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)
Jan 7, 2018, 3:50 pm
#646
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 12
Agonizing now I have to wait one more week to resolve this. My first $96.30 was credited to my second $96.30 purchase leaving the December 31 $96.30 still uncredited but she said she could not manually credit it until Jan 14th so I have to wait until next Sunday to call back.
Jan 7, 2018, 4:06 pm
#647
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Denver
Programs: AS, AA, UA, Hilton, Marriott, Caesars DE
Posts: 2,070
Jan 7, 2018, 5:33 pm
#648
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 27
On the above routes and others I’m checking, it seems like only the VX flights are ~$100.
Does a Virgin America flight (booked through alaskaairlines.com) still show up as an Alaska transaction for the purpose of triggering the Amex reimbursement?
Does a Virgin America flight (booked through alaskaairlines.com) still show up as an Alaska transaction for the purpose of triggering the Amex reimbursement?
Jan 7, 2018, 9:27 pm
#649
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend, Moderator, Information Desk, Ambassador, Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, HH Gold, Hertz PC, Marriott Titanium LTG, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
Posts: 42,953
Mine have only been a combo of AS and VX. But it's sold as an AS coded flight anyway.
Jan 8, 2018, 11:02 am
#651
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 30
got SEA - YVR tickets for 69. plan on trying this out first and if amexd reimbursement and addition to wallet clears will go ahead and get 2 more tix for 69. totals out to 207 but i don't mind paying the extra 7 since i plan on flying alaska a lot anyways.
Jan 8, 2018, 12:12 pm
#652
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,570
Bought award ticket on partner and was 100% reimbursed for fees.
Jan 9, 2018, 4:17 pm
#653
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: DEN
Programs: UA1K
Posts: 4,044
wait so let me get this straight.
purchase a flight say 4 months out. cancel the next day and have the amount deposited in your wallet. amex will reimburse the charge (ticket cost must be less than $100). is this how everyone is getting around it?
purchase a flight say 4 months out. cancel the next day and have the amount deposited in your wallet. amex will reimburse the charge (ticket cost must be less than $100). is this how everyone is getting around it?
Jan 9, 2018, 10:54 pm
#656
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 12
It doesn't need to be transferred to the wallet 24 hours later and can be transferred after that.
Jan 10, 2018, 6:13 pm
#657
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 2
The caveat was that I had to call AmEx to get it applied. The customer service representative said something to the effect of "Since the amount of your purchase was greater than the amount of remaining credit, it wasn't automatically applied to your account" (which seems odd).
But it wasn't a problem, and she handled it in a couple of minutes: I was charged $295 for the lounge membership, and credited back $181.80. (I had a couple of small incidentals early in 2017 that reduced the remaining credit slightly.)
Jan 10, 2018, 11:36 pm
#658
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Denver
Programs: AS, AA, UA, Hilton, Marriott, Caesars DE
Posts: 2,070
Yes it shows up as AlaskaAir.com purchase, even if it is operated by VX.
Jan 11, 2018, 12:51 pm
#660
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 30
not sure if this will work but booking SEA to YVR in May/June one way is 99.23 total