Platinum $200 Airline Credit Strategy? [Read message #1 before posting]
Apr 30, 2011, 7:38 pm
#106
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: SFO and LRD
Programs: Onepass Gold
Posts: 54
Does The Credit Occur automatically?
Do you have a choice on how to use the $200? Do you need to give any type of notice to AMX for the credit to occur?
Apr 30, 2011, 10:15 pm
#107
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Bay Area
Posts: 186
No notice is required. However, you do need to register an airline first prior to your purchases. As far as how to use it, it just has to fall under the guidelines. Change fees, baggage fees, on flight purchases, club access, etc. If you do not see yourself using all that, you can also purchase gift cards through select airlines. I have only had success with American Airline meaning I have only been choosing them.
May 2, 2011, 6:00 pm
#108
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Massachusetts
Programs: United/CO, AAdvantage, Hilton Diamond , Delta Gold, SPG Gold, Marriott & PC Plat
Posts: 102
AA / Delta
I fly out of Boston and Providence. Since signing up for the Platinum card and doing the Delta transfer got me FO ( Silver ) status until 2/13 I chose AA as my $200 per year Platinum figuring I fly each a few times per year and already get free baggage with Delta.
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May 2, 2011, 7:17 pm
#109
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, SC
Programs: AA Plat, SPG/Marriot Gold, HHonors Diamond, Hyatt Expl
Posts: 2,363
May 5, 2011, 1:50 am
#110
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 107
How exactly do you sign up for the $200 rebate for airline fees?
I just got the card, and I can't seem to find it on the website. Do I have to call them? How does it get set up?
May 6, 2011, 11:05 am
#112
Join Date: Apr 2008
Programs: amex platinum, american advantage, united, ANA, JAP. SPG, marriott
Posts: 1,257
It says no reimbursement for gift cards yet people here have been reimbursed for AA GCs. So how reliable is the list of what's allowed and what isn't?
May 9, 2011, 5:46 pm
#113
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,708
My guess is because it's a new program the details of how to implement it have not all been ironed out. As many have mentioned, reimbursements are sometimes surprising. Seems like one of the main factors is cost. A lot of things under $100 are reported being reimbursed. So make up your own list from what you see in this thread.
May 15, 2011, 2:27 pm
#114
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Changes are only permitted in December for the following calendar year:
https://rewards.americanexpress.com/...mAirlineChoice
https://rewards.americanexpress.com/...mAirlineChoice
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Benefit is available to Consumer and Business Platinum Card® and Centurion® members only. To receive statement credits of up to $200 a year toward incidental air travel fees, Card member must enroll and choose a qualifying airline at www.americanexpress.com/PlatinumAirlineChoice. Only the Basic Card member or Authorized Account Manager(s) on the Card account can enroll and select the qualifying airline. Card members who have not chosen a qualifying airline will be able to do so at any time. It can take up to 48 hours post enrollment and airline choice for the benefit to be effective. Card members who have already selected a qualifying airline will not be able to change their choice until December of each calendar year at which time they may change their airline choice for the following calendar year. Card members who do not change their airline selection will remain with their current airline. Statement Credits: Incidental air travel fees must be charged on the enrolled Card account for the benefit to apply. Incidental air travel fees must be separate charges from airline ticket charges. Fees that do not qualify for statement credits are wireless internet and fees incurred with airline alliance partners (incidental transactions must be charged by the Card member’s airline choice). The airline must submit the incidental air travel fees under the appropriate merchant code, industry code, or required service or product identifier for the charge to be eligible. Purchases made by both the Basic and Additional Card members on the enrolled Card account are eligible for statement credits. Each Card Account is eligible for up to a total of $200 a year in statement credits, regardless of the number of Cards on the Account. Please allow 2-4 weeks after the qualifying incidental air travel fee is charged to your Card account for statement credit(s) to be posted to the account. Card members can call the number on the back of the Card if statement credits have not posted after 4 weeks from the date of purchase. Card members are responsible for payment of all charges until the statement credit(s) posts to the account. To be eligible for this benefit, Card account(s) must be active and not in default at the time of statement credit fulfillment. If a charge for any incidental air travel fee is included in a Pay Over Time feature balance on your Card account (for example, Sign & Travel), the statement credit associated with that charge will not be applied to that Pay Over Time feature balance. Instead, the statement credit will be applied to your Pay In Full balance.
May 15, 2011, 2:39 pm
#115
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: ORF
Programs: Amex Plat, AA, BA Silver, Marriott Plat, Choice Gold, HHonors Gold, IHG Diamond
Posts: 3,749
My question is this. I have done this year. It seems to be calender year not credit card year the way I read it for both your airline pick and redemption. So, do we all think we can do one this year, do another in JAN 2012 and then if we do not like the card by the time the next yearly fee comes cancel and it has just cost us $50 for the card for one year?
May 15, 2011, 7:04 pm
#116
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, SC
Programs: AA Plat, SPG/Marriot Gold, HHonors Diamond, Hyatt Expl
Posts: 2,363
May 17, 2011, 12:31 pm
#118
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: ORF
Programs: Amex Plat, AA, BA Silver, Marriott Plat, Choice Gold, HHonors Gold, IHG Diamond
Posts: 3,749
Amex will only reimburse you for expenses from the one airline you choose for the calendar year; in other words, if you chose Delta for 2011, you won't be able to claim reimbursement for AA expenses incurred in 2011.
May 18, 2011, 10:22 am
#119
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I think that transactions below a threshold are reimbursed by an automated process. Anecdotal evidence from this thread suggests the threshold is at, or just below, $100. Transactions which exceed that threshold seem to be manually reviewed. If the policy excludes award fees I expect you will have to fight for it, arguing that the policy is irrelevant because it wasn't disclosed in the published terms.
May 18, 2011, 10:55 am
#120
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Location: NC
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Well, after 4 weeks of waiting to see if it would be reimbursed, still nothing. Whereas recent inflight charges (food and bev) were credited back within a couple of days. Looks like Amex's systems code the trial preferred charge in such a way that it won't be reimbursable. bummer.