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 17, 2019, 9:56 am
#1426
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 13
Where do you guys sell these cards? or do you just use them?
Jan 17, 2019, 10:11 am
#1427
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Adelphi, MD
Programs: Korean Air Skypass, ANA Skyweb, Amex Premier Rewards, Chase Sapphire Preferred
Posts: 745
I give them as gifts to family members.
Jan 17, 2019, 11:52 am
#1428
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: TPA
Programs: DL Diamond, HH Diamond, IHG Plat, Marriott Gold
Posts: 1,256
DPs
Amex Plat
1/8 - $100 GC - Reimbursed 1/10
1/13 - $100 GC - Reimbursed 1/18
Amex Gold
1/13 - $100 GC - Reimbursed 1/18
Amex Plat
1/8 - $100 GC - Reimbursed 1/10
1/13 - $100 GC - Reimbursed 1/18
Amex Gold
1/13 - $100 GC - Reimbursed 1/18
Last edited by ChiefNWA; Jan 22, 2019 at 12:57 pm
Jan 17, 2019, 12:23 pm
#1429
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 188
Anyone else purchase a $200+ eGC in 2019 successfully?
Successful reports at larger denominations are welcome.
Successful reports at larger denominations are welcome.
Jan 17, 2019, 12:51 pm
#1430
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Truth or Consequences, NM
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium, Hertz President's Circle, UA Silver, Mobile Passport Unobtanium
Posts: 6,192
Jan 18, 2019, 8:10 am
#1432
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Dreamland
Posts: 927
Jan 18, 2019, 8:38 am
#1433
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,952
I wouldn't do five cards simultaneously. If you review this thread, and the predecessor threads going back to 2010, you will see that AA sometimes cancels giftcard orders using their own security algorithm. If they see five orders from the same IP address with five different payment cards, I would expect this to trip their alarm.
Jan 18, 2019, 11:52 am
#1435
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: Marriott Plat, Hilton Gold, UA Silver
Posts: 2,272
I wouldn't do five cards simultaneously. If you review this thread, and the predecessor threads going back to 2010, you will see that AA sometimes cancels giftcard orders using their own security algorithm. If they see five orders from the same IP address with five different payment cards, I would expect this to trip their alarm.
Jan 18, 2019, 11:54 am
#1436
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: Marriott Plat, Hilton Gold, UA Silver
Posts: 2,272
Final summary for Jan 2019:
$200 card on business plat cleared
$100 card on Gold cleared
$250 card on Aspire cleared
$200 card on business plat cleared
$100 card on Gold cleared
$250 card on Aspire cleared
Jan 18, 2019, 8:02 pm
#1437
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: CGK/KOA
Programs: AA ExPlat HH Diamond
Posts: 1,682
Successfully bought 100 100 50 in December of 2018.
Bought 100 100 50 on Jan 14
Benefit meter shows applied today Jan 18
Expect credit tomorrow.
Bought 100 100 50 on Jan 14
Benefit meter shows applied today Jan 18
Expect credit tomorrow.
Jan 19, 2019, 7:17 am
#1438
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 254
On my Hilton Aspire, purchased a $100, $100 and $50 GC in one transaction that posted on 1/14. The tracker never adjusted but the $250 credit posted on 1/18. Coded as misc fees
I did a status challenge and was charged $120 on 1/7. This coded as a ticket/freq flier fees and did not receive the AMEX credit.
I did a status challenge and was charged $120 on 1/7. This coded as a ticket/freq flier fees and did not receive the AMEX credit.
Last edited by johndunn2; Jan 19, 2019 at 7:23 am
Jan 19, 2019, 9:47 am
#1440
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 48
1/14 purchased 1x $200 AA GC on Schwab Platinum
1/14 purchased 1x $200 AA GC on regular Platinum
1/14 purchased 1x $250 Southwest GC on Hilton Aspire
1/18 credit posted for all 3
I have had the same airline selections for months on all the cards.
1/14 purchased 1x $200 AA GC on regular Platinum
1/14 purchased 1x $250 Southwest GC on Hilton Aspire
1/18 credit posted for all 3
I have had the same airline selections for months on all the cards.