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)
Oct 26, 2017, 1:19 pm
#361
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Truth or Consequences, NM
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium, Hertz President's Circle, UA Silver, Mobile Passport Unobtanium
Posts: 6,192
Mercedes Platinum
bought $75 + $75 + $50 GC posted to Amex 10/16 10/19 10/23
reimbursements posted 10/19 10/22 10/25
But only the two $75 charges have the "5x" icon next to them - I'm gonna call Amex and tell them exactly what they did wrong and that I WANT MY BONUS POINTS (no I'm not)
bought $75 + $75 + $50 GC posted to Amex 10/16 10/19 10/23
reimbursements posted 10/19 10/22 10/25
But only the two $75 charges have the "5x" icon next to them - I'm gonna call Amex and tell them exactly what they did wrong and that I WANT MY BONUS POINTS (no I'm not)
Nov 8, 2017, 10:58 am
#362
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 2,652
$75 GC posted 11/1
reimbursed 11/3
$75 + $50 GC posted 11/3
NO reimbursement as of 11/8
EDIT: reimbursements came in 11/9, so 6 day turn around on those.
reimbursed 11/3
$75 + $50 GC posted 11/3
NO reimbursement as of 11/8
EDIT: reimbursements came in 11/9, so 6 day turn around on those.
Last edited by saaveraward; Nov 9, 2017 at 8:25 am
Nov 8, 2017, 2:32 pm
#363
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 2
I was just about to order the GC until I see your post. Pls do update reimbursement status.
Also I was trying to make airline selection in the past couple of days but always got error msg saying that their system is being maintained. I had to call in to make the selection. Hopefully the maintenance did not impact anything. Any DP of reimbursement after11/6 would help verify that.
Also I was trying to make airline selection in the past couple of days but always got error msg saying that their system is being maintained. I had to call in to make the selection. Hopefully the maintenance did not impact anything. Any DP of reimbursement after11/6 would help verify that.
Last edited by btayron; Nov 8, 2017 at 2:47 pm
Nov 9, 2017, 8:25 am
#364
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 2,652
I was just about to order the GC until I see your post. Pls do update reimbursement status.
Also I was trying to make airline selection in the past couple of days but always got error msg saying that their system is being maintained. I had to call in to make the selection. Hopefully the maintenance did not impact anything. Any DP of reimbursement after11/6 would help verify that.
Also I was trying to make airline selection in the past couple of days but always got error msg saying that their system is being maintained. I had to call in to make the selection. Hopefully the maintenance did not impact anything. Any DP of reimbursement after11/6 would help verify that.
Nov 10, 2017, 10:19 am
#366
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 1
It worked for me! Bought a $100 AA gift card w/my new prg card and was reimbursed 3 days later. thanks!
Nov 12, 2017, 10:31 am
#367
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 1
4 $50 AA Gift cards purchased/posted on 11/7/17
AA Tix purchased/posted at aa.com on 11/10/17
$200 Amex Airline Fee Reimbursement posted on 11/11/17
(PS. I live in NJ. The wiki/faq on p1 appears out of date.
AA Tix purchased/posted at aa.com on 11/10/17
$200 Amex Airline Fee Reimbursement posted on 11/11/17
(PS. I live in NJ. The wiki/faq on p1 appears out of date.
Nov 14, 2017, 4:14 am
#368
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 10
1 x $100 AA gift card. Purchased 11/6; posted 11/8. As of 11/14, no refund.
Nov 14, 2017, 9:53 am
#369
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 1,309
1 x $75 AA gift card. Purchased / posted 11/10 - as of 11/14 no refund
updated: refunded on 11/15.
updated: refunded on 11/15.
Last edited by jasondc; Nov 16, 2017 at 7:18 am Reason: update
Nov 14, 2017, 6:28 pm
#371
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Flyover Country
Posts: 157
I have $68 in credit left for the year. Does Amex cap at $200 exactly? I'm wondering if I can buy the $75 GC and ask them to either reimburse the full amount, or if they'll credit the $68 so I can fully utilize the credit.
Nov 14, 2017, 6:43 pm
#372
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Truth or Consequences, NM
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium, Hertz President's Circle, UA Silver, Mobile Passport Unobtanium
Posts: 6,192
If you buy a $75 gift card, AMEX will credit you for $68. You'll pay the remainder.
Nov 14, 2017, 8:56 pm
#374
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 189
Bought 2x $50 on 11/7, still no credit on PRG 
Nov 15, 2017, 11:00 pm
#375
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: LAX
Programs: AAdvantage Platinum, Alitalia Freccia Alata
Posts: 213
Has anyone ever attempted to buy miles from AA to obtain the Amex credit? Like GCs, this technically violates the rules, but wonder if it would work. I’m just a few miles short for redeeming my AA miles for a CX first class award and so need to purchase miles to top up, and hoped my Amex $200 credit might offset the cost. Any experiences?