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 22, 2019, 4:29 pm
#1666
Join Date: Apr 2008
Programs: AA EXPLT, Marriott Titanium (LT PLT), HHonors Gold, AMEX PLT, UA Silver, National EXC
Posts: 1,059
Any data points on AA 500-mile upgrade certificates coding? Either bought online or kiosk?
Likewise Kiosk "buy miles" when checking in?
Likewise Kiosk "buy miles" when checking in?
Feb 23, 2019, 12:43 pm
#1671
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2014
Programs: Top Tier with all 3 alliances
Posts: 11,663
Feb 23, 2019, 7:35 pm
#1673
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 75
If 25 works, somebody should try 100, lol
Feb 24, 2019, 5:18 am
#1674
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: PHL
Programs: AA ExP, Marriott Amb, National EAE, Hilton Diamond, SPG Plat (RIP), US CP (RIP)
Posts: 2,379
Just checked my counter to see if it had moved since a recent purchase wasn’t re-imbursed as the counter often reflects first.
Surprised to see it asking me to select an airline! It said AA a few days ago. Made a purchase Feb 14th, have checked a few times since then due to activity on this thread. Showed AA up until this morning as my selection and AA has been my airline of choice for years.
Wondering if there is an IT glitch? Haven’t called yet nor re-selected AA as my airline of choice.
Heads up to those of you who who may have already decided you want to change your selected airline. Look and see if you have the same glitch.
Surprised to see it asking me to select an airline! It said AA a few days ago. Made a purchase Feb 14th, have checked a few times since then due to activity on this thread. Showed AA up until this morning as my selection and AA has been my airline of choice for years.
Wondering if there is an IT glitch? Haven’t called yet nor re-selected AA as my airline of choice.
Heads up to those of you who who may have already decided you want to change your selected airline. Look and see if you have the same glitch.
Feb 25, 2019, 7:52 am
#1675
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Teaneck, NJ
Programs: SPG Gold, HHonors Gold, IHG Platinum, Marriott Silver
Posts: 699
Interesting. Tried a $98 one but that didn't seem to work.
Last edited by mia; Feb 25, 2019 at 8:08 am Reason: Formatting
Feb 25, 2019, 9:23 am
#1676
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: NYC
Programs: United 1P
Posts: 688
Can AA reward fees and reward cancellation fees be reimbursed by AMEX?
Feb 25, 2019, 11:21 am
#1677
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: USA
Programs: AA-EXP; UA-Silver; Bonvoy-Titanium
Posts: 471
Purchased 500-mile upgrade certs in mid-Dec 2018 at the airport kiosk and got an AMEX credit a couple of days later. I didn't even expect it but I supposed this is another way to use it as it is indeed a fee. Of course I didn't clear the upgrade window (because does anyone ever nowadays?) but that's another story.
Feb 25, 2019, 12:22 pm
#1678
Join Date: Apr 2008
Programs: AA EXPLT, Marriott Titanium (LT PLT), HHonors Gold, AMEX PLT, UA Silver, National EXC
Posts: 1,059
Purchased 500-mile upgrade certs in mid-Dec 2018 at the airport kiosk and got an AMEX credit a couple of days later. I didn't even expect it but I supposed this is another way to use it as it is indeed a fee. Of course I didn't clear the upgrade window (because does anyone ever nowadays?) but that's another story.
Feb 25, 2019, 12:53 pm
#1679
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 188
The Aspire is going downhill fast, you can't get the hotel resort credit posted properly, airline gift cards don't work anymore, Diamond gets no respect or many benefits, lol, what a disaster...Another death by a thousand cuts....We are getting scammed by the banks, the airlines, and the bloggers...time to wake up...
Feb 25, 2019, 4:25 pm
#1680
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 24
Just heard the news 
.. no more AA GC reimbursements??
.. no more AA GC reimbursements??