Jan 4, 2017, 6:59 am
Last edit by: mia
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:
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.
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:
- Yes - Hilton-gold, moe8555
- No - ShrinkTheGlobe, canesfan, jasmians, soy
- Yes - Dedicated, Rakibullslam, tsmith12, lotrbfme, mia, GTITAN, cdoobiest
- No - Alex_I, exmike, jb0506, fangtl, nall, javabytes, chitink
- Mixed - PatrickTM, Visconti, iahphx
- No - cubs105, prhocky2607
- No - PatrickTM, mileshound
- Yes - LuizMiranda, fotoflyer88, nk15, joshvworld, Hilton-gold, captaink, JCN, aftortoriello, nall
- No - pubsmeister
- Yes - jvel
- Yes - JDiver
- No - AUSINSIGHT
- No - mrlemm
- Yes - Segments
- Yes - wireless_999, saunders111, mosfet, Budoka, sdsearch
- Mixed - inevitability
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.
Airline fee $250/$200/$100 reimbursement reports: AA only (2017-2019)
Jul 10, 2017, 6:28 am
#301
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,952
Jul 10, 2017, 2:29 pm
#303
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: FRA/SXB
Programs: FB Gold
Posts: 1,980
Last year I purchased a seat selection within a day of selecting AA has my preferred airline and it didn't register. Had to go thru customer service to have the manually process.
Jul 15, 2017, 9:05 pm
#304
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 2
Bought 1x $100 eGift Card on 7/12 and got reimbursed on 7/14.
Jul 16, 2017, 8:00 am
#305
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 52
Purchased two $100 AA Virtual Gift Cards in separate transactions on 7/10 and was reimbursed 7/12.
Jul 19, 2017, 5:32 pm
#306
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 4
Another DP here: Purchased two $100 eGC. Posted July 17, Credited July 19.
Jul 23, 2017, 7:32 pm
#307
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,632
Looks like 2 days is the time frame. Purchase two eGCs, $99.xx each (slightly different amounts), on 7/20, reimbursed 7/22.
Jul 24, 2017, 11:15 pm
#308
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 29
7/18 Changed Airline to AA
7/19 Purchased 2x $100 gift cards
7/21 Reimbursed
7/19 Purchased 2x $100 gift cards
7/21 Reimbursed
Jul 27, 2017, 9:54 am
#309
Join Date: May 2013
Location: SMF / SFO
Posts: 226
(Amex Premier Rewards Gold)
7/24: Purchased $100 AA eGC
7/26: Reimbursed $100 by Amex
Thanks for the tips, everyone
7/24: Purchased $100 AA eGC
7/26: Reimbursed $100 by Amex
Thanks for the tips, everyone
Aug 1, 2017, 3:51 pm
#310
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: California
Programs: AA EXP; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott Bonvoy Titanium Elite
Posts: 1,967
EDIT:
7/29 Purchased 4x$50 on Amex Biz Plat
7/31 Purchases posted
8/1 Showed as $200 saved in 2017 on the card's benefits tab
8/2 Reimbursed 4x$50 by Amex
7/29 Purchased 4x$50 on Amex Biz Plat
7/31 Purchases posted
8/1 Showed as $200 saved in 2017 on the card's benefits tab
8/2 Reimbursed 4x$50 by Amex
Last edited by seigex; Aug 2, 2017 at 5:10 pm
Aug 6, 2017, 12:38 pm
#311
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: California
Programs: AA EXP; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott Bonvoy Titanium Elite
Posts: 1,967
As a DP, I selected AA on my personal plat, and bought gift cards, maybe 10 minutes later, so it appears no delay is needed when getting them.
8/3 Selected AA
8/3 Bought 2x$100 gift cards on aa.com
8/5 posted to Amex
8/3 Selected AA
8/3 Bought 2x$100 gift cards on aa.com
8/5 posted to Amex
8/6 reimbursed $200
Aug 7, 2017, 11:50 am
#312
Join Date: May 2013
Location: SMF / SFO
Posts: 226
8/3: Purchased 2x $100 AA eGC
8/7: Reimbursed $200 by Amex
So good news - if you upgrade, you appear to still be eligible for the entire annual credit.
Aug 9, 2017, 1:04 pm
#313
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: LAX
Programs: SPG
Posts: 55
For those who use their credit for baggage fees, the credit for self-service kiosk baggage fees are still not posting automatically and require a call in after 4 weeks to get the manual adjustment.
Aug 12, 2017, 2:17 pm
#315
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 284
Designated AA as my airline on Aug 8. Purchased 2 $100 GC's later that night. Still no reimbursement, 4 days later.