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 AA as your airline BEFORE making a reimbursable purchase. "Please 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:

• Yes - Majuki, Evo40

Admirals Club Passes:

• Yes - Hilton-gold, moe8555

Admirals Club Food/Drinks:

• Yes - cyncyn129, Segments, chrisny2

Award Cancellation Fee*:

• No - ShrinkTheGlobe, canesfan, jasmians, soy

Award Taxes/Fees:

• Yes - Dedicated, Rakibullslam, tsmith12, lotrbfme, mia, GTITAN, cdoobiest
• No - Alex_I, exmike, jb0506, fangtl, nall, javabytes, chitink
• Mixed - PatrickTM, Visconti, iahphx

Baggage*:

• Yes - tlglenn
• No - mrlemm, mlin32, abk, pubsmeister, esls79

Change Fee*:

• No - cubs105, prhocky2607

Close-In Ticket Fee*:

• No - PatrickTM, mileshound

Elite 500-mile Stickers:

• Yes - LuizMiranda, fotoflyer88, nk15, joshvworld, Hilton-gold, captaink, JCN, aftortoriello, nall
• No - pubsmeister

Elite Challenges:

• Yes - skreemer6
• No - stheller, tlglenn, GTITAN

External Reservation Fee:

• Yes - jvel

Five Star Service:

• Yes - JDiver

Infant Fees:

• No - AUSINSIGHT

MCE/Seat Selection:

• Yes - chapmanj9, Dedicated, Hilton-gold, jb0506, limeyx, act0fgod, nall, tlglenn
• No - UAZip

Mileage Multipler:

• Yes - mia, mia (two separate reports), TravelLawyer, QtownDave, nk15, nall, UAZip

Pet Fee*:

• No - mrlemm

Same Day Flight Change:

• Yes - Segments

Upfares:

• Mixed - javabytes, javabytes - appears the amount matters
• No - jvel

Upgrades:

• 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.