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 31, 2018, 6:00 pm
#587
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: USA
Programs: UA Global Services, TSA Pre✓, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 1,115
Feb 1, 2018, 10:38 am
#588
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: DFW
Programs: AA Executive Platinum
Posts: 77
Feb 3, 2018, 11:00 am
#589
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: CT
Programs: Marriott-LT Titanium; AA-LT Gold/Currently Plat Pro
Posts: 208
Purchased two $100 thru the link on Jan 22
Reimbursed on Jan 24
Reimbursed on Jan 24
Feb 3, 2018, 11:34 am
#590
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 19
Amex Plat - Interesting DP: I purchased 2 x $100 AA Gift Cards on 1/30. On 2/2 I got reimbursed for $100. I haven't seen the 2nd reimbursement yet.
Feb 4, 2018, 6:34 pm
#591
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 7
Purchased two AA GC's on 1/24, still no reimbursement as of 2/4. I had AA designated last year and it worked fine. Set it up as AA again this year. Any thoughts?
Feb 5, 2018, 6:18 am
#593
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 79
1/30: switched to AA
1/31: bought two $100 e-gift cards
2/2: charges posted
2/3: reimbursed
Amex plat
1/31: bought two $100 e-gift cards
2/2: charges posted
2/3: reimbursed
Amex plat
Feb 5, 2018, 9:45 am
#594
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: PHX
Posts: 4,787
Just a small point.
My last $200 on Aspire (2x$100 GC) posted on pretty much the same schedule as everyone else is reporting.
Charged 1/31, Credit posted 2/3.
The credit though didn't actually show up until today -- 2/5 -- with a 2/3 date. Maybe due to the weekend? I did, however (and this is the small point) notice over the weekend that when I clicked on the benefits tab for my Aspire it showed that all of my credit had been used up.
My last $200 on Aspire (2x$100 GC) posted on pretty much the same schedule as everyone else is reporting.
Charged 1/31, Credit posted 2/3.
The credit though didn't actually show up until today -- 2/5 -- with a 2/3 date. Maybe due to the weekend? I did, however (and this is the small point) notice over the weekend that when I clicked on the benefits tab for my Aspire it showed that all of my credit had been used up.
Feb 5, 2018, 1:02 pm
#595
Join Date: Mar 2009
Programs: Hilton credit card Diamond, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,653
Hilton Aspire -
designated AA 1/29
purchased $100 gift card 1/29, reimbursed 1/31
purchased $100 gift card 2/1, reimbursed 2/4
purchased $50 gift card 2/2, reimbursed 2/4
designated AA 1/29
purchased $100 gift card 1/29, reimbursed 1/31
purchased $100 gift card 2/1, reimbursed 2/4
purchased $50 gift card 2/2, reimbursed 2/4
Feb 6, 2018, 7:37 pm
#596
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: USA
Programs: UA Global Services, TSA Pre✓, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 1,115
Bought a second $100 GC on 2/2. Reimbursed on 2/4.
Feb 7, 2018, 7:19 am
#597
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Dreamland
Posts: 928
2 $100 GC Amex Biz Plat - all good, 2 business day reimbursement
Feb 12, 2018, 9:47 am
#598
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 55
Amex Gold
$100 GC purchased 2/6
Reimbursed 2/9
$100 GC purchased 2/6
Reimbursed 2/9
Feb 14, 2018, 6:42 am
#599
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 4
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).
Feb 14, 2018, 8:25 am
#600
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, AA Gold, FB Gold, ITA Volare Executive
Posts: 3,294
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).