Last edit by: mia
Revised terms for 2014:
Benefit is available to Consumer and Business Platinum Card® and Centurion® Members only. To receive statement credits of up to $200 a year toward incidental air travel fees, Card Member must enroll and choose a qualifying airline at www.americanexpress.com/airlinechoice. Only the Basic Card Member or Authorized Account Manager(s) on the Card Account can enroll and select the qualifying airline. Card Members who have not chosen a qualifying airline will be able to do so at any time. Card Members who have already selected a qualifying airline will be able to change their choice one time each year in January at www.americanexpress.com/airlinechoice or by calling the number on the back of the Card. For 2014 only, Card Members may update their airline selection one additional time starting on 1/15/2014 through 2/28/2014 at www.americanexpress.com/airlinechoice or by calling the number on the back of the Card. Card Members who do not change their airline selection will remain with their current airline. Statement Credits: Incidental air travel fees must be charged on the enrolled Card Account for the benefit to apply. Purchases made by both the Basic and Additional Card Members on the enrolled Card Account are eligible for statement credits. However, each Card Account is eligible for up to a total of $200 a year in statement credits across all Cards on the Account. Incidental air travel fees must be separate charges from airline ticket charges. Fees not charged by the Card Member's airline of choice (e.g. wireless internet and fees incurred with airline alliance partners) do not qualify for statement credits. Incidental air travel fees charged prior to enrollment in this benefit are not eligible for statement credits. Airline tickets, upgrades, mileage points purchases, mileage points transfer fees, gift cards, duty free purchases, and award tickets are not deemed to be incidental fees. The airline must submit the incidental air travel fees under the appropriate merchant code, industry code, or required service or product identifier for the charge to be identified. Please allow 2-4 weeks after the qualifying incidental air travel fee is charged to your Card Account for statement credit(s) to be posted to the Account. We rely on airlines to submit the correct information on airline transactions, so please call the number on the back of the Card if statement credits have not posted after 4 weeks from the date of purchase. Card Members remain responsible for timely payment of all charges. To be eligible for this benefit, Card Account(s) must be active and not in default at the time of statement credit fulfillment. If a charge for any incidental air travel fee is included in a Pay Over Time feature balance on your Card Account (for example, Sign & Travel), the statement credit associated with that charge will not be applied to that Pay Over Time feature balance. Instead, the statement credit will be applied to your Pay In Full balance. For additional information about this benefit, call the number on the back of your Card.
Amex Lists Eligible and Ineligible Airline Fee Transactions [General discussion]
#31
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 173
Anyone knows how long it will take for the change of airline choice to be effective? I received an e-mail from Amex saying that the change request was received and processed right after. But does anyone know if there is a wait time before their system will recognize the new choice?
#32
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SJC
Programs: AA EXP, BA Silver, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 33,535
Can I assume that ex-UK additional APD paid after-the-fact would be viewed either as ticket, taxes/fees, or upgrade and, technically, not eligible? I wonder if this looks like an airline change fee so that it would go under the radar.
Cheers.
Cheers.
#36
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Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
American Express explains this in their terms:
Fees not charged by the Card member's airline of choice (e.g. wireless internet and fees incurred with airline alliance partners) do not qualify for statement credits.
#38
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: DCA/IAD
Programs: AA plat, SPG gold
Posts: 721
You can call, or load up a year to present statement and search for what the reimbursement is noted as.
#39
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Orlando, FL, USA
Posts: 2,398
General question on AMEX $200 reimbursement
I neglected to choose my airline for the $200 AMEX reimbursement until AFTER I had charged legitimate reimburseable airline costs on the card. Will I get reimbursed after the fact for those expenditures?
#40
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Rockin' the Bakken
Programs: Several
Posts: 978
#41
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: BOS
Programs: MR, UR, AA, AS, HH Gold, SPG Gold, HGP, RR
Posts: 708
There was a post in one of the airline specific reimbursement threads (AA?) where someone called Amex after the fact and they were reimbursed. Can't hurt to try.
#45
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: West Central Illinois
Programs: Marriott Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Dicoverist
Posts: 122
$200 Annual Travel Credit?
Just upgraded my MR Gold to Platinum and wanted to verify the terms. It is my understanding that this credit is every calendar year and that I can get $200 for the remainder of this year and another $200 for next year.
Have I got this right?
Have I got this right?