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)
Dec 17, 2018, 3:11 pm
#1081
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 11
Hilton Aspire
$250 gift card purchased 12/13
$250 credit posted 12/17
$250 gift card purchased 12/13
$250 credit posted 12/17
Dec 17, 2018, 4:46 pm
#1082
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: PA
Posts: 8
Amex Gold
12/13 - purchased a $100 eGift Card
12/16 - "Data Currently Unavailable - Please Try Again" on the benefits meter
12/17 - $100 reimbursed
12/13 - purchased a $100 eGift Card
12/16 - "Data Currently Unavailable - Please Try Again" on the benefits meter
12/17 - $100 reimbursed
Dec 17, 2018, 4:52 pm
#1083
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 44
Amex Plat Personal
12/9 purchase (1) $200 eGift Card
12/12 reimbursed for $200
"You have used all of your $200 Airline Fee Credit for this year.
12/9 purchase (1) $200 eGift Card
12/12 reimbursed for $200
"You have used all of your $200 Airline Fee Credit for this year.
It will renew again starting Jan 2019"
Dec 17, 2018, 6:59 pm
#1084
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 2
No Reimbursement for AA GC
New Amex Platinum cardholder. Read all the stuff on the airline credit utilization and chose to go with AA bc I saw such high rates of success. Have a trip planned for next year and airline prices were good. Purchased 4- $50 AA GC in October still no reimbursement and it’s December. Now I don’t know what to do with this credit. Good thing I was able to use the GC to pay for part of my airfare so no money lost but may rethink staying with AMeX platinum and the steep fees if I can’t really use the $200 credit for anything. I don’t want to waste the $200 for 2018 and in about 2 weeks it re-sets for 2019... anyone have suggestions?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Dec 17, 2018, 7:49 pm
#1085
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,952
- Did you select AA as your airline choice on americanexpress.com?
- How long did you wait after registering to buy the giftcards?
- Did the charges post as four $50 transactions, or as one $200 transaction?
- Does the benefit meter on americanexpress.com confirm that you still have $200 available to use?
Dec 17, 2018, 9:28 pm
#1086
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: CAE,AGS
Programs: AAExP, Hyatt Globalist, HHonors Gold, IHG Spire, Marriott Plat
Posts: 3,124
One failed attempt does not mean that you will never succeed.
- Did you select AA as your airline choice on americanexpress.com?
- How long did you wait after registering to buy the giftcards?
- Did the charges post as four $50 transactions, or as one $200 transaction?
- Does the benefit meter on americanexpress.com confirm that you still have $200 available to use?
Dec 17, 2018, 11:00 pm
#1087
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 2
Agreed,
- this is true, I might try a $25 gift card to test it. See my replies in bold
- Did you select AA as your airline choice on Amex.com? Yes I did, once I did I then went to buy the GC. Maybe I should have waited.
- How long did you wait after registering to buy the giftcards? Less then 24 hours
- Did the charges post as four $50 transactions, or as one $200 transaction? 4 different transactions
- Does the benefit meter on americanexpress.com confirm that you still have $200 available to use? Yes
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Dec 18, 2018, 5:06 am
#1088
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,952
Dec 18, 2018, 5:53 am
#1089
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,952
Dec 18, 2018, 6:08 am
#1090
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 3
Amex Platinum
12/14 - Selected AA as airline of choice, purchased $200 GC
12/16 - Benefits Meter went to "Data Currently Unavailable - Please Try Again"
12/17 - Benefits Meter came back and says $200 available
No reimbursement yet
Did I screw up?
12/14 - Selected AA as airline of choice, purchased $200 GC
12/16 - Benefits Meter went to "Data Currently Unavailable - Please Try Again"
12/17 - Benefits Meter came back and says $200 available
No reimbursement yet
Did I screw up?
Dec 18, 2018, 7:27 am
#1091
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 7
same here! I went ahead and did a $200 gc last Friday 12/14 and still have not had any activity on the meter nor credit. I think it will post tomorrow
Dec 18, 2018, 9:10 am
#1092
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 329
Dec 18, 2018, 9:27 am
#1093
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 7
Same here. Bought on 12/14 for two separate Platinum cards in our household, and still nothing. The data showed unavailable all weekend, and yesterday the meter jumped back up to $200. I'm thinking we're SOL on this one. Might have to do it again, or buy lesser amount of gift cards. I'm thinking it makes sense to buy the gift cards in the beginning of the week. Maybe weekend maintenance screws with things.
If it doesnt come up after the 4 weeks, I will chat and ask. note that checked pets are $200 on AA so the system should allow this amount if the GC is coded the same way as an airport transaction.
Dec 18, 2018, 11:26 am
#1095
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 24
Last known successful redemption is 12/9, right?