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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.

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Nov 10, 2018, 11:40 am

#871

tripmaster

Join Date: Jan 2003

Location: Seattle, WA

Programs: Alaska, Bonvoy, Hyatt

Posts: 601

Mileage purchase

I assume buying AS miles have not been reimbursed?

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Nov 10, 2018, 9:37 pm

#872

NWplatinum

Join Date: Oct 2003

Location: Seattle

Programs: AS MVP100K, Hilton Diamond, IHG Gold

Posts: 3,215

So I looked up what was credited. Back in Feburary 2018 I was credited by Amex in the amount of ~$68 for flights on short destinations and then just put them in my wallet. Whats strange was that these were purchased tickets. In fact they even had the tickets origin and destination and they still reimbursed two days after the purchase. Here is what it was billed as:

Doing business as: ALASKA AIRLINES AlaskaAir.COM
View Details on Merchant Website

20833 INTERNATIONAL BLVD-SEATTLEWA98198

UNITED STATESAdditional Information: 60000014 ACCOUNTS.RECEIVABLE@A
ALASKA AIRLINES INC.
Reference: 320180430001241174

Category: Travel - Airline

Last edited by NWplatinum; Nov 10, 2018 at 10:05 pm

Nov 11, 2018, 1:12 am

#873

Ripper3785

Join Date: Sep 2006

Location: PHX

Programs: AS MVP, HH Diamond

Posts: 3,259

Quote:

Originally Posted by NWplatinum

Doing business as: ALASKA AIRLINES AlaskaAir.COM
View Details on Merchant Website

20833 INTERNATIONAL BLVD-SEATTLEWA98198

UNITED STATESAdditional Information: 60000014 ACCOUNTS.RECEIVABLE@A
ALASKA AIRLINES INC.
Reference: 320180430001241174

Category: Travel - Airline

This is consistent with other data points in this thread. The difference is we can no longer cancel those flights and have them credit to our wallet after 24hrs of booking the flights, unless you are MVPG or higher. If you book cheap tickets then this reimbursement is still pretty handy.

Nov 11, 2018, 9:44 am

#874

tripmaster

Join Date: Jan 2003

Location: Seattle, WA

Programs: Alaska, Bonvoy, Hyatt

Posts: 601

Is there a quick way to search for those fares? Or do I just book a cheap fare and cancel if MVP Gold?

Last edited by tripmaster; Nov 11, 2018 at 9:53 am

Nov 13, 2018, 8:42 pm

#875

NWplatinum

Join Date: Oct 2003

Location: Seattle

Programs: AS MVP100K, Hilton Diamond, IHG Gold

Posts: 3,215

Quote:

Originally Posted by tripmaster

Is there a quick way to search for those fares? Or do I just book a cheap fare and cancel if MVP Gold?

Just book a cheap fare and cancel. I just SEA-DEN for $65 or so and did three tickets. In this case of the aspire of the $250 credit I would do four tickets.

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Nov 14, 2018, 12:16 pm

#876

halamadrid

Join Date: Apr 2014

Posts: 540

Quote:

Originally Posted by NWplatinum

Just book a cheap fare and cancel. I just SEA-DEN for $65 or so and did three tickets. In this case of the aspire of the $250 credit I would do four tickets.

It's been over a week on two tickets for $55 and change each and still no credit (Amex Gold). I'm starting to worry at this point ...

Nov 15, 2018, 5:01 pm

#877

soartoday

Join Date: Nov 2013

Programs: AS Gold, Hyatt Diamond, Starriott LTPP

Posts: 341

Quote:

Originally Posted by soartoday

Well, I just bought a ticket for 99, so I'm hoping 96 is not the limit... Will report back after DP.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rune87

I eagerly await your data point.

Wait no more! Data point achieved.

Took about 5 days for the credit to appear after my $99 airfare purchase.

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Nov 17, 2018, 7:03 pm

#878

NWplatinum

Join Date: Oct 2003

Location: Seattle

Programs: AS MVP100K, Hilton Diamond, IHG Gold

Posts: 3,215

Seems as though their threshold for crediting things stops at $100. My flight from LAX-SEA for $88 was credited back, but my SEA-LAX for $131 was not.

Nov 19, 2018, 3:38 pm

#879

robchow

Join Date: Apr 2018

Posts: 262

Quote:

Originally Posted by NWplatinum

Seems as though their threshold for crediting things stops at $100. My flight from LAX-SEA for $88 was credited back, but my SEA-LAX for $131 was not.

I hope the sub $100 continues to hold true. As not MVP Gold or higher (cancel fare to put into wallet), I will just buy multiple one-ways for travel.

Nov 21, 2018, 3:45 pm

#880

mamachin

Join Date: Nov 2018

Posts: 2

Quote:

Originally Posted by soartoday

Wait no more! Data point achieved.

Took about 5 days for the credit to appear after my $99 airfare purchase.

What did the charge look like? Does it say (i assume if you arent in WA maybe the address or something will be different):
alaska airline alaskaair.com WA
travel - airline
alaska airlines
20833 International blvd
email: [email protected]
seattle
wa
98198
united states

and did you use the app or a computer?

Also has anyone tried a gift card recently? i just got the aspire card yesterday and am MVP Gold so i can cancel flights and put them in my wallet, i just want to make sure if it appears the same on other people statements and if its the app or computer since that matters for like Delta. I also just had a friend pay for a checked bag so im asking them to let me know what their statement looks like so we can compare what actual fees look like vs the airline ticket.
Thanks!