Jan 8, 2014, 8:56 am
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Read this primer first
eGift Card (eCert) details
For other airlines: AS Thread | B6 Thread | HA Thread | UA Thread | WN Thread
- In the Amex Membership Rewards family, both the Consumer and Business versions of the Platinum and Centurion cards qualify for a $200 airline credit. The Premier Rewards Gold (PRG) card is eligible for a $100 airline credit.
- You must click here to select Delta as your enrolled airline before you make a reimbursable purchase, else the benefit won't apply. The feature is activated immediately upon airline designation.
- If you've selected DL in the past and don't wish to change airlines, there's no need to select again; current selection rolls into future years until modified.
- Reported reimbursed incidental charges have included baggage and other service fees, award and change fees (incl standby, SDC), taxes, in-flight purchases (not WiFi), lounge access fees, EC upgrade (seat assignment) fees, priority boarding fees, Delta mileage booster fees, and DL eGift Cards/eCerts (see section below). Charges not posted by Delta (e.g., partners) are not eligible. Note that the Global Entry fee reimbursement is a separate benefit in addition to the $200 Delta incidentals reimbursement.The T&Cs state the eligible charges, but YMMV, so don't call and ask.
- The credit is per account, not per card. If the main account has authorized users with additional cards, eligible charges may still be made on those cards, but they'll count jointly towards the same account limit.
- Credits are capped per calendar year, meaning you could tap the full amount on Dec 31st and again on Jan 1st in the extreme. Transaction date, not posting date, determines the year.
- You will get a partial credit to bring your total annual reimbursements to the limit exactly if a qualifying charge takes you past the limit.
- Credit posting delays range from several business days (typical) to several weeks (seen in Oct 2015). The T&Cs state that it could take up to four weeks, so wait at least that long before worrying, and certainly don't contact Amex prematurely. After four weeks, if you've read this Wiki carefully and posted here seeking assistance but the credit still has not arrived, consider chatting with Amex online. Politely mention the "Delta extras" you thought would be reimbursed within four weeks and they'll handle it.
eGift Card (eCert) details
- Delta eGift Cards (eCerts) qualify for reimbursement. The name on the eCerts doesn't matter and need not match your card, but you must purchase using an eligible Amex card and meet the other criteria detailed in this Wiki.
- Denominations over $50 will not generate the credit. Multiple $50 eCerts will. The smallest denomination available is $50.
- To order, use this direct link to the eGift cert order page, or navigate via Delta.com>Shop>eGift Certificate.
- No need to place separate orders using multiple carts/checkouts. By adding multiple certs to one order (e.g., 4 x $50), even though they are in the same cart, the certs will post as separate transactions and still generate a credit for each.
- eCert purchases may initially authorize (show pending) as ticket purchases before posting to (finalize on) your statement. Multiple-eCert orders may authorize the combined value as a single pending ticket purchase. Don't worry. They will later post as separate eCert charges in the qualifying amounts.
- eCerts are generated instantly, but the codes are not valid for use until 72 hours after purchase, so don't order expecting to use them in a pinch.
- A maximum of three eCerts may be redeemed per online transaction. Splitting a round-trip into two one-ways will allow you to use additional eCerts.
For other airlines: AS Thread | B6 Thread | HA Thread | UA Thread | WN Thread
Airline fee $200/$100 reimbursement reports: DL only [2011 - 2015]
Aug 15, 2012, 2:25 pm
#226
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,632
I bought a ticket on Sunday with 2x$59 mileage booster charges. No credit yet.
Aug 15, 2012, 2:55 pm
#227
Suspended
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: DCA | IAD | BWI | BOS | OSL
Programs: AMEX Plat, AA EXP, DL Diamond Medallion, US, B6, SPG Gold,Marriott Gold,Hilton Gold,Starbucks Gold
Posts: 1,388
There is a way to get the $200 towards a flight purchase, keep that in mind 
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Aug 18, 2012, 1:12 pm
#228
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 36
Can you pm me with an explanation? I am plat on DL, and can't seem to figure out how I'm going to use the $200. (I bought a meal - a terrible meal - for $6; not sure what to do with the remaining $194.) Thanks for any tips you might have.
Aug 19, 2012, 8:25 am
#229
Join Date: May 2008
Location: PHL (kinda, no airport is really close)
Programs: AA Exp, but not sure for how long. Enterprise Platinum woo-hoo!
Posts: 4,550
$150 award change fee, reimbursed the next day.
Aug 19, 2012, 8:27 am
#230
Join Date: May 2008
Location: PHL (kinda, no airport is really close)
Programs: AA Exp, but not sure for how long. Enterprise Platinum woo-hoo!
Posts: 4,550
Buy some club passes for friends? Buy drinks for the whole cabin? A post above says there's a way to use the credit for tickets, maybe he knows something we don't.
Aug 19, 2012, 12:07 pm
#232
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,632
(Another option for next year is to pick a different airline, that way you can use your Amex credit to a pretty good extent, and use your DL status for the other benefits.)
Aug 23, 2012, 7:36 pm
#233
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,632
I had an award ticket booked on Delta that had $10 in taxes/fees. When I cancelled the reservation, I was charged the $150 fee, and refunded the $10 in fees. Amusingly, Amex didn't credit the $150 charge... but they DID charge me to offset the $10 credit! I guess the small -$10 charge from DL was automatically offset by a +$10 charge. No harm no foul, because it was immediately and automatically adjusted back (so I was charged a net of $140, $150-10), but I thought it was funny that they automatically reversed the credit.
Aug 25, 2012, 9:33 am
#234
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New York
Programs: AA EXP , 1M; Marriott Lifetime Gold,
Posts: 21
What about on board duty free purchases on international DL flights? Would it appear similar to or different from on board food on domestic?
Aug 27, 2012, 12:53 am
#235
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 3,772
In the recent flyer that AmEx sent out, "Duty-free purchases" are specifically listed under the purchases not eligible for statement credits.
Aug 27, 2012, 3:15 am
#236
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 3,772
Drat! I had hoped to use the Mileage Booster next week, but just discovered it is only valid for domestic travel.
Then I thought I'd buy an Award Builder to be applied to the trip, but I'm only flying one-way on DL and returning on AF. According to the terms and conditions of the Award Builder, the entire round-trip has to be on DL.
Then I thought I'd buy an Award Builder to be applied to the trip, but I'm only flying one-way on DL and returning on AF. According to the terms and conditions of the Award Builder, the entire round-trip has to be on DL.
Aug 31, 2012, 5:03 pm
#237
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 377
I was credited the first time I tried this, for four $50 gift card purchases in December. I tried this again on my platinum and my wife's platinum on Jan. 6 (seven days ago). Neither of our cards has been credited, so it looks like we're 1-for-3. I may try sending a secure message (I've read you're told it takes two to four weeks; to wait for four weeks), asking why we weren't credited. But I'm not optimistic.
We're intending to do this again in a few months. Anyone else bought gift certificates with hopes of being reimbursed lately?
Last edited by I can see for miles; Aug 31, 2012 at 5:08 pm Reason: Forgot to update post
Sep 9, 2012, 8:09 pm
#238
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: ATL
Programs: IHG-Spire, DL-Gold, MR-Platinum, HH-Gold, SPG-Gold, Hyatt-Diamond, BA-Silver
Posts: 277
Wirelessly posted (Galaxy S2: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.0.3; en-us; SGH-T989 Build/IML74K) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/534.30)
Canceled two award tickets (separate). There were 2 charges of 150 on amex and the automatic credit appeared after 3 days - 150 and 50.
Canceled two award tickets (separate). There were 2 charges of 150 on amex and the automatic credit appeared after 3 days - 150 and 50.
Sep 15, 2012, 7:02 pm
#239
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 415
Upgraded from economy to economy comfort, PBI-LGA and also on the return. $39 each way x 2 persons. The charges showed up on my statement with the credit immediately below it. This is my first time to use it on Delta. Last year I used it for luggage allowances on USAir. However now I also have the Delta Amex which already allows for free check in bags.
Sep 16, 2012, 8:09 pm
#240
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: ATL
Programs: DL-PM, SPG-Gold; HH-Dia
Posts: 41
Used it successfully on standby for a non elite pax, EC, in-air "food" and award fees still haven't heard about how to use for fare though.
Last edited by rayjr13; Oct 4, 2012 at 7:27 am