Platinum $200 Airline Credit Strategy? [Read message #1 before posting]
Jun 20, 2011, 6:12 pm
#136
Join Date: May 2006
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Has anyone successfully used the benefit within a day of enrolling? The terms and conditions say something about taking up to 48 hours to be effective...should I be waiting for an email?
Jun 21, 2011, 9:33 am
#137
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 177
Mine worked for transactions the same day as I selected my airline. ^
Jun 26, 2011, 3:50 pm
#138
Join Date: May 2007
Location: DEN
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just want to make sure i'm reading into this correctly...
for charges <$100 the credit is issued automatically, and for over that its a manual process?
I think i'm reading this wrong but just want to clarify, could I purchase a ticket with my selected airline and get $200 of the ticket price refunded?
for charges <$100 the credit is issued automatically, and for over that its a manual process?
I think i'm reading this wrong but just want to clarify, could I purchase a ticket with my selected airline and get $200 of the ticket price refunded?
Jun 26, 2011, 6:42 pm
#139
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No the transaction needs to appear to be something other than a ticket. If the amount is small, under $100, it appears that American Express assumes it cannot be a ticket, but if larger they evaluate it using rules that are not part of the published terms.
Jun 27, 2011, 3:19 pm
#140
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Just got of the line and the fee for the trial preferred will be reimbursed. Apparently the problem was that even though this is an airline fee, US assigned a ticket number to it which is what caused it not to automatically get reimbursed. However, after a relatively short hold with AMEX Platinum C/S I was told I would be reimbursed the remaining balance I had available. Since it's a manual reimbursement I was told it would take 2-4 weeks to actually hit my account, but he did confirm that it would absolutely be reimbursed.
Just another FYI, US Trial Preferred has an additional $15 federal fee so the total cost is $215 of which only $200 will be reimbursed, but still a good deal.
Thanks SkyTeam777 for pushing me to make the call. Amex as always was pleasant to deal with and I wound up getting more money put back in my pocket.
Just another FYI, US Trial Preferred has an additional $15 federal fee so the total cost is $215 of which only $200 will be reimbursed, but still a good deal.
Thanks SkyTeam777 for pushing me to make the call. Amex as always was pleasant to deal with and I wound up getting more money put back in my pocket.
Jun 29, 2011, 8:18 am
#141
Join Date: Jan 2001
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I chose/purchased premium seats on a couple of recent flights on the airline of my choice and was credited within a couple of days.
Jun 29, 2011, 8:31 am
#142
Join Date: May 2007
Location: DEN
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so what i'm learning from this thread is that since im a plat on DL and get free bags, free SDC, and free award redeposits, i should select another airline for the card choice and go the gift card option?
Jun 29, 2011, 8:51 am
#143
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Jun 30, 2011, 9:30 am
#144
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: New Orleans, LA
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I'm in the same boat (plane?) as a DL plat. When I recently looked to see if I could purchase DL gift certificates since that seems a popular use in this thread, the DL Web site indicated that the certificates had to be bought at ticket offices (I assume that includes airports) of which there are practically none and that they could not be used online.
1) I believe there are posters in this thread that were fully reimbursed for their entire ticket when it was less than $100. Presumably, it posted with a ticket number, etc. I can't vouch for this as I've not done it.
2) Tickets that are paid for by an eCert (and possibly other means - see below), will have any excess charged as a document type of "Additional Collection" with a ticket number.
3) The $5-10 in fees for domestic award tickets are consistently reimbursed and are coded as "additional collection" with a ticket number.
I happen to have eCerts around. There are ways to get eCerts, among them is selecting a $200 eCert as your Choice Benefit... or trading... or bumps... or at least one other way which you'll find if you dig around FT's milesbuzz forum.
As a DL Plat, I don't believe you are charged telephone booking fees. I have an untested theory that you could book that way and split the charge, with the bulk being on one card and a < $100 charge being on the Amex Plat. I believe this would be reimbursed based on the observation that complete tickets were reimbursed that were less than $100. Even more generally, I'd guess any way you could split the charge would work... Perhaps applying value from an existing refundable ticket to a new ticket? Or a gift certificate?
Last winter there was a sale on Sky Club passes that was a bit less than the secondary market for them. Worked for me. Keep an eye out.
Jul 8, 2011, 10:14 pm
#145
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Yes They will
Jul 15, 2011, 6:25 am
#147
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- seat assignment fees ok
~ seat assignment annual membership = ? (only offered by UA ?)
~ ticket upgrades not ok (but this is not referring to the cheap paid upgrades ?)
~ retroactive not ok (YMMV ?)
~ seat assignment annual membership = ? (only offered by UA ?)
~ ticket upgrades not ok (but this is not referring to the cheap paid upgrades ?)
~ retroactive not ok (YMMV ?)
Jul 21, 2011, 11:12 pm
#148
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern New Jersey and Naples, Florida
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I was reimbursed for the purchase of Elite maximizer with CO.
Jul 22, 2011, 4:54 pm
#149
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Middle TN
Posts: 44
Don't do it
Well I'm your guinea pig......I did just that and Amex refunded the $4.95 fee and not the $200! As soon as I made the purchase, it occured to me that I'd blown it by not ordering them separately. I was planning to get on this thread and ask people how, if there is a way, to fix this. Should I send an email to Amex?
Jul 24, 2011, 7:18 am
#150
Join Date: Jan 2010
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Well I'm your guinea pig......I did just that and Amex refunded the $4.95 fee and not the $200! As soon as I made the purchase, it occured to me that I'd blown it by not ordering them separately. I was planning to get on this thread and ask people how, if there is a way, to fix this. Should I send an email to Amex?