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)
Jan 7, 2018, 11:02 pm
#526
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Chicago & Hong Kong
Programs: CX D, AF P, AA EP, UA G, Hilton D, Marriott Ti, IHG Plat
Posts: 94
Jan 8, 2018, 6:43 am
#527
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: UK
Programs: Air NZ, BA, Qantas, Cathay, Velocity
Posts: 3
Switched from Southwest to AA on 3 Jan. Applied for:
1 $100 GC on 1/5
Credit for $100 received on 1/8
1 $100 GC on 1/5
Credit for $100 received on 1/8
Jan 8, 2018, 9:30 am
#528
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: New York
Programs: SPG Lifetime Gold
Posts: 24
Data point:
Bought an award ticket on 1/5. Charged $5.60 ticketing fee, posted same day.
$5.60 fee credit posted on 1/7.
Wasn't aware award ticketing fees were credited, but it worked in this case. It even lists the purchase as a Passenger Ticket on the AMEX site and got the ticket number and origin-destination.
Bought an award ticket on 1/5. Charged $5.60 ticketing fee, posted same day.
$5.60 fee credit posted on 1/7.
Wasn't aware award ticketing fees were credited, but it worked in this case. It even lists the purchase as a Passenger Ticket on the AMEX site and got the ticket number and origin-destination.
Jan 8, 2018, 11:50 am
#529
Join Date: Jan 2018
Programs: UA, AA , DL, RITZ
Posts: 6
it worked
the 2 x $100 AA GC credit worked..
i guess we'll all discuss this again next year !
i guess we'll all discuss this again next year !
Jan 9, 2018, 5:44 am
#530
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 4
Bought 2 X $100 gift cards on 1/4. Posted as $200 charge. $200 reimbursement on 1/6.
Jan 9, 2018, 8:52 am
#531
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 1
My aa gift card is going to be refunded since they couldn't verify my info but I got the reimbursement already. Does amex take back the reimbursement credit and I need to repurchase the aa GC again for reimbursement?
Jan 9, 2018, 10:12 am
#532
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 14
Purchased 2 x $100 gift certificates 1/5, credit posted 1/8.
Jan 10, 2018, 9:20 am
#534
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 14
Business platinum: Purchased 2 X $100 AA GC on Jan 2. No credit posted yet. Should I be concerned? Is it OK to check with Amex chat/customer service? (yes... the airline was selected correctly)
The credits for personal platinum charges posted correctly within 2 days on Jan 4.
Thanks,
The credits for personal platinum charges posted correctly within 2 days on Jan 4.
Thanks,
Jan 10, 2018, 9:28 am
#535
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,954
Pointless to check this soon. They will simply tell you to wait the number of weeks specified in the terms. If a transaction is not picked up by the initial sweep that doesn't mean it will never be credited, just wait a couple weeks.
Jan 11, 2018, 7:01 am
#537
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: UK
Programs: Air NZ, BA, Qantas, Cathay, Velocity
Posts: 3
Made my second purchase of $100 to AA, on 01/08
Reimbursed the same on 01/10
Hippee Kayye ***
Thank you all
Reimbursed the same on 01/10
Hippee Kayye ***
Thank you all
Jan 11, 2018, 8:08 am
#538
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 60
Purchased $100 gc on 1/5, got credited 1/8.
Jan 11, 2018, 8:34 am
#539
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 16
Post Date/Purchase Date of $100 AA GC with AX Plat
1/10, 1/8
1/8, 1/6
1/7, 1/6
1/4, 1/3
1/10, 1/8
1/8, 1/6
1/7, 1/6
1/4, 1/3
Jan 11, 2018, 9:53 am
#540
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 10
accidentally bought $400 worth of gc at once (4x100), was credited with $200 3 days after. Amex business plat.