit back to my two Plat cards but no luck this year with the GR.
Jan 21, 2014, 12:53 am
#818
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 492
How to deposit GC to GR? I wasn't able to find related information at the GR web faq. Thanks!
Jan 21, 2014, 8:11 am
#819
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: ORY/PCT
Programs: AA 1MM, AF Plat, VS Gold, Hyatt Glob, Sixt Diamond, Avis Presidents Club
Posts: 1,150
$200 UA GR purchased mid-Jan. $200 Amex Airline Fee Reimbursement appeared two days later.
Jan 21, 2014, 8:55 pm
#820
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: BOS (South End)
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP, TrueBlue, IHG Plat Amb, SPG Gold, Marriott Gold, Accor Platinum, National Exec Elite
Posts: 907
Date Point: Purchased two $100 gift certs on the 12th...no credit. Purchased two $100 gift registry "certs" on the 17th and AMEX posted the credits on the 20th.
Jan 22, 2014, 7:24 am
#821
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 117
I've called Amex 2x asking about a credit for GC purchase (8 January), but they just put me off with "It may take up to 4 weeks". Meanwhile, my annual fee comes due this Saturday. They credited a $200 GC within 4 days when I did it in December, just one month before. Looks like GCs are definitely becoming harder to get credit for.
Jan 22, 2014, 1:51 pm
#822
Join Date: May 2011
Location: DAC
Programs: AA Platinum, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 27
D3XT3R: Same issue here. Purchased $200 GR on 1/2, no reimbursement. Received $200 credit last year from GC purchase. May try another GR this week.
Not sure why some GR reimbursements are going through and others aren't...
Not sure why some GR reimbursements are going through and others aren't...
Last edited by mcanders; Jan 22, 2014 at 1:55 pm Reason: Typo.
Jan 23, 2014, 7:03 am
#823
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: 212
Programs: Marriott Titanium, Hilton Gold, UA Silver
Posts: 502
Given many other people are still having success with GR, any chance that you didn't select United as your preferred airline?
Jan 23, 2014, 9:42 am
#824
Join Date: May 2011
Location: DAC
Programs: AA Platinum, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 27
) but this year I re-selected United on 1/1, then purchased the GR on 1/2. I will try again this week in the GR and report back.
Jan 24, 2014, 11:31 am
#825
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 16
Reimbursed gift registry within two days.
Also I paid for a one way ticket with a gift certificate (credit from last year) and the rest on the platinum card. Was reimbursed for the ticket as well this is how the charge came in. I redacted personal info.
UNITED AIRLINES HOUSTON TX 49 dollars and.00 Cents
Doing Business As
UNITED ELEC TICKETNG
Merchant Address
600 JEFFERSON ST, STE 1900, HOUSTON, TX 77002-7324 UNITED STATES
Additional Information
REDACTED WWW.UNITED.COM
reference number
REDACTED
Category
Travel - Airline
From To Carrier Class
AIRPORT INT
AIRPORT INTER
UA
N/A
UA
N/A
YY
N/A
YY
TICKET NUMBER
REDACTED
DATE OF DEPARTURE
02/07
PASSENGER NAME
REDACTED
DOCUMENT TYPE
PASSENGER TICKET
UNITED AIRLINES
And here is the credit
AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement -49 dollars and.00 Cents
Doing Business As
UNITED ELEC TICKETNG
Merchant Address
600 JEFFERSON ST, STE 1900, HOUSTON, TX 77002-7324 UNITED STATES
reference number
REDACTED
Category
Travel - Airline
Also I paid for a one way ticket with a gift certificate (credit from last year) and the rest on the platinum card. Was reimbursed for the ticket as well this is how the charge came in. I redacted personal info.
UNITED AIRLINES HOUSTON TX 49 dollars and.00 Cents
Doing Business As
UNITED ELEC TICKETNG
Merchant Address
600 JEFFERSON ST, STE 1900, HOUSTON, TX 77002-7324 UNITED STATES
Additional Information
REDACTED WWW.UNITED.COM
reference number
REDACTED
Category
Travel - Airline
From To Carrier Class
AIRPORT INT
AIRPORT INTER
UA
N/A
UA
N/A
YY
N/A
YY
TICKET NUMBER
REDACTED
DATE OF DEPARTURE
02/07
PASSENGER NAME
REDACTED
DOCUMENT TYPE
PASSENGER TICKET
UNITED AIRLINES
And here is the credit
AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement -49 dollars and.00 Cents
Doing Business As
UNITED ELEC TICKETNG
Merchant Address
600 JEFFERSON ST, STE 1900, HOUSTON, TX 77002-7324 UNITED STATES
reference number
REDACTED
Category
Travel - Airline