Sep 17, 2014, 10:44 am
Last edit by: mia
Reminder: you must enroll and select UA as your airline BEFORE making a reimbursable purchase (this includes MPX). Click HERE.
Caution: As of December 2016, it appears that American Express no longer reimburses MPX transactions.
Credits generally appear 3-4 days after making the transaction. No need to worry unless they don't appear after a week.
TravelBank funds can only be used on United and United Express flights. Partner flights are not eligible.
Gift Registry and Gift Cards
The consensus is that United gift registry contributions will be reimbursed and gift card purchases will not. So
There seems to be no downside to contributing in sub-200 dollar chunks since the gift registry creates a single pool of cash. However there are lots of reports of successful fee credits from a single $200 donation. Whether done as on $200 transaction or eight $25 transactions, the result is that one will have $200 in ones TravelBank.
PLEASE NOTE: When you establish a gift registry for the first time, it will take 24 hours before the funds in the registry are available to use toward payment of a flight.
Do I have to join the united.com Club ($25 annual fee) to use my TravelBank?
Apparently not.
Does spending TravelBank credit count towards PQD?
Yes-for revenue flights only
Airline Taxes on Award Tickets- Log into united.com
- Set up a gift registry for yourself
- Use the link in your gift registry web page to send an announcement to your email address. This better, faster, and more reliable than searching for your gift registry, especially if you have a common name. Even someone with an unusual surname like mre5765 has could not find his registry after creating it.
- Log out of united.com
- Follow the Make Contribution in your gift registry email
- Contribute using your Amex platinum card
There seems to be no downside to contributing in sub-200 dollar chunks since the gift registry creates a single pool of cash. However there are lots of reports of successful fee credits from a single $200 donation. Whether done as on $200 transaction or eight $25 transactions, the result is that one will have $200 in ones TravelBank.
PLEASE NOTE: When you establish a gift registry for the first time, it will take 24 hours before the funds in the registry are available to use toward payment of a flight.
Do I have to join the united.com Club ($25 annual fee) to use my TravelBank?
Apparently not.
Does spending TravelBank credit count towards PQD?
Yes-for revenue flights only
Doesn't seem to work anymore; see post 179 http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25297196-post179.html and #391
MPX (MileagePlus X)It appears that this is no longer working. See this post: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/27589581-post1496.html.
Economy Plus feesThere are recent reports of this working on a per ticket basis. No recent report of an Economy Plus annual subscription being reimbursed.
$200 airline fee reimbursement reports: UA only. [2010 - 2016]
Dec 4, 2015, 11:43 am
#1576
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 559
All are electronic
Dec 4, 2015, 11:45 am
#1577
Dec 5, 2015, 2:45 pm
#1578
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 2
Eh guys I need your help. I purchased a $150 amazon gift card through the United Mileage X app and just spoke to Amex. They told me only airline related expenses qualify. I even told them it was through United.
He said unfortunately it doesn't qualify for the credit. Thoughts?
or did he not know what he's talking about? I literally spoke to multiple reps and each one gave me a different answer.
He said unfortunately it doesn't qualify for the credit. Thoughts?
or did he not know what he's talking about? I literally spoke to multiple reps and each one gave me a different answer.
Last edited by kaveh2k; Dec 5, 2015 at 3:28 pm
Dec 5, 2015, 3:26 pm
#1579
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 13
Eh guys I need your help. I purchased a $150 amazon gift card through the United Mileage X app and just spoke to Amex. They told me only airline related expenses qualify. I even told them it was through United.
He said unfortunately it doesn't qualify for the credit. Thoughts?
He said unfortunately it doesn't qualify for the credit. Thoughts?
Gift cards do not qualify, as per the terms, So contacting amex about that was not a good idea. It is a loop hole that many people have been able to take advantage of
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Dec 5, 2015, 4:14 pm
#1580
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: IAH
Programs: DL DM, Hyatt Ist-iest, Stariott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 12,806
Yeah. Don't call Amex and expect them to reimburse an Amazon gift card under an airline fee credit. Drawing human attention to something that is a loop hole is the fastest way to get said loophole closed.
How long did you wait before you called?
How long did you wait before you called?
Dec 5, 2015, 4:40 pm
#1581
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: BA
Posts: 954
I want an airline gift card that doesn't expire...
Does the gift registry still work? Can you keep the gift registry from expiring by making contributions to it?
Does the gift registry still work? Can you keep the gift registry from expiring by making contributions to it?
Dec 5, 2015, 8:16 pm
#1582
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 441
expiration policy?...google is your friend.... https://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/pro...tRegistry.aspx
Dec 5, 2015, 8:17 pm
#1583
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 441
Eh guys I need your help. I purchased a $150 amazon gift card through the United Mileage X app and just spoke to Amex. They told me only airline related expenses qualify. I even told them it was through United.
He said unfortunately it doesn't qualify for the credit. Thoughts?
or did he not know what he's talking about? I literally spoke to multiple reps and each one gave me a different answer.
He said unfortunately it doesn't qualify for the credit. Thoughts?
or did he not know what he's talking about? I literally spoke to multiple reps and each one gave me a different answer.
Dec 5, 2015, 8:42 pm
#1584
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: BA
Posts: 954
will it work?...just read a few pages of this thread for data points
expiration policy?...google is your friend.... https://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/pro...tRegistry.aspx
expiration policy?...google is your friend.... https://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/pro...tRegistry.aspx
If the full amount in the TravelBank is not used for a transaction, you can use the balance toward the purchase of another ticket within the original validity period.
Last edited by wiivile; Dec 5, 2015 at 9:43 pm
Dec 6, 2015, 10:02 am
#1585
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 2
oh no guys I didn't tell them it was amazon.com or I wanted a gift card. This was all done via CHAT. I just asked if my United Mileage X purchase through the app will qualify and they had no idea what mileage X was
Dec 6, 2015, 11:41 am
#1586
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: ATL
Programs: DL, Marriott
Posts: 728
I still don't think that was smart. The terms clearly say airline incidental fees and the fact that you mention an app purchase which definitely isn't an airline incidental fee may help raise eyes to this issue eventually.
Dec 7, 2015, 6:40 am
#1587
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: EWR
Posts: 680
i guess they caught on? Purchased Amazon gift cards on 12/1. Still no credit.
Dec 7, 2015, 7:45 am
#1589
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: BA
Posts: 954