Originally Posted by
lucygal
thank you. I see I was just credited as well today for my purchase on the 8th. Saw the meter move yesterday. Interesting how credits are backdated to May 13 but they didn't appear until today under statements and activity. My purchase from the 9th still have not been credited, but saw the meter move yesterday. It looks like its taking much longer than when I did this last year.
My recent experience also seems to be consistent with others, as it took 6 days after purchase for the credit to post.
I needed to purchase two round-trip HNL-OGG tickets that totalled $128 per person (outbound leg was $84 per person and return leg was $44 per person). So to maximize the chance I would be reimbursed by the airline fee credit, I purchased two one-way flights rather than purchasing it as a single round-trip flight (moreover, I actually purchased on different days because at the time, I wasn't sure yet which outbound flight fit our schedule best, but I wanted to at least lock in the dirt-cheap return leg). Here are the results, including timeline:
Return leg:
May 11 - purchased 2x $44 tickets on the same itinerary, which posted immediately as a single pending charge of $88
May 13 - pending charge removed and 2x $44 charges posted with a purchase date of May 12
May 16 - needle on meter moved to $88 used with $112 remaining
May 17 - 2x $44 credits posted (dated May 16)
Outbound leg:
May 13 - purchased 2x $84 tickets on the same itinerary, which posted immediately as a single pending charge of $168
May 15 - pending charge removed and 2x $84 charges posted with a purchase date of May 14
May 18 - full $200 airline fee credit reported as used
May 19 - $84 and $28 credits posted (dated May 18)