AA Gift Cards - Save 10% @ Costco [only remaining supply left - phasing out]
Jan 7, 2012, 7:16 pm
#856
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: I'm Geographically Unstable.
Programs: AA, US, SPG, Hilton, Avis
Posts: 223
So Cal
Plenty left @ Los Feliz
Azusa dosn't carry them.
Azusa dosn't carry them.
Jan 7, 2012, 8:45 pm
#858
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: SJC/SFO & ORD
Programs: LT Gold/BA Executive Club/AS MP/Marriott
Posts: 1,646
Next time I visit family in a couple of months I will certainly pick a few up.
Thanks...^
Jan 8, 2012, 7:22 am
#859
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Chicagoland, IL, USA
Programs: WN CP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,193
Oak Brook (IL) Costco has them and moves the placards around. I have seen them at back left near paper products, mid-front center near the checkout, and front right across from the computers.
All you need is the number 576515. Was told by the front end manager that this has been a trial and, if they deem it successful, Costco and AA will roll it out more and more nationwide. He told me they have sold immense numbers of them at his store.
All you need is the number 576515. Was told by the front end manager that this has been a trial and, if they deem it successful, Costco and AA will roll it out more and more nationwide. He told me they have sold immense numbers of them at his store.
Jan 8, 2012, 11:00 pm
#860
Join Date: May 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: AA EXP, Morning Calm, Marriott Plat., Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 297
South Francisco Costco (near the Bart station) has them. (around 40)
Just for anybody wondering...
This Costco is accessible via Bart ($13.80 r/t) + walking (maybe 5~10 mins?)
I was able to get off SFO at 10:50, walk into the Costco 11:20, walk out with gift cards at 11:40 (long lines in Sunday!), return to SFO at 12:10, standby and catch 13:40 flight returning to DFW.
I think it is not a bad idea for people doing MRs between DFW-SFO, get some Californian breeze instead of sitting at the AC.
Just for anybody wondering...
This Costco is accessible via Bart ($13.80 r/t) + walking (maybe 5~10 mins?)
I was able to get off SFO at 10:50, walk into the Costco 11:20, walk out with gift cards at 11:40 (long lines in Sunday!), return to SFO at 12:10, standby and catch 13:40 flight returning to DFW.
I think it is not a bad idea for people doing MRs between DFW-SFO, get some Californian breeze instead of sitting at the AC.
Jan 9, 2012, 6:59 pm
#861
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: Marriott Bonvoy Ambassador, AA EXP
Posts: 2,704
With the DEL flight going away, it's good to know that these gift cards work on OW flights booked on AA as well as any AA codeshares.
Jan 11, 2012, 6:08 pm
#862
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 2,841
Besides Seattle (store #1), Issaquah still has 50+ cards available for those in the greater Seattle area.
Jan 12, 2012, 1:08 pm
#863
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: SJC
Programs: AA, AS, Marriott
Posts: 6,068
Sunnyvale Costco (Lawrence Expressway)
The Sunnyvale, CA location still has 125, which reflects the ones I just bought.
Jan 12, 2012, 4:13 pm
#864
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: LAX
Posts: 3,639
A couple of months ago I booked BA flights on aa.com and was not offered the chance to use the gift cards. New behavior or did I just get HAL in a bad mood? [but my BA flight did not originate in the U.S.]
Last edited by JohnAx; Jan 12, 2012 at 4:14 pm Reason: add info
Jan 12, 2012, 6:46 pm
#865
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,731
Gift Cards are redeemable toward the initial electronic ticket purchase of air travel wholly on flights operated by American Airlines, American EagleŽ and the AmericanConnectionŽ carriers for itineraries sold and originating in the U.S., Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Jan 12, 2012, 8:42 pm
#866
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Boston; DC
Programs: AA EXP/2mm; UA 1k;
Posts: 673
Evertt / Boston
Just bought five of these in Everett Costco in Boston.
I guess this is cheap financing for AA while they are in bankruptcy...
I guess this is cheap financing for AA while they are in bankruptcy...
Jan 12, 2012, 11:23 pm
#867
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: SMF
Programs: AA 2MM,Marriott, Hilton
Posts: 265
Picked up a few more today in So SFO (near the airport) after some flights. The guy at the cage where you pick them up said they have a lot in stock and added the most recent memo he saw indicated Costco would be carrying these for quite awhile longer. Hope he right.
Jan 13, 2012, 4:35 pm
#868
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: LAX
Posts: 3,639
Other folks are clearly finding good use for these, but for my travel patterns I find that AA is more than 10% more expensive than the competition, even AS which confers most (all, except AA segments?) of the FF benefits that an AA flight would earn.
Jan 13, 2012, 5:08 pm
#869
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,731
Aware of the stipulation, but the poster I was replying to had stated that they were good on [other] OW carriers, and codeshares, so I was hoping someone would either disagree with that assertion or quote a new set of conditions that included it.
Other folks are clearly finding good use for these, but for my travel patterns I find that AA is more than 10% more expensive than the competition, even AS which confers most (all, except AA segments?) of the FF benefits that an AA flight would earn.
Other folks are clearly finding good use for these, but for my travel patterns I find that AA is more than 10% more expensive than the competition, even AS which confers most (all, except AA segments?) of the FF benefits that an AA flight would earn.
Gift Cards are redeemable toward the initial electronic ticket purchase of air travel wholly on flights operated by American Airlines, American EagleŽ and the AmericanConnectionŽ carriers for itineraries sold and originating in the U.S., Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. AA Gift Cards are also available for payment of air travel on any oneworldŽ partner or AA* Codeshare flight. They cannot be used for payment of air travel on any other airline. Flights sold or originating outside the U.S., Puerto Rico or U.S. Virgin Islands or operated by other carriers are not eligible.
The full terms are available at: https://giftcards.aa.com/terms.jsp
Jan 14, 2012, 4:46 pm
#870
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 171
South FL?
Anybody know of availability in South Florida?