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)
Jun 21, 2017, 4:17 pm
#511
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 599
Since it looks like small ticket amounts are being reimbursed - can we try to determine the upper end for it?
From the posts above, there is atleast one post about $104 being reimbused:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28178983-post472.html
Anyone went higher? Since Alaska has free cancellation/changes, one can always buy a ticket to park the money for the next year.
You should expect it to - Amex explicitly says that flight change fees are covered. https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...redit/platinum
From the posts above, there is atleast one post about $104 being reimbused:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28178983-post472.html
Anyone went higher? Since Alaska has free cancellation/changes, one can always buy a ticket to park the money for the next year.
$70 fare change fee (moved my flight up a day) from 6/16 did not get reimbursed yet, not expecting it to at this point.
You should expect it to - Amex explicitly says that flight change fees are covered. https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...redit/platinum
Jun 27, 2017, 3:05 pm
#512
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 65
You should expect it to - Amex explicitly says that flight change fees are covered. https://www.americanexpress.com/us/c...redit/platinum
Jun 27, 2017, 4:20 pm
#513
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 599
Thanks for reporting that change fees is working.
To clarify, was this the $125 change fees only? Or did Amex reimburse any ticket value also (e.g. if you changed a $50 ticket to a $100 ticket and paid $50 upcharge).
If its amex reimbursing upcharges, then maybe we can use alaska free changes and change a $60 flight to a $260 flight and get reimbursed?
To clarify, was this the $125 change fees only? Or did Amex reimburse any ticket value also (e.g. if you changed a $50 ticket to a $100 ticket and paid $50 upcharge).
If its amex reimbursing upcharges, then maybe we can use alaska free changes and change a $60 flight to a $260 flight and get reimbursed?
Jun 29, 2017, 10:49 am
#514
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 65
Thanks for reporting that change fees is working.
To clarify, was this the $125 change fees only? Or did Amex reimburse any ticket value also (e.g. if you changed a $50 ticket to a $100 ticket and paid $50 upcharge).
If its amex reimbursing upcharges, then maybe we can use alaska free changes and change a $60 flight to a $260 flight and get reimbursed?
To clarify, was this the $125 change fees only? Or did Amex reimburse any ticket value also (e.g. if you changed a $50 ticket to a $100 ticket and paid $50 upcharge).
If its amex reimbursing upcharges, then maybe we can use alaska free changes and change a $60 flight to a $260 flight and get reimbursed?
Jul 18, 2017, 5:05 pm
#515
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: AS MVPG; Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 145
Update: I had 106.xx and 92.xx one-way flights reimbursed this week.
Jul 28, 2017, 1:35 pm
#516
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 25
I had $98.xx and $103.xx one-way flights reimbursed this week. Reimbursement posted 3 days after the purchase.
Aug 8, 2017, 1:10 pm
#517
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: SEA town
Programs: Alaska LTG, HHonors-Gld, IHG-Dia, LT MR Ti
Posts: 627
Too bad gift cards no longer work for AS.
In these two cases I got credit
1.
- Had $355 sitting in Alaska Wallet
- Bought a $395 ticket (using wallet $)
- $40 was charged to Amex card
- Couple days later $40 charge was credited to Reimbursement Charge.
2.
- Purchased an Alaska Award ticket with $18.10 in charges, was also reimbursed
In these two cases I got credit
1.
- Had $355 sitting in Alaska Wallet
- Bought a $395 ticket (using wallet $)
- $40 was charged to Amex card
- Couple days later $40 charge was credited to Reimbursement Charge.
2.
- Purchased an Alaska Award ticket with $18.10 in charges, was also reimbursed
Last edited by BarryL; Aug 10, 2017 at 1:45 pm Reason: Changes
Aug 12, 2017, 3:27 pm
#518
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 23
Just had flight tickets reimbursed, separately ~$65 and ~$80.
Aug 20, 2017, 4:46 pm
#520
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: SEA
Programs: AS MVP, Hhonors Gold, National Executive, Identity Gold, MLife Gold
Posts: 2,687
Sep 8, 2017, 4:01 pm
#522
Join Date: May 2015
Location: LAS
Programs: lots of memberships, not much status
Posts: 22
Were these automatically reimbursed, or did you have to call in and pretend the charges were something else? I had a one-way flight for $41.20 post to my account on 01/09/17, and I haven't seen any action so far.
Sep 9, 2017, 4:13 pm
#523
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: RSW
Programs: Delta - Silver; UA - Silver; HHonors - Diamond; IHG - Spire Ambassador; Marriott Bonvoy - Titanium
Posts: 14,185
So, basically, there's no definite answer as to what works?
Sep 28, 2017, 7:50 am
#524
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 565
Use AmEx Plat on 9/11 to pay for fees on award tickets, all fee transactions were less than $70. As of 9/28, no credit has appeared. It looks pretty dead.
Sep 28, 2017, 9:14 am
#525
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SGF
Programs: AS, AA, UA, AGR S (former 75K, GLD, 1K, and S+, now an elite peon)
Posts: 23,195
I bought a couple of domestic award tickets on 9/20, and two credits appeared 9/24.
IIRC, there's a place to see progress towards the $200 credit limit, but I can't seem to find it--since it's not mentioned in the wiki, can someone remind me where to find that information?
IIRC, there's a place to see progress towards the $200 credit limit, but I can't seem to find it--since it's not mentioned in the wiki, can someone remind me where to find that information?