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Airline fee $250/$200/$100 reimbursement reports: AA only (2017-2019)

Old Jan 4, 2017, 6:59 am
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CAUTION: In February 2019, American Airlines changed the coding of gift card transactions. Although there are a few successful data points since, in general, Gift Card purchases are now explicitly identified, and no longer reimbursed by American Express.

Reminder: you must enroll and select your airline BEFORE making a reimbursable purchase. http://www.americanexpress.com/airlinechoice -or- "Call the number on the back of your Card to select a qualifying airline."


Data Points on automatically reimbursed incidentals since 2017:

Admirals Club Memberships: Admirals Club Passes: Admirals Club Food/Drinks: Award Cancellation Fee*: Award Taxes/Fees: Baggage*: Change Fee*: Close-In Ticket Fee*: Elite 500-mile Stickers: Elite Challenges: External Reservation Fee: Five Star Service: Infant Fees: MCE/Seat Selection: Mileage Multipler: Pet Fee*: Same Day Flight Change: Upfares: Upgrades:
Wifi is provided by one of three third-party providers and is thus not eligible for the incidental credit.

* For items not automatically reimbursed but which are not excluded by Amex, you can try and request manual reimbursement from American Express; however, you may need to wait 14-28 days first.

To review AA reimbursement reports from 2011-2016 as well as information on gift cards, click HERE.
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Airline fee $250/$200/$100 reimbursement reports: AA only (2017-2019)

Old Nov 23, 2019, 11:08 am
  #2251  
v4r
 
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: KATL
Programs: AA Gold
Posts: 9
Booked a RT on 11/17 in Q, bought 2 preferred seat selections each way on the same day. Meter moved to empty on 11/22!
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Old Nov 23, 2019, 3:29 pm
  #2252  
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Programs: HH diamond
Posts: 2,646
Originally Posted by mizzou miles
Ha. $5.60 Award fee was credited back today.
How long did your reimbursement take? It's been a week for me and no reimbursement yet.
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Old Nov 23, 2019, 9:20 pm
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Join Date: Sep 2011
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So I know very late to this thread and it seems the Gift Card option is dead. What are my options, need to make the purcahse very soon. Please advise and help.
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Old Nov 23, 2019, 10:09 pm
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Originally Posted by troyhouse
So I know very late to this thread and it seems the Gift Card option is dead. What are my options, need to make the purcahse very soon. Please advise and help.
check the wiki
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Old Nov 24, 2019, 6:29 pm
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Join Date: May 2018
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Admirals club

Any dps of paying the $650 fee across multiple cards? I have an Aspire and 2 plats to use.
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Old Nov 25, 2019, 7:57 am
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by bcpoinciana
Any dps of paying the $650 fee across multiple cards? I have an Aspire and 2 plats to use.
See a couple of posts above:

Originally Posted by Majuki
Either is ok. I do mine in the club so that they can split the payment method.
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Old Nov 27, 2019, 7:24 am
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Alexandria, VA - DCA
Programs: BA Gold, American Airlines, Marriott Plat, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond
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I have the Hilton Honors Aspire card with AA set as my airline-of-choice for fee credits.

I have an award ticket to cancel - should the cancel/re-deposit fee ($125 or so) trigger the credit???
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Old Nov 27, 2019, 1:36 pm
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: CAE,AGS
Programs: AAExP, Hyatt Globalist, HHonors Gold, IHG Spire, Marriott Plat
Posts: 3,124
Mileage multiplier purchased and credited within seven days (over a weekend, I believe).

Used my last couple of gift cards last night :-(
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Old Nov 27, 2019, 3:47 pm
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Originally Posted by geo1005
I have the Hilton Honors Aspire card with AA set as my airline-of-choice for fee credits.

I have an award ticket to cancel - should the cancel/re-deposit fee ($125 or so) trigger the credit???
I believe it will
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Old Nov 27, 2019, 4:35 pm
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: CLT
Programs: AA EP, AA AC
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All,

Bought a Baileys (or two) at the Concourse D CLT AC last week using Amex Gold which has AA designated for my airline credit. Charge has posted, but no meter movement and no credit showing etc Is this one where if the meter does not move, I can/should plead my case to customer service? I think I am in the "grey area" under a technical reading of the rules (i.e. not expressly permitted but not expressly excluded) Thoughts? TIA!!

Safe Travels
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Old Nov 27, 2019, 11:46 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 208
Originally Posted by miffSC
Mileage multiplier purchased and credited within seven days (over a weekend, I believe).

Used my last couple of gift cards last night :-(
Yeah all gift cards used and 2020 looking bleak just about to pay renewal and the airline credit seems almost useless now
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Old Nov 28, 2019, 11:15 am
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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By the by, never mind about the AC charge that had not triggered reimbursement that I mentioned upthread It did today.

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Old Nov 28, 2019, 6:46 pm
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 4,463
Perhaps posts reporting successful reimbursements should explicitly include the number of business days required for them to appear. It's just a bit more reader friendly than only listing the dates. Then subsequent contributors will have some guidance how many days to wait before reporting thier own experiences.
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Old Nov 30, 2019, 6:22 am
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Zurich / Europe / New York
Programs: LH, BA, AA
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Mileage multiplier worked for me - credited back within a week.
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Old Nov 30, 2019, 11:20 pm
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Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: SoCal
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$98 mileage multiplier worked for me as well .. credited after 5 days
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