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 14, 2015, 3:39 pm
#1636
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 2
Data point, used my PRG credit for a MPX purchase of an Amazon GC worth $100 on 12/4, reimbursed today.
As a follow up, does this work on all MPX purchases? Or just for Amazon GC's?
As a follow up, does this work on all MPX purchases? Or just for Amazon GC's?
Dec 14, 2015, 9:36 pm
#1637
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 13
Pretty sure that any MPX purchase would work. I got reimbursed for a Banana Republic purchase through MPX when I wasn't even trying.
Dec 15, 2015, 7:19 am
#1638
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 121
It worked for me on Nordstrom on my first purchase of $50. However the remaining $50 on amazon on 12/4 on my PRG has still not been reimbursed.
Dec 15, 2015, 7:24 am
#1639
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: NJ
Programs: United Silver, Hyatt, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, Amex Plat, Global Entry
Posts: 751
Dec 15, 2015, 8:49 am
#1640
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Seattle
Programs: DL DM; Hyatt Globalist; etc
Posts: 540
Reimbursed 12/14! From the MPX app.
Last edited by manacit; Dec 15, 2015 at 9:02 am
Dec 15, 2015, 11:16 am
#1643
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: CA
Posts: 188
No reimbursement yet
Bought $100 MPX-Amazon on 12/5 but no reimbursements till now. Should I wait or call in for an update? It was with a biz amex platinum.
Dec 16, 2015, 1:51 am
#1646
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 3
Is there a suggested wait time AFTER selecting UA as your designated airline before attempting to make a purchase?
Dec 16, 2015, 9:33 am
#1648
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 14
Got $200 reimbursement today, purchased/posted on 12/5, it's coming don't worry guys
Dec 16, 2015, 4:10 pm
#1649
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: LAX & TPA
Programs: DL Diamond, UA Silver, HH Diamond, Bonvoy Plat, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 168
So, stupid me, I mistakenly purchased the $200 Amazon GC through MPX before I added United as my preferred airline. When I realized my mistake, I added United about 2 days after.
I figured I'd just call Amex and ask one of the agents to credit the purchase manually. I've talked to two different agents so far, and as of now, I'm 0 for 2.
First agent asked me what the charge was for, and I just straight up told him it was for a gift card. Strike one.
Second agent asked me what it was for so I told him it was to purchase United miles. Strike two.
I'm going to try secure message next and see what happens. Anyway, lesson learned, don't forget to specify your airline before the purchase.
I figured I'd just call Amex and ask one of the agents to credit the purchase manually. I've talked to two different agents so far, and as of now, I'm 0 for 2.
First agent asked me what the charge was for, and I just straight up told him it was for a gift card. Strike one.
Second agent asked me what it was for so I told him it was to purchase United miles. Strike two.
I'm going to try secure message next and see what happens. Anyway, lesson learned, don't forget to specify your airline before the purchase.
Dec 16, 2015, 4:20 pm
#1650
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: BA
Posts: 954
So, stupid me, I mistakenly purchased the $200 Amazon GC through MPX before I added United as my preferred airline. When I realized my mistake, I added United about 2 days after.
I figured I'd just call Amex and ask one of the agents to credit the purchase manually. I've talked to two different agents so far, and as of now, I'm 0 for 2.
First agent asked me what the charge was for, and I just straight up told him it was for a gift card. Strike one.
Second agent asked me what it was for so I told him it was to purchase United miles. Strike two.
I'm going to try secure message next and see what happens. Anyway, lesson learned, don't forget to specify your airline before the purchase.
I figured I'd just call Amex and ask one of the agents to credit the purchase manually. I've talked to two different agents so far, and as of now, I'm 0 for 2.
First agent asked me what the charge was for, and I just straight up told him it was for a gift card. Strike one.
Second agent asked me what it was for so I told him it was to purchase United miles. Strike two.
I'm going to try secure message next and see what happens. Anyway, lesson learned, don't forget to specify your airline before the purchase.
An extra Amazon gift card is as good as cash... just cut your "losses" (which aren't really losses) and do it again properly instead of trying to get AMEX to help you and risking closing the loophole.