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Old Aug 8, 2014 | 7:09 pm
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Originally Posted by twitterpait
As an AmEx Plat cardholder I had forgot about this benefit but just checked fine print on AX website which says: ...Airline tickets, upgrades, mileage points purchases, mileage points transfer fees, gift cards, duty free purchases, and award tickets are not deemed to be incidental fees....so looks like neither upgrades NOR gift cards are reimbursable???
It says that, but I know from personal experience that AA gift cards were reimbursed. I'd suspect AS would be treated similarly. Note: I CXL'd my AX Plat back in October so no really recent experience.
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