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)
Feb 14, 2018, 9:05 am
#601
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 31
2/10 Purchased 100x2 GC on Plat, 100x1 on PRG.
Already 2/14 No reimbursement yet, what do you think might have happened? Its been more than 4 days, I’m guessing the weekend was an issue?
Posted as AMERICAN AIRLINES 45107425 - 800-433-7300, TX instead of MISC TAX/ FEES in the description, but in the flight details section there is
Document Type: MISCELLANEOUS TAX(S)/FEE(S).
Already 2/14 No reimbursement yet, what do you think might have happened? Its been more than 4 days, I’m guessing the weekend was an issue?
Posted as AMERICAN AIRLINES 45107425 - 800-433-7300, TX instead of MISC TAX/ FEES in the description, but in the flight details section there is
Document Type: MISCELLANEOUS TAX(S)/FEE(S).
EDIT: it just posted !
Feb 14, 2018, 10:00 am
#602
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 4
Too soon to be concerned. I cleared 2x (two Plat cards) 2x $100 already. One thing I noticed was that although in retrospect the account would show something like purchased 1/24, reimbursed 1/26 (or maybe 1/27 ... it was not always two day separation), the purchase might well have been made 1/23 and the reimbursement would not have appeared on the account until 1/27 or 1/28. And, yes, in my small 4 GC sample, weekends appeared to slow things down a bit.
Feb 14, 2018, 11:53 am
#603
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 19
Interesting/Frustrating Data Point:
1/30: Purchased 2 x $100 GC on Amex Plat.
I still haven't seen (and I don't expect to see) the 2nd $100 reimbursement.
1/30: Purchased 2 x $100 GC on Amex Plat.
- One (1) Said: MISCELLANEOUS TAX(S)/FEE(S)
- One (1) Said: FREQUENT FLYER FEE/PURCHASE
I still haven't seen (and I don't expect to see) the 2nd $100 reimbursement.
Feb 14, 2018, 1:51 pm
#605
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
Feb 15, 2018, 12:02 pm
#606
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 3
2/9 Purchase: 2 500 Mile Upgrades for $80/Document Type: Additional Collection
2/12 $80 Amex Fee Reimb
I really thought this was a long shot but so glad it worked!
2/12 $80 Amex Fee Reimb
I really thought this was a long shot but so glad it worked!
Feb 17, 2018, 9:15 pm
#607
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 88
Hilton Aspire Data Point
Sometime in Jan: selected AA as airline of choice
Waited about 2 weeks to make sure it took effect...I think you only need to wait 48 hours but I forgot about it.
10 Feb: purchased $100 virtual gift card
14 Feb: reimbursed $100, posted as 13 Feb
14 Feb: purchased $100 vGC, and in a separate transaction purchased a $50 vGC
17 Feb: reimbursed $100 and $50, posted as 16 Feb
Waited about 2 weeks to make sure it took effect...I think you only need to wait 48 hours but I forgot about it.
10 Feb: purchased $100 virtual gift card
14 Feb: reimbursed $100, posted as 13 Feb
14 Feb: purchased $100 vGC, and in a separate transaction purchased a $50 vGC
17 Feb: reimbursed $100 and $50, posted as 16 Feb
Feb 19, 2018, 8:47 pm
#608
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 849
Hoping someone knows the answer. Did a search and didn't see anything. I know the wiki says we can use up to 8 gift cards and we can pay the difference with a cc, but does anyone know if we can use gift cards and a AA voucher and pay the difference with a cc? Thanks in advance.
Feb 20, 2018, 10:19 am
#609
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 55
Hoping someone knows the answer. Did a search and didn't see anything. I know the wiki says we can use up to 8 gift cards and we can pay the difference with a cc, but does anyone know if we can use gift cards and a AA voucher and pay the difference with a cc? Thanks in advance.
Feb 20, 2018, 10:20 am
#610
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 55
AMEX PLAT
$100 GC Purchased 2/12, Reimbursed 2/14
$100 GC Purchased 2/16, Reimbursed 2/19
$100 GC Purchased 2/12, Reimbursed 2/14
$100 GC Purchased 2/16, Reimbursed 2/19
Feb 20, 2018, 6:17 pm
#611
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 9
Sometime in Jan: selected AA as airline of choice
Waited about 2 weeks to make sure it took effect...I think you only need to wait 48 hours but I forgot about it.
10 Feb: purchased $100 virtual gift card
14 Feb: reimbursed $100, posted as 13 Feb
14 Feb: purchased $100 vGC, and in a separate transaction purchased a $50 vGC
17 Feb: reimbursed $100 and $50, posted as 16 Feb
Waited about 2 weeks to make sure it took effect...I think you only need to wait 48 hours but I forgot about it.
10 Feb: purchased $100 virtual gift card
14 Feb: reimbursed $100, posted as 13 Feb
14 Feb: purchased $100 vGC, and in a separate transaction purchased a $50 vGC
17 Feb: reimbursed $100 and $50, posted as 16 Feb
Feb 20, 2018, 8:36 pm
#612
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: DCA in the winter, SJC in the summer
Posts: 81
PRG
$100 GC purchased 2/17, reimbursed 2/19.
$100 GC purchased 2/17, reimbursed 2/19.
Feb 21, 2018, 6:56 pm
#613
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 107
Ameriprise Amex Plat
$100 GC Purchased 2/18, Reimbursed 2/21
$100 GC Pruchased 2/18, Reimbursed 2/21
$100 GC Purchased 2/18, Reimbursed 2/21
$100 GC Pruchased 2/18, Reimbursed 2/21
Feb 23, 2018, 1:53 am
#614
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 3
2/19 Selected AA
2/19 $100 eGC Purchased
2/19 $100 eGC Purchased
nothing yet
2/19 $100 eGC Purchased
2/19 $100 eGC Purchased
nothing yet
Feb 24, 2018, 4:13 pm
#615
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: SAN, LAX
Programs: UA, SW, VA, Marriott, IHG, HH
Posts: 73
Also curious about the waiting period. I changed my airline to AA with a phone rep in the morning, and confirmed through Amex website that it is indeed showing AA before I bought the eGC at night, all on the same day. No reimbursement yet.