Sep 17, 2014, 10:49 am
Last edit by: VegasGambler
Reminder: you must enroll and select AS as your airline BEFORE making a reimbursable purchase. Click HERE to enroll.
As of June 2017 gift certificates are no longer reimbursed. Link to buy gift certicates
According to this thread in the Alaska forum the reimbursement of Alaska Club memberships is no longer a problem. To see how much of your annual credit you've used, log in to AmEx, select the card in question, choose "Membership->Benefits" off the menu bar, scroll down to see the travel credit benefit. (with thanks to Lumpylump76)
Tickets cancelled within 24 hours are refunded back to the card used for the purchase.Tickets for travel dates > 60 days out can be deposited to your wallet when cancelled (this has not been true for some time). Change fees may apply depending on your status. Change fees are waived for MVP Gold and MVP Gold 75k members according to this page: https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...ID:MileagePlan (expand "service benefits" towards the bottom of the page). The wallet funds will expire one year after the issue date of the original ticket.
As of June 2017 gift certificates are no longer reimbursed. Link to buy gift certicates
According to this thread in the Alaska forum the reimbursement of Alaska Club memberships is no longer a problem. To see how much of your annual credit you've used, log in to AmEx, select the card in question, choose "Membership->Benefits" off the menu bar, scroll down to see the travel credit benefit. (with thanks to Lumpylump76)
Tickets cancelled within 24 hours are refunded back to the card used for the purchase.
Airline fee $250/$200/$100 reimbursement reports: AS only (2011-2019)
Nov 9, 2017, 11:34 am
#556
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All I can think of is that while the lounge pass would involve using the full $200 at a go, Amex has that set up as a specifically approved transaction.
The company store must be somehow included as a trove of incidentals; merchant description was ALASKA AIR CO STORE 0293, SPECIALTY RETAIL.
The company store must be somehow included as a trove of incidentals; merchant description was ALASKA AIR CO STORE 0293, SPECIALTY RETAIL.
Nov 10, 2017, 8:00 am
#557
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$99.20 transaction Saturday posted to my account Tuesday. Reimbursement posted today (Friday), AFAICT (pretty sure I looked yesterday and didn't see it), but transaction date of the reimbursement is showing as Wednesday. ^
Nov 14, 2017, 5:46 pm
#558
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 35
What ticket did you buy? I want to buy one for similar price and then cancel the ticket before the 60 change fee window. All the fare I see are either over 100 or close to 90 but nothing that close to 100.
Nov 14, 2017, 9:29 pm
#559
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I think it was an intra-state in Washington, like maybe YAK-SEA or EAT-SEA or something.
Nov 15, 2017, 10:15 am
#560
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 25
Bought a $78.19 ticket on Alaska on 11/7, had to cancel it with in the 24-hour window as plans changed, got refund on 11/9 by Alaska, and still got AMEX airline reimbursement on 11/13.. Will this be clawed back?
Nov 15, 2017, 10:27 am
#561
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS
Posts: 2,293
As has been reported, probably not. This is going to be our plan for 2018. Now that we can no longer get reimbursement for GC on AS.
Nov 15, 2017, 10:31 am
#562
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 25
The other reports seem to suggest that the difference in price from gift cards was credited, but I see 2 credits for the same cancelled flight, one from Alaska and other from AMEX.
Nov 15, 2017, 3:32 pm
#563
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: AS MVPG; Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 145
$94 and $96 flights purchased 11/9, still no credit 
Nov 16, 2017, 10:36 am
#564
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Give that a couple of more days - AS is slow about finalizing the transactions out of pending status, and then it takes two or three days after that for the credit to kick in.
Nov 16, 2017, 2:44 pm
#565
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SEA, SFO, formerly ANC
Programs: AS 1MM/MVPG, AS Lounge, DL SkyClub (Life), Hertz 5* -- AA, DL, UA
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Re credits if using AS
Did a quick search on the $200 airline credit and came up empty, so...
1. Am I correct in assuming that the credit can cover change fees but NOT upgrade fees (such as the $75 AA co-pay for domestic upgrades)?
2. Is it possible to use this credit for purchasing airline gift cards?
3. This seems clear from the discussion here, but just in case this has changed: It is $200 per calendar year, right?
Thanks for any help!
1. Am I correct in assuming that the credit can cover change fees but NOT upgrade fees (such as the $75 AA co-pay for domestic upgrades)?
2. Is it possible to use this credit for purchasing airline gift cards?
3. This seems clear from the discussion here, but just in case this has changed: It is $200 per calendar year, right?
Thanks for any help!
Nov 18, 2017, 5:26 pm
#566
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 2
Just had some cheap flights successfully reimbursed. I booked two $73.20 flights and a $53.70 flight on 11/13. They were reimbursed yesterday (11/17)!
Nov 21, 2017, 3:00 am
#567
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Seattle
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I changed a ticket from cost $X to $X+$117 on October 23, charged the whole $117 to my Mercedes Platinum Amex, it has not been reimbursed yet. This is a no-brainer, legit use of the benefit within the T&C, right? (ie I don't need to make up some clever story when I call them to give me the credit)
Nov 21, 2017, 3:57 pm
#568
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I think its due to the amounts being lower, therefore AX assumes they are "fees" based on internal coding.
Nov 23, 2017, 1:47 pm
#569
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SEA, SFO, formerly ANC
Programs: AS 1MM/MVPG, AS Lounge, DL SkyClub (Life), Hertz 5* -- AA, DL, UA
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Seems so, but they did not reimburse a $25 gift cert, so Amex must get some kind of "category of expense" from AS. Not just small amounts, IMO.
Nov 23, 2017, 6:29 pm
#570
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