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)
Jun 19, 2019, 7:31 am
#1576
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Amex Gold Delta SkyMiles
Purchased 1-$50 Delta Gift Card online with desktop browser using Wiki link on 6/15
Posted 6/17
Reimbursed 6/19
Purchased 1-$50 Delta Gift Card online with desktop browser using Wiki link on 6/15
Posted 6/17
Reimbursed 6/19
Jun 19, 2019, 7:33 am
#1577
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Amex Platinum USA
Purchased 4-$50 Delta Gift Card online with desktop browser using Wiki link on 6/15, seperate transaction for each purchase
Posted 6/17
Reimbursed 6/19
With this, my previous post above, and 2-$50 gift cards from Amex Gold (I just upgraded to Platinum last week), now sitting at $350 total in 7-Delta gift cards
Purchased 4-$50 Delta Gift Card online with desktop browser using Wiki link on 6/15, seperate transaction for each purchase
Posted 6/17
Reimbursed 6/19
With this, my previous post above, and 2-$50 gift cards from Amex Gold (I just upgraded to Platinum last week), now sitting at $350 total in 7-Delta gift cards
Jun 19, 2019, 7:42 am
#1578
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 1
Just wanted to post, as I have been following this thread.
Ordered multiple $50 Delta e-gift cards (in separate transactions) from Delta.com (desktop) between May 17 through May 28. Each of them posted and was reimbursed within a few business days. Amex Platinum here.
Ordered multiple $50 Delta e-gift cards (in separate transactions) from Delta.com (desktop) between May 17 through May 28. Each of them posted and was reimbursed within a few business days. Amex Platinum here.
Jun 19, 2019, 5:08 pm
#1579
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: Delta Skymiles
Posts: 1,982
Recently bought a seat upgrade through the DL app, was surprised to not be reimbursed, which is okay I suppose. I’ll just do the spend in another way at some point. IN the past, App seat change fees were reimburseable through Amex.
Jun 19, 2019, 5:33 pm
#1580
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Posts: 18,921
Jun 19, 2019, 5:44 pm
#1581
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 4,477
Btw, claiming it's ok while posting a complaint is rather passive-aggressive.
Jun 19, 2019, 5:48 pm
#1582
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: Delta Skymiles
Posts: 1,982
I was more posting so that FT members might be aware for their own travel circumstances.
I suppose I could call Amex and ask them to apply the credit. The total was about $129 I believe.
I suppose I could call Amex and ask them to apply the credit. The total was about $129 I believe.
Jun 19, 2019, 9:33 pm
#1583
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If you do call, be sure to call it a seat *assignment* fee and not a seat *upgrade* fee.
Jun 21, 2019, 7:52 pm
#1584
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: London / Los Angeles
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Posts: 1,631
Why does a $7 drink purchase on a flight trigger a full $100 reimbursement but to buy a gift card, you have to buy $100 worth(or 2 x $50)>
Can you buy an award ticket, pay the $5-ish taxes on the card and then cancel the ticket after 24 hours? Does anything like that work. I know I can buy the gift cards but just wondering if there is a better way. I have no upcoming Delta flights.
Can you buy an award ticket, pay the $5-ish taxes on the card and then cancel the ticket after 24 hours? Does anything like that work. I know I can buy the gift cards but just wondering if there is a better way. I have no upcoming Delta flights.
Jun 21, 2019, 9:27 pm
#1585
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: ATL
Programs: DL Scattered Smothered Covered Medallion, Some hotel & car stuff, Kroger Plus Card
Posts: 10,745
Why does a $7 drink purchase on a flight trigger a full $100 reimbursement but to buy a gift card, you have to buy $100 worth(or 2 x $50)>
Can you buy an award ticket, pay the $5-ish taxes on the card and then cancel the ticket after 24 hours? Does anything like that work. I know I can buy the gift cards but just wondering if there is a better way. I have no upcoming Delta flights.
Can you buy an award ticket, pay the $5-ish taxes on the card and then cancel the ticket after 24 hours? Does anything like that work. I know I can buy the gift cards but just wondering if there is a better way. I have no upcoming Delta flights.
If you don't spend $ on DL, it may be worth looking into selecting a different airline for the airline fee credits.
Jun 21, 2019, 9:37 pm
#1586
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The $mall purchases are made with Delta co-branded cards which offer a credit for any Delta purchase. These reports do not really belong in this thread.
The $50 giftcard purchases are made with American Express Gold or Platinum charge cards -or- with the Hilton Aspire cred card,
Jun 21, 2019, 9:47 pm
#1587
Join Date: Feb 2010
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Different cards.
The $mall purchases are made with Delta co-branded cards which offer a credit for any Delta purchase. These reports do not really belong in this thread.
The $50 giftcard purchases are made with American Express Gold or Platinum charge cards -or- with the Hilton Aspire cred card,
The $mall purchases are made with Delta co-branded cards which offer a credit for any Delta purchase. These reports do not really belong in this thread.
The $50 giftcard purchases are made with American Express Gold or Platinum charge cards -or- with the Hilton Aspire cred card,
Jun 25, 2019, 9:09 am
#1588
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 2
A little concerned and trying to understand what (if anything) I did wrong:
Purchased 1 x $50 with my wife's AmEx Gold and everything worked like a charm. Credit registered 2 days after charge posted.
Then...I purchased 1 x $50 with my Aspire. The pending charge officially posted on June 21, but still showing with the "Passenger Ticket" label. I purchased on the desktop site and followed all guidelines. Still no credit as of June 25...third business day. Looks like all recent data points show credit posting 2 business days later. I'm concerned I did something wrong that caused it to actually POST as "Passenger Ticket", but no idea where I screwed up. Thoughts?
Purchased 1 x $50 with my wife's AmEx Gold and everything worked like a charm. Credit registered 2 days after charge posted.
Then...I purchased 1 x $50 with my Aspire. The pending charge officially posted on June 21, but still showing with the "Passenger Ticket" label. I purchased on the desktop site and followed all guidelines. Still no credit as of June 25...third business day. Looks like all recent data points show credit posting 2 business days later. I'm concerned I did something wrong that caused it to actually POST as "Passenger Ticket", but no idea where I screwed up. Thoughts?
Jun 25, 2019, 9:20 am
#1589
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 1
Bought 2 x $50 on 6/20, both charges posted on 6/22 first as a Delta Airlines Atlanta, and now details were added making it an LAX-LAX passenger ticket. Hopefully it posts today or tomorrow...
Jun 25, 2019, 7:29 pm
#1590
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: ATL, BHM, DUB, County Wexford
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Posts: 4,861
1 x $100 reimbursed.
Stop doing the 2x50 since 1x100 works now.
Stop doing the 2x50 since 1x100 works now.