Jan 18, 2016, 10:57 am
Last edit by: MaxVO
This thread is a continuation of: Airline fee $200/$100 reimbursement reports: DL only [2011 - 2015]
Credit posting delays range from several business days (typical) to several weeks (seen in Oct 2015). The T&Cs state that it could take up to four weeks, so wait at least that long before worrying, and certainly don't contact Amex prematurely
Caution: effective from 22 June 2019, gift card purchases from Delta do not get reimbursed.
Read this primer first
additional collections/split tender
THIS IS A LOOPHOLE. BE DISCREET
Anything coded as an additional collection (aka add/collect or a/c), including difference in fare when changing flights, and accepting an FCM offer, also triggers the credit and will be reimbursed; this may (insufficient data) only happen if the additional amount collected is below ~$250 (regardless of card type, e.g. there have been reports of full $100 credit for Gold card on a/c over $100 and full $200 credit for Plat on a/c over $200 but less than $250)
other non Gift Card options
(DEAD) eGift Card (eCert) details
This Section is not applicable effective 2019/06/22!
Credit posting delays range from several business days (typical) to several weeks (seen in Oct 2015). The T&Cs state that it could take up to four weeks, so wait at least that long before worrying, and certainly don't contact Amex prematurely
Caution: effective from 22 June 2019, gift card purchases from Delta do not get reimbursed.
Read this primer first
- In the Amex Membership Rewards family, both the Consumer and Business versions of the Platinum and Centurion cards qualify for a $200 airline credit. The Premier Rewards Gold (PRG) card is eligible for a $100 airline credit.
- You must
click here to<--(link dead) select Delta as your enrolled airline before you make a reimbursable purchase, else the benefit won't apply. The feature is activated immediately upon airline designation. Try logging in to your AMEX account and selecting the airline. This link may work - If you've selected DL in the past and don't wish to change airlines, there's no need to select again; current selection rolls into future years until modified.
- The T&Cs state the eligible charges, but YMMV, so don't call and ask especially about the fuzzier cases below because that will probably hasten closing of any loopholes.
- The credit is per account, not per card. If the main account has authorized users with additional cards, eligible charges may still be made on those cards, but they'll count jointly towards the same account limit.
- Credits are capped per calendar year, meaning you could tap the full amount on Dec 31st and again on Jan 1st in the extreme. Transaction date, not posting date, determines the year. Note: This is not my experience. I purchased Dec 31, 2016, posted Jan 1, 2017 and went against my 2017 credit. (TheMadBrewer)
- You will get a partial credit to bring your total annual reimbursements to the limit exactly if a qualifying charge takes you past the limit.
- After four weeks, if you've read this Wiki carefully and posted here seeking assistance but the credit still has not arrived, consider chatting with Amex online. Politely mention the "Delta extras" you thought would be reimbursed within four weeks and they'll handle it.
additional collections/split tender
THIS IS A LOOPHOLE. BE DISCREET
Anything coded as an additional collection (aka add/collect or a/c), including difference in fare when changing flights, and accepting an FCM offer, also triggers the credit and will be reimbursed; this may (insufficient data) only happen if the additional amount collected is below ~$250 (regardless of card type, e.g. there have been reports of full $100 credit for Gold card on a/c over $100 and full $200 credit for Plat on a/c over $200 but less than $250)
- Relevantly, split tender where you partially pay with a gift card, existing credit, VDB voucher etc. and partly charged to your card, are processed by DL as an add/collect and trigger the credit per above.
- Thus if you anticipate actually buying, say, a $200 DL ticket, you could buy a single $50 gift card, then buy the ticket using $50 GC and $150 on your card (the $150 will be reimbursed)
- Canceling a ticket within the 24-hour risk-free period generally results in funds being returned to where they came from (GC back to GC and CC back to CC). If you have no immediate travel plans but anticipate travel in the next year, consider buying a fully refundable ticket and then changing it later once you know your future travel dates. IF a lot of people suddenly start refunding tickets after getting the credit reimbursement this may hasten the demise of this particular loophole.
- Caution when buying multiple tickets: for example if you buy two $125 tickets in one transaction (total $250) and use one $100 GC or even two $50 GCs, they will all be applied to the same ticket and you would see one additional collection for $25 on that ticket and a separate "normal" charge for $125 for the second ticket. In this scenario only $25 will be reimbursed (instead of the $150 you might be expecting)
other non Gift Card options
- baggage and other service fees (same day change/standby, change fees, etc.)
- taxes on award flights
- in-flight purchases (EXCEPT wifi)
- SkyClub access/guest fees (but NOT gift cards purchased at a SC, which are actually activated at a 3rd party web site)
- mileage boosts (post 2499)
- The $59 for Delta Skymiles Select is reimbursed (posts 2180, 2182)
- seat assignment fees (may need to call in to have processed manually)
(DEAD) eGift Card (eCert) details
This Section is not applicable effective 2019/06/22!
- Delta eGift Cards (eCerts) have been reimbursed in practice, even though technically they do not meet the criteria listed by Amex for reimbursement. The name on the eCerts doesn't matter and need not match your card, but you must purchase using an eligible Amex card and meet the other criteria detailed in this Wiki.
- Denominations over $50 will not generate the credit. Multiple $50 eCerts will. The smallest denomination available is $50.
- To order, use this direct link to the eGift cert order page, or navigate via Delta.com>Shop>eGift Certificate.
- No need to place separate orders using multiple carts/checkouts. By adding multiple certs to one order (e.g., 4 x $50), even though they are in the same cart, the certs will post as separate transactions and still generate a credit for each.
- eCert purchases may initially authorize (show pending) as ticket purchases before posting to (finalize on) your statement. Multiple-eCert orders may authorize the combined value as a single pending ticket purchase. Don't worry; they'll post later as separate eCert charges in the qualifying amounts.
- eCerts are generated instantly, but the codes are not valid for use until 72 hours after purchase, so don't order expecting to use them in a pinch.
- A maximum of three eCerts may be redeemed per online transaction. Splitting a round-trip into two one-ways will allow you to use additional eCerts, but in some cases two one-ways may cost more than a single roundtrip so compare carefully to decide whether using more than 3 certs on a single trip is worthwhile.
- If purchasing a ticket for more than 1 person, splitting the purchase into a separate transaction for each person would also allow the use of more than 3 certs on a single trip at (usually) no additional cost. However this could have an adverse effect on ability to upgrade, upgrade priority, and other elite benefits, and on the likelihood of being reaccommodated on the same flight in the event of a flight cancellation.
- There is one recent REPORT of a telephone agent allowing more than three eCerts to be used when purchasing one ticket.
- eCerts do not expire. Their T&Cs are listed here.
Airline fee $250/$200/$100 reimbursement reports: DL only (2015-2019)
Nov 1, 2019, 9:42 am
#2251
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Nov 1, 2019, 1:54 pm
#2252
Join Date: May 2019
Programs: Delta, Chase UR, Hyatt
Posts: 30
Good question. Haven't tried myself. I would think that what you propose should work.
Nov 1, 2019, 8:36 pm
#2253
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Wisconsin
Programs: Hilton Diamond, Delta PM
Posts: 323
Had $221 remaining in credit on my Hilton Aspire after guesting a colleague into the Sky Club.
Oct 27 Charged exactly $221 in mileage booster fees for an upcoming flight (for a whopping total of 12,000 miles). Coded as "Miscellaneous Tax(s)/Fees."
Oct 30 Received $221 credit
Oct 27 Charged exactly $221 in mileage booster fees for an upcoming flight (for a whopping total of 12,000 miles). Coded as "Miscellaneous Tax(s)/Fees."
Oct 30 Received $221 credit
Nov 2, 2019, 2:32 pm
#2256
Join Date: May 2019
Location: OAK
Programs: DL FO
Posts: 20
Has anyone had success with Skymiles Select since the first handful of reports? I charged it to my Plat, the charge posted Tuesday and I haven't had the statement credit. I just noticed that I received 5x points on it as if it were airfare, which has me worried that the system thinks its a plane ticket and not a fee. I'm new to Amex so let me know if this is normal.
Nov 2, 2019, 6:20 pm
#2257
Join Date: May 2010
Location: NYC
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Posts: 297
One more datapoint. Booked $200 flight on 10/28 with $50 GC, charge posted 10/29 as additional collection and credit posted 11/1.
Nov 2, 2019, 8:18 pm
#2258
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: New york, NY
Programs: Korean Air Morning Calm, Hertz President's Circle, Avis Preferred Plus and IHG Spire Ambassador
Posts: 137
I have a DP for a transcon flight ticket that I purchased for my girlfriend (she doesn't know about this).
- Oct 28 Purchased $453 non-refundable ticket w/ 5x $50 GC ($250) and remainder ($203) charged to AMEX Plat
- Oct 29 $203 charge posted as "Add'l Collection"
- Nov 1 Meter moved and $200 reimbursed
Nov 2, 2019, 8:33 pm
#2259
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Newton Centre, MA, USA
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Posts: 2,192
I have a DP for a transcon flight ticket that I purchased for my girlfriend (she doesn't know about this).
- Oct 28 Purchased $453 non-refundable ticket w/ 5x $50 GC ($250) and remainder ($203) charged to AMEX Plat
- Oct 29 $203 charge posted as "Add'l Collection"
- Nov 1 Meter moved and $200 reimbursed
Nov 3, 2019, 9:56 am
#2260
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 8
Purchased 2X$165.80 (Z) tickets with GC. Attempting to trigger $100 remaining Amex Aspire credit (the rest used on 3X$50 GC before it seemingly died).
Ticket 1:
1X$50 GC
Charged $115.80 on Amex Aspire
Posted 10/28 as Addtl Collection
Credited $34.20 on 10/31
Ticket 2:
2X$50 GC
Charged 65.80 on Amex Aspire
Posted 10/28 as Addtl Collection
Credited $65.80 on 10/31
If it's of interest, I did purchase the tickets in the above chronological order and it credited the full overage amount to the second ticket (covering entire cc charge), and then the rest was applied to the first ticket, which had a larger charge that the available credit would not have covered.
Thanks for all the tips on this. I was able to get my entire credit applied using the available methods.
Ticket 1:
1X$50 GC
Charged $115.80 on Amex Aspire
Posted 10/28 as Addtl Collection
Credited $34.20 on 10/31
Ticket 2:
2X$50 GC
Charged 65.80 on Amex Aspire
Posted 10/28 as Addtl Collection
Credited $65.80 on 10/31
If it's of interest, I did purchase the tickets in the above chronological order and it credited the full overage amount to the second ticket (covering entire cc charge), and then the rest was applied to the first ticket, which had a larger charge that the available credit would not have covered.
Thanks for all the tips on this. I was able to get my entire credit applied using the available methods.
Nov 3, 2019, 8:06 pm
#2261
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 19
one-way ticket $163:
$50 giftcard
$113 Amex Hilton Aspire
10/29 charged $113 as Additional Collection
11/1 credited $113
side question: I have $18 left to use this year, but my flight isn't until January. What are some things I can spend that on? Will pre-buying wifi trigger the credit?
$50 giftcard
$113 Amex Hilton Aspire
10/29 charged $113 as Additional Collection
11/1 credited $113
side question: I have $18 left to use this year, but my flight isn't until January. What are some things I can spend that on? Will pre-buying wifi trigger the credit?
Nov 3, 2019, 8:56 pm
#2262
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Posts: 18,946
There are some other ideas in the wiki at the top of the thread, although I believe off the top of my head that they will all involve spending more than $18 so you'll have to decide whether they're worth going out of pocket for.
Nov 4, 2019, 9:28 am
#2263
Join Date: May 2019
Location: OAK
Programs: DL FO
Posts: 20
Has anyone had success with Skymiles Select since the first handful of reports? I charged it to my Plat, the charge posted Tuesday and I haven't had the statement credit. I just noticed that I received 5x points on it as if it were airfare, which has me worried that the system thinks its a plane ticket and not a fee. I'm new to Amex so let me know if this is normal.
Last edited by artrw; Nov 4, 2019 at 4:11 pm Reason: fixing tenses
Nov 4, 2019, 1:06 pm
#2264
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: LAX
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Posts: 616
Just a datapoint on my Gold:
Recently got fee reimbursements for award ticket fees (x4) and upgrading seats to main cabin preferred (x2). All charges were under $10.
Recently got fee reimbursements for award ticket fees (x4) and upgrading seats to main cabin preferred (x2). All charges were under $10.
Nov 5, 2019, 8:48 am
#2265
Join Date: Nov 2019
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Posts: 2
I would like to know how this the ticketing turned out for your daughter.