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)
Apr 7, 2018, 12:00 pm
#676
Join Date: May 2015
Location: LAX, BUR
Programs: AS,AA,JB, HH Gold, Starriott Titanium Elite, Hyatt Explorist, Global Entry
Posts: 1,933
April 2nd selected AA, received an email acknowledging the selection within two hours.
April 2nd purchased $100 GC x 2 after above email.
April 4th credited $100 x 2.
April 2nd purchased $100 GC x 2 after above email.
April 4th credited $100 x 2.
Apr 8, 2018, 9:41 am
#677
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: bwi
Programs: Amex Plat/Aspire,HH Diamond, SPG Gold Marriott Gold, BAEC blue, AA
Posts: 4
Does anyone know if there is a limitation on this benefit if you have 2 Amex cards that offer it? I have the regular Amex Plat. and Hilton Aspire. The Aspire offers a $250 credit - however, every time I try to enroll the second card I get an error msg that this feature is not available right now. I've tried over a few days and same error. That would be a severe curtailment of the value of a $450 card. Maybe I missed some fine print on it.
Apr 8, 2018, 10:19 am
#678
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,953
Apr 8, 2018, 2:08 pm
#679
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: CGK/SIN/DTW/ATL
Programs: AAdvantage, RapidRewards
Posts: 10
Hi guys, does anyone know if the $100 travel fee is included as the minimum spending? I have Amex GPR with $2000 spending requirement to get 50k MR. I spent about $1900ish on something and I already purchased $100 AA GC and already got the reimbursement. Was wondering if that $100 purchase is considered towards the spending, or else I will need to spend a little bit more just to be safe...
Apr 8, 2018, 5:49 pm
#680
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
Hi guys, does anyone know if the $100 travel fee is included as the minimum spending? I have Amex GPR with $2000 spending requirement to get 50k MR. I spent about $1900ish on something and I already purchased $100 AA GC and already got the reimbursement. Was wondering if that $100 purchase is considered towards the spending, or else I will need to spend a little bit more just to be safe...
Edit: You will probably get several opinions to spend an extra $100 "just to be sure". In every one of my AMEX cards, the purchase that was reimbursed for the travel credit counted toward minimum spend.
Apr 8, 2018, 6:01 pm
#681
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: bwi
Programs: Amex Plat/Aspire,HH Diamond, SPG Gold Marriott Gold, BAEC blue, AA
Posts: 4
I called and the very personable Amex rep said she couldn't explain why it was giving the error, but I was enrolled already. It just bugged me that it kept showing "enroll now", which the other card doesn't do. I was also wished a congrats on my 46th year anniversary with Amex. (where's the cake?)
Apr 8, 2018, 7:32 pm
#682
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,953
Apr 8, 2018, 9:16 pm
#683
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: CGK/SIN/DTW/ATL
Programs: AAdvantage, RapidRewards
Posts: 10
The $100 purchase counts toward MSR even though it's reimbursed. (The $100 "travel fee" is not included in minimum spending, which is what you asked in the first sentence. I suspect that's not what you intended to ask as evidenced by the question in your final sentence.)
Edit: You will probably get several opinions to spend an extra $100 "just to be sure". In every one of my AMEX cards, the purchase that was reimbursed for the travel credit counted toward minimum spend.
Edit: You will probably get several opinions to spend an extra $100 "just to be sure". In every one of my AMEX cards, the purchase that was reimbursed for the travel credit counted toward minimum spend.
Apr 9, 2018, 2:46 am
#684
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 18
Mar 24: 1 $200 AA eGC purchased
Mar 26: $200 credited to account
easy 1k MR points too
Mar 26: $200 credited to account
easy 1k MR points too
Apr 9, 2018, 12:23 pm
#685
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: bwi
Programs: Amex Plat/Aspire,HH Diamond, SPG Gold Marriott Gold, BAEC blue, AA
Posts: 4
To further cement my acknowledgement of enrollment in both, today both my Amex cards show the purchase of $100 trial gift cards from 3 days ago as reimbursed. So I have $250 left between them to cash in which will pay the AF for one of the cards.
Apr 9, 2018, 12:36 pm
#686
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 483
4/2 Purchased 1 x $100 GC on PRG / 2x $100 GC on Platinum
4/3 Charges posted to accounts
4/6 Charges reimbursed to accounts
4/3 Charges posted to accounts
4/6 Charges reimbursed to accounts
Apr 9, 2018, 6:36 pm
#687
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 44
Hilton Aspire Data Point
4/4 Chose AA as my airline (received confirmation e-mail around 7:30 PM)
4/4 Purchased $100 GC (around 9:45 PM)
4/6 Charge went from "pending" to "posted"
4/9 $100 reimbursement (more than a couple of days after purchase...due to the weekend I'm sure)
I saw another post on here, regarding the Aspire card, where the member chose airline/purchased GC on the same day...and got the reimbursement. Transaction listed as "Category: Travel - Airline" and "Document Type: MISCELLANEOUS TAX(S)/FEE(S)". Even though it probably doesn't matter, I'll more than likely wait a few days before attempting another GC purchase.
4/4 Chose AA as my airline (received confirmation e-mail around 7:30 PM)
4/4 Purchased $100 GC (around 9:45 PM)
4/6 Charge went from "pending" to "posted"
4/9 $100 reimbursement (more than a couple of days after purchase...due to the weekend I'm sure)
I saw another post on here, regarding the Aspire card, where the member chose airline/purchased GC on the same day...and got the reimbursement. Transaction listed as "Category: Travel - Airline" and "Document Type: MISCELLANEOUS TAX(S)/FEE(S)". Even though it probably doesn't matter, I'll more than likely wait a few days before attempting another GC purchase.
Apr 10, 2018, 7:25 am
#688
Join Date: Apr 2018
Programs: ANA
Posts: 1
Personal Platinum
4/4 Select AA as my airline
4/5 Purchased $100 x 2 GC
4/7 Charge posted
4/9 $100 x 2 reimbursement credited to account. (credit appeared on 4/10)
Document Type: MISCELLANEOUS TAX(S)/FEE(S)
4/4 Select AA as my airline
4/5 Purchased $100 x 2 GC
4/7 Charge posted
4/9 $100 x 2 reimbursement credited to account. (credit appeared on 4/10)
Document Type: MISCELLANEOUS TAX(S)/FEE(S)
Last edited by leeroy_jenkins; Apr 10, 2018 at 7:46 am
Apr 10, 2018, 7:52 am
#689
Join Date: Apr 2018
Posts: 1
two card
PRG
APR 4 $50 AA Bought
APR 8 -$50 AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement
ASPIRE
APR 2 $50 AA Bought
APR 4 -$50 AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement
APR 5 $50 AA Bought
APR 9 -$50 AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement
APR 4 $50 AA Bought
APR 8 -$50 AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement
ASPIRE
APR 2 $50 AA Bought
APR 4 -$50 AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement
APR 5 $50 AA Bought
APR 9 -$50 AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement
Apr 10, 2018, 3:21 pm
#690
Join Date: Apr 2018
Programs: AA Executive Platinum, Marriott Platinum, SPG Platinum, Hilton Gold, National Executive Elite
Posts: 4
AMEX Platinum
4/3 AA selected as airline
4/4 $100 GC purchased
4/6 Charge posted
4/10 $100 Credit
Document type: MISCELLANEOUS TAX(S)/FEE(S)
4/3 AA selected as airline
4/4 $100 GC purchased
4/6 Charge posted
4/10 $100 Credit
Document type: MISCELLANEOUS TAX(S)/FEE(S)