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]
Dec 19, 2014, 6:55 am
#1051
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 26
Hi,
Thank you all for the comments. I have read back for a few months, but would appreciate it if someone can help so I can use the airline credit correctly. So far:
I show a gift registry in my UA acct from years ago, but don't see way to add funds when I'm there or managing registry. When I search, even though not common name (in NJ) it doesn't show any matches. I even added a goal to my previous balance of zero and checked box to view for family and friends. So i did send email to friends and sent to self. I got an email and can make a contribution from there. Is this correct?
Is this correct to do next and then once I can add funds to registry, do I do four $50 gifts?
Thanks!
Diana
Thank you all for the comments. I have read back for a few months, but would appreciate it if someone can help so I can use the airline credit correctly. So far:
I show a gift registry in my UA acct from years ago, but don't see way to add funds when I'm there or managing registry. When I search, even though not common name (in NJ) it doesn't show any matches. I even added a goal to my previous balance of zero and checked box to view for family and friends. So i did send email to friends and sent to self. I got an email and can make a contribution from there. Is this correct?
Is this correct to do next and then once I can add funds to registry, do I do four $50 gifts?
Thanks!
Diana
Dec 20, 2014, 2:01 am
#1052
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: SFO
Posts: 217
I was lazy and only did three payments but four payments of $50 should work.
Dec 22, 2014, 1:11 am
#1053
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: SJC/SFO
Posts: 1
well I done ....ed up. I thought I finished enrolling UA as my airline, turns out I didn't until after I made my charges.
I promptly registered UA as my airline 4 minutes right after my purchase.... did i just screw the pooch with that one?
I promptly registered UA as my airline 4 minutes right after my purchase.... did i just screw the pooch with that one?
Dec 22, 2014, 7:37 am
#1054
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location:
Posts: 385
Just to add to the reports.
$200 Gift registry purchased on the 17th and credited in full today. I did not break it up into smaller pieces. Will repeat in 10 days.
$200 Gift registry purchased on the 17th and credited in full today. I did not break it up into smaller pieces. Will repeat in 10 days.
Dec 22, 2014, 11:50 am
#1055
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 1,223
I just bought a gift certificate to use the rest of my $200 before the year finishes, but I see everybody else is using the gift registry. Did I miss somewhere that we can no long get the credit with a simple gift certificate bought online?
Dec 22, 2014, 11:53 am
#1056
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: NJ
Programs: United Silver, Hyatt, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, Amex Plat, Global Entry
Posts: 751
I used mine for GC...and it worked...but did it in $50 increments
Dec 27, 2014, 6:42 am
#1057
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 3
Did 100$ on the UA registry on 20th dec. Received 86.51$ credit on 25th..... Does anyone know why the credit might be 14$ less?! Thanks
Dec 27, 2014, 8:26 am
#1058
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,952
Dec 28, 2014, 11:38 am
#1059
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 57
Didn't get my 2nd credit for some reason, charged on the 14th of Dec 
Do you guys think I should:
1. Wait it out
2. Give Amex a call
3. Do another $100 charge before the year is up?
Transactions look the same to me
Passenger Name: LASTNAME\GAD DEPOSIT
Document Type: SPECIAL SERVICE TICKET
DEC14 UNITED AIRLINES HOUSTON TX $100.00
DEC12* AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement -$100.00
DEC7 UNITED AIRLINES HOUSTON TX $100.00
Do you guys think I should:
1. Wait it out
2. Give Amex a call
3. Do another $100 charge before the year is up?
Transactions look the same to me
Passenger Name: LASTNAME\GAD DEPOSIT
Document Type: SPECIAL SERVICE TICKET
DEC14 UNITED AIRLINES HOUSTON TX $100.00
DEC12* AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement -$100.00
DEC7 UNITED AIRLINES HOUSTON TX $100.00
Dec 28, 2014, 2:21 pm
#1060
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 16
Didn't get my 2nd credit for some reason, charged on the 14th of Dec
Do you guys think I should:
1. Wait it out
2. Give Amex a call
3. Do another $100 charge before the year is up?
Transactions look the same to me
Passenger Name: LASTNAME\GAD DEPOSIT
Document Type: SPECIAL SERVICE TICKET
DEC14 UNITED AIRLINES HOUSTON TX $100.00
DEC12* AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement -$100.00
DEC7 UNITED AIRLINES HOUSTON TX $100.00
Do you guys think I should:
1. Wait it out
2. Give Amex a call
3. Do another $100 charge before the year is up?
Transactions look the same to me
Passenger Name: LASTNAME\GAD DEPOSIT
Document Type: SPECIAL SERVICE TICKET
DEC14 UNITED AIRLINES HOUSTON TX $100.00
DEC12* AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement -$100.00
DEC7 UNITED AIRLINES HOUSTON TX $100.00
Here's my transaction:
DEC26 UNITED AIRLINES HOUSTON TX $65.00
Passenger Name: LASTNAME \GAD DEPOSIT
Ticket Number: XXX60905328XXXXX
Document Type: SPECIAL SERVICE TICKET
The fact that there's a ticket number, a last name, and the type says "ticket" are all concerning to me. Did I do something wrong?
EDIT: According to post 991, this exact same coding for the charge was in fact reimbursed. So that's super encouraging.
Last edited by skisteven1; Dec 28, 2014 at 2:32 pm Reason: updated
Dec 29, 2014, 8:53 am
#1061
Join Date: May 2014
Location: RIC
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, AA EXP, National EE
Posts: 268
Two transactions to the gift registry, $130 and $70, on Dec 19. Both credited Dec 24.
Dec 29, 2014, 1:43 pm
#1063
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 26
I received my Amex credit today, within a week of purchasing, using 4 different transactions of $50 each into my UA gift registry. Thank you all for the info, I almost forgot this benefit was there since I barely flew UA this year.
Dec 29, 2014, 1:48 pm
#1064
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 209
I forgot about this until just now. Do you think I still have time to do this and get the credits for 2014?
Dec 29, 2014, 3:33 pm
#1065
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 16
Register with Amex FIRST. Then (they say it takes effect right away) proceed with buying stuff.