Jan 4, 2017, 7:25 am
Last edit by: presario1626
The United gift registry has been discontinued.
Reminder: you must enroll and select UA as your airline BEFORE making a reimbursable purchase. Unless you check your bags or experience change fees, United has the fewest options for reimbursement because of the codes they use for transactions.
United does not sell giftcards. As of December 2016 American Express no longer reimburses MPX transactions.
Airline Taxes on Award Tickets
Reminder: you must enroll and select UA as your airline BEFORE making a reimbursable purchase. Unless you check your bags or experience change fees, United has the fewest options for reimbursement because of the codes they use for transactions.
United does not sell giftcards. As of December 2016 American Express no longer reimburses MPX transactions.
Airline Taxes on Award Tickets
Doesn't seem to work anymore; see post 179 http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25297196-post179.html and #391
Economy Plus and First Class Upgrade FeesAs of December 2016 there were conflicting posts; one stating that an upgrade to E+ coded as an "upgrade fee" and was, therefore, not reimbursed. Others said they were reimbursed as it was coded as "preferred seat upgrade." In February 2019, three separate FTer reported receiving varying amounts of reimbursement (dependent upon which card was used for the purchase) after purchasing an E+ annual subscription. The E+ subscriptions code as "preferred seat upgrade". Upgrading from E to FC will also not be reimbursed because it codes as a passenger ticket even when done after buying the original ticket. There seems to be a distinction between seat upgrades being reimbursed, while ticket upgrades are not.
Award AcceleratorI would not risk this. The last report of being reimbursed for Award Accelerator was for $68 on October 27, 2011. Every post about Award Accelerator since has reported "No reimbursement."
Eligible incidental fees include:- Checked baggage fees (including overweight/oversize)
- Itinerary change fees
- Phone reservation fees
- Pet flight fees
- Seat assignment fees (E+)
- In-flight amenity fees (beverages, food, pillows/blankets, headphones)
- In-flight entertainment fees (excluding wireless internet because it's not charged by the airline)
- Airport lounge day passes & annual memberships
- Onboard WIFI
Airline fee $200/$100 reimbursement reports: UA only (2017-2019)
Nov 12, 2017, 5:08 pm
#316
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
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Nov 12, 2017, 11:08 pm
#317
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 24
Do you get reimbursed for in-flight wifi?
Edit: found my own answer.
Eligible incidental fees include:
Edit: found my own answer.
Eligible incidental fees include:
- Checked baggage fees (including overweight/oversize)
- Itinerary change fees
- Phone reservation fees
- Pet flight fees
- Seat assignment fees
- In-flight amenity fees (beverages, food, pillows/blankets, headphones)
- In-flight entertainment fees (excluding wireless internet because it's not charged by the airline)
- Airport lounge day passes & annual memberships
Last edited by avatarx; Nov 12, 2017 at 11:25 pm
Nov 13, 2017, 12:13 am
#318
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVP Gold 75K, UA Gold, Marriott LTT, Avis President's Club
Posts: 1,539
Do you get reimbursed for in-flight wifi?
Edit: found my own answer.
Eligible incidental fees include:
Edit: found my own answer.
Eligible incidental fees include:
- Checked baggage fees (including overweight/oversize)
- Itinerary change fees
- Phone reservation fees
- Pet flight fees
- Seat assignment fees
- In-flight amenity fees (beverages, food, pillows/blankets, headphones)
- In-flight entertainment fees (excluding wireless internet because it's not charged by the airline)
- Airport lounge day passes & annual memberships
Nov 13, 2017, 12:52 pm
#319
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: IAH
Programs: UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 10
United really needs to fix their website!
Nov 14, 2017, 10:55 am
#320
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 120
I had used $100 of my credit on United on my Platinum. I chatted and they were able to switch it to another airline even though some credit was used.
Nov 14, 2017, 11:57 am
#321
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 1
Wanted to add a recent data point:
Purchased 2 economy plus upgrades for a total of ~380, $200 got credited 2 business days later. I was worried because the charge showed up as "preferred seat upgrade".
Purchased 2 economy plus upgrades for a total of ~380, $200 got credited 2 business days later. I was worried because the charge showed up as "preferred seat upgrade".
Nov 14, 2017, 3:13 pm
#322
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: WAS
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 52
I deposited $200 into my gift registry in June and never got reimbursed. Should I call AMEX?
Nov 15, 2017, 7:47 am
#323
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
To clarify though - you still have the entire $200 airline fee credit remaining for 2017?
Nov 17, 2017, 1:08 pm
#325
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 3
Does anyone know if United award cancellation (redeposit) fees are eligible for the airline credit with PRG?
Nov 17, 2017, 9:10 pm
#326
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 331
I have a total of $375 to reimburse from 2 different cards.
1 more trip left for the year, already get Econ + and 2 bags per person. Don't have any plans to change or cancel flights.
I thought I could cover this at the end of the year with MPX, gift certificates, travel bank or gift registry but that has all been shut down. I was warned that baggage subscription might be denied? How about buying miles (hate to do that but better than loosing the $$)
Help!!!????
1 more trip left for the year, already get Econ + and 2 bags per person. Don't have any plans to change or cancel flights.
I thought I could cover this at the end of the year with MPX, gift certificates, travel bank or gift registry but that has all been shut down. I was warned that baggage subscription might be denied? How about buying miles (hate to do that but better than loosing the $$)
Help!!!????
Nov 19, 2017, 11:13 am
#327
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 331
Is Amex making this benefit so difficult to redeem that it is useless??
Eligible incidental fees include:
- Checked baggage fees (including overweight/oversize)
- Itinerary change fees
- Phone reservation fees
- Pet flight fees
- Seat assignment fees
- In-flight amenity fees (beverages, food, pillows/blankets, headphones)
- In-flight entertainment fees (excluding wireless internet because it's not charged by the airline)
- Airport lounge day passes & annual memberships
I don't understand the rational behind continuing to add more restrictions to this benefit when the Sapphire Reserve classifies anything "Travel Related" to qualitfy and does not even require the registering of a preferred airline?
Nov 19, 2017, 2:03 pm
#328
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: IAH
Programs: DL DM, Hyatt Ist-iest, Stariott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 12,788
Platinum card holders have to do a bit more work to extract the value out of the benefit. Would I prefer Amex use a Chase style travel credit, or a Citi style airfare credit? Of course I would. But at the end of the day the Amex credit isn't *that* hard to make work.
Nov 19, 2017, 2:31 pm
#329
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVP Gold 75K, UA Gold, Marriott LTT, Avis President's Club
Posts: 1,539
However, I use the credit mostly on Internet. United bills Internet as United Airlines (with PS and UX as an exception). That's one thing United has over other carriers.
Nov 20, 2017, 8:26 pm
#330
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 8
So has the gift registry been officially declared dead yet?