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 27, 2019, 11:06 am
#1471
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 49
Amex Business Platinum Data Point
1/23 purchased 1x $200 eGC
1/26 Amex Benefit meter updated to $200 used
1/27 $200 AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement
1/23 purchased 1x $200 eGC
1/26 Amex Benefit meter updated to $200 used
1/27 $200 AMEX Airline Fee Reimbursement
Last edited by Sean Hanley; Jan 29, 2019 at 9:43 am
Jan 27, 2019, 2:03 pm
#1472
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: SFO/YYZ
Programs: AC 25K, AS MVP Gold, BA Bronze, UA Silver, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,480
Virtual and plastic gift cards are available for purchase in any denomination between $50 and $1,500 on aa.com
https://giftcards.aa.com/terms.jsp
https://giftcards.aa.com/terms.jsp
Jan 27, 2019, 4:08 pm
#1473
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 106
Aspire
1/23 Purchased 1x $250 GC
1/26 $250 credit posted
Was also reimbursed $16.70 award taxes on Platinum card but not $66 taxes or $75 close-in ticketing fee.
1/23 Purchased 1x $250 GC
1/26 $250 credit posted
Was also reimbursed $16.70 award taxes on Platinum card but not $66 taxes or $75 close-in ticketing fee.
Jan 28, 2019, 12:18 pm
#1474
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 88
Interesting. What were the $66 in taxes and $75 in close-in ticketing fee posted as? Did the merchant profile differ from the award taxes and gift card purchases?
Jan 28, 2019, 2:41 pm
#1475
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 106
$250 GC - Document Type: MISCELLANEOUS TAX(S)/FEE(S)
$16.7 taxes - Document Type: PASSENGER TICKET
$66 taxes - Document Type: PASSENGER TICKET
$75 Close in fee - Document Type: FREQUENT FLYER FEE/PURCHASE
Jan 28, 2019, 4:18 pm
#1476
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 14
AmEx Gold
purchased $100 AA E gift card
01/24 posted
01/27 reimbursed
purchased $100 AA E gift card
01/24 posted
01/27 reimbursed
Jan 28, 2019, 8:15 pm
#1477
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 2
AMEX Gold
Purchased $100 AA eGC
01/15 posted
not reimbursed yet
anything I can do to get the reimbursement?
Purchased $100 AA eGC
01/15 posted
not reimbursed yet
anything I can do to get the reimbursement?
Jan 29, 2019, 9:38 am
#1478
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 27
AMEX Business Plat
1/24 $200 AA eGC purchase
1/25 posted
1/28 airline credit bar depleted
1/29 reimbursed
1/24 $200 AA eGC purchase
1/25 posted
1/28 airline credit bar depleted
1/29 reimbursed
Jan 29, 2019, 1:23 pm
#1479
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: LAX
Programs: AAdvantage Platinum, Alitalia Freccia Alata
Posts: 213
Please see THIS post.
Jan 29, 2019, 1:30 pm
#1480
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,969
I do not know what causes the page not found error, but the link works correctly as of this very moment. All you need to do is use the Search this Thread tool with the keyword: challenge.
Jan 29, 2019, 9:38 pm
#1481
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: LAX
Programs: AAdvantage Platinum, Alitalia Freccia Alata
Posts: 213
super helpful, thanks! All these years and I had no idea that feature existed. The hours Ive spent scrolling through pages and pages...!
Jan 30, 2019, 1:19 pm
#1482
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 49
Does anyone know if I can get a reimbursement for choosing main cabin extra seats? Not sure if that would be counted as an "upgrade".
Jan 30, 2019, 3:54 pm
#1483
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,935
I don't know how AA codes MCE seats purchased as a separate step after the flight has already been purchased.
Feb 3, 2019, 7:06 am
#1484
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 14
have you selected AA as your airline before purchasing?