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 31, 2018, 5:24 am
#796
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 53
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
Jul 31, 2018, 2:09 pm
#797
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,932
Jul 31, 2018, 2:19 pm
#798
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: SLC
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Titanium + LT Gold
Posts: 198
Jul 31, 2018, 2:33 pm
#799
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Location: home = LAX
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Aug 1, 2018, 7:31 am
#800
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 2
Redeeming with the gift card
So say I buy 2 AA $100 gift cards and want to redeem them to pay for a flight.. when it says the flight needs to originate in the US, does that mean I cannot use these gift cards to pay for a one-way flight from Costa Rica to Boston?
Aug 2, 2018, 12:38 pm
#802
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 24
DP: Purchased two $100 AA virtual gift cards on August 2nd with personal plat. Will update when posted.
Update: Two $100 "AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement" posted on August 4th.
Update: Two $100 "AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement" posted on August 4th.
Last edited by y0shiy0shi; Aug 6, 2018 at 7:39 am Reason: Update Date
Aug 3, 2018, 2:50 pm
#803
Join Date: May 2011
Programs: Spg Gold, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 1,578
Aug 6, 2018, 5:54 pm
#804
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: New Orleans (MSY)
Programs: AA EXP, IHG PLT, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Explorist, Amtrak, WN
Posts: 2,617
Anyone know if this works for digital gift cards? Or is it only plastic (or both)?
Aug 6, 2018, 6:08 pm
#805
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,932
Aug 6, 2018, 6:14 pm
#806
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: IAH
Programs: DL DM, Hyatt Ist-iest, Stariott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 12,783
It's visible on mobile for me, though you may need to go to page 1 of the thread to see it due to Infinite scroll settings.
Aug 7, 2018, 8:32 am
#807
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: New Orleans (MSY)
Programs: AA EXP, IHG PLT, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Explorist, Amtrak, WN
Posts: 2,617
$100 digital GC purchased on 8/7/18. Will report back once I hear from AMEX.
Aug 8, 2018, 1:40 pm
#808
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: NYC
Programs: AAdvantage, British
Posts: 53
I just want to clarify on ‘Seat assignment fees’. If I pay for an exit row seat. Is it considered a Seat assignment which is refundable or an upgrade which is not refundable?
Aug 8, 2018, 11:05 pm
#809
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 3
selected AA 8/3
purchased eGC 8/9 $100
purchased eGC 8/9 $100
8/10 100 credit
8/10 100 credit
purchased eGC 8/9 $100
purchased eGC 8/9 $100
8/10 100 credit
8/10 100 credit
Last edited by socalmike; Aug 14, 2018 at 7:54 am
Aug 9, 2018, 9:39 am
#810
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 600
Purchased $100 electronic gift card on Amex PRG on 8/8
Purchased 2 $100 electronic gift cards on Amex Platinum on 8/8
Will update with results.
UPDATE:
Reimbursement received on PRG and Platinum on 8/10.
Purchased 2 $100 electronic gift cards on Amex Platinum on 8/8
Will update with results.
UPDATE:
Reimbursement received on PRG and Platinum on 8/10.
Last edited by Statman; Aug 13, 2018 at 9:42 am