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 14, 2018, 6:44 am
#781
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 1
Amex Plat
June 10, 6pm - selected AA
June 10, 8:30pm - bought $100 AA gift card
June 14, 5am - reimbursed $100
June 10, 6pm - selected AA
June 10, 8:30pm - bought $100 AA gift card
June 14, 5am - reimbursed $100
Jul 15, 2018, 6:54 am
#782
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Programs: Amex Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards
Posts: 191
Yes. Now here's the strange thing - the dashboard used to show up on both Plat and PRG. However, recently, as noted in a similar discussion with another FT member, the dashboard has disappeared from the Plat but is still available on the PRG. But yes, it's under "Membership", "Benefits", and then the airline credit area.
Looks like this (the green semi-circle begins as blue but turns green as you consume the credit):
Looks like this (the green semi-circle begins as blue but turns green as you consume the credit):
*crossing fingers*
Jul 15, 2018, 12:00 pm
#783
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Programs: Amex Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards
Posts: 191
July 11 - Selected airline and purchased 2 x $100 GC on separate transactions minutes later
Jul 15 - 2 x $100 Airline fee reimbursement posted.
Last edited by Javier1704; Jul 15, 2018 at 12:02 pm Reason: Wrong fee reimbursement date
Jul 16, 2018, 9:27 am
#784
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: MCI
Programs: AA Gold 1MM, AS MVP, UA Silver, WN A-List, Marriott LT Titanium, HH Diamond
Posts: 52,575
All of mine posted quickly for the HHonors Aspire card. $250 total, 3 GCs on AA.
Jul 17, 2018, 8:10 am
#785
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 103
7/13: Bought $100 eGC
7/17: $100 reimbursement
PRG
7/17: $100 reimbursement
PRG
Jul 17, 2018, 10:19 pm
#786
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 3
Hi everyone.
Silly question.
Can I use multiples GC of different values like 2x $100 and $50 towards to one ticket of 500 and pay the rest with my card?
thanks.
Silly question.
Can I use multiples GC of different values like 2x $100 and $50 towards to one ticket of 500 and pay the rest with my card?
thanks.
Jul 18, 2018, 3:07 pm
#787
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: FL
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, IC Plat Amb, HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 1,299
Jul 18, 2018, 7:15 pm
#788
Jul 18, 2018, 7:23 pm
#789
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 1
just got my platinum card yesterday and I just ordered AA GC $50, what do i need to look to see if i may get the credit?, payments is still pending and it show category -travel-airline. thank in advance
Jul 19, 2018, 9:33 am
#790
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: FL
Programs: AA EXP, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Plat, IC Plat Amb, HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 1,299
Jul 23, 2018, 5:10 am
#792
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 53
Do I need to make separate transactions per gift card in order for it to code correctly for reimbursement?
Jul 23, 2018, 6:13 pm
#793
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,934
Even though it's not as bad as Delta (which caps gift card redemptions at 3 per flight purchase), AA still limits you to 8 gift cards per flight purchase. So why limit yourself by buying more smaller gift cards instead of $100 gift cards?
Last edited by sdsearch; Jul 23, 2018 at 6:21 pm
Jul 27, 2018, 12:21 am
#794
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: SLC
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Titanium + LT Gold
Posts: 198
Is this credit per calendar year? I just got my card this month, so theoretically, I can get $200 credit for 2018 and then another $200 for 2019?
Jul 30, 2018, 10:32 pm
#795
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 1
Guys...a bit worried here. Just purchased a $100 giftcard and got the following. It appears to be out of Tulsa and the rest of the data points I have seen on here are based out of Dallas. Does anyone have any experience with this getting reimbursed?
7645 E 63RD ST STE 600
AMERICAN AIRLINES-CCS
TULSA
OK
74133-1275
UNITED STATES
Category: Travel - Airline
7645 E 63RD ST STE 600
AMERICAN AIRLINES-CCS
TULSA
OK
74133-1275
UNITED STATES
Category: Travel - Airline