Jan 6, 2020, 1:26 pm
Last edit by: mia
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."
As of June 2017 gift certificates are no longer reimbursed.
According to this thread in the Alaska forum the reimbursement of Alaska Club memberships is no longer a problem. To see how much of your annual credit you've used, log in to AmEx, select the card in question, choose "Membership->Benefits" off the menu bar, scroll down to see the travel credit benefit. (with thanks to Lumpylump76)
Tickets cancelled within 24 hours are refunded back to the card used for the purchase.Tickets for travel dates > 60 days out can be deposited to your wallet when cancelled (this has not been true for some time). Change fees may apply depending on your status. Change fees are waived for MVP Gold and MVP Gold 75k members according to this page: https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...ID:MileagePlan (expand "service benefits" towards the bottom of the page). The wallet funds will expire one year after the issue date of the original ticket.
As of June 2017 gift certificates are no longer reimbursed.
According to this thread in the Alaska forum the reimbursement of Alaska Club memberships is no longer a problem. To see how much of your annual credit you've used, log in to AmEx, select the card in question, choose "Membership->Benefits" off the menu bar, scroll down to see the travel credit benefit. (with thanks to Lumpylump76)
Tickets cancelled within 24 hours are refunded back to the card used for the purchase.
Airline fee $250/$200 reimbursement reports: AS only (2020-23)
Dec 31, 2021, 1:20 pm
#511
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Idaho, USA
Programs: AS MVPG, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 147
Last minute options?
Obviously my fault for waiting till the last minute, but I was planning on using my 3x card credits on a lounge membership, but can’t get through to customer service via phone or chat.
Any online only ways I could use my credits if I can’t get through before the end of the day?
Edit: looks like one way flights under $100 might be my best hope. I’ll give it a shot if I can’t get through to CS for the rest of the day.
Any online only ways I could use my credits if I can’t get through before the end of the day?
Edit: looks like one way flights under $100 might be my best hope. I’ll give it a shot if I can’t get through to CS for the rest of the day.
Jan 2, 2022, 8:33 am
#512
Join Date: May 2021
Location: RST
Programs: DL SkyMiles, AS Mileage Plan, AMEX MR, NWA WorldPerks SilverElite
Posts: 25
Does the credit work for award redeposit fees? (FYI, I do not have status with AS).
Jan 2, 2022, 9:11 am
#513
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,387
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/tr...my-reservation
AS award ticket cancellation policy
Award Flight Change Policy (Since Sept. 1, 2020)
Last edited by eponymous_coward; Jan 2, 2022 at 9:18 am
Jan 2, 2022, 9:35 am
#514
Join Date: May 2021
Location: RST
Programs: DL SkyMiles, AS Mileage Plan, AMEX MR, NWA WorldPerks SilverElite
Posts: 25
Thanks eponymous_coward - this is very helpful.
Jan 2, 2022, 9:30 pm
#515
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: SAN, BOS
Programs: AS MVPG100K, BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Plat,
Posts: 2,281
Jan 3, 2022, 6:08 pm
#516
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 981
I just realized that I hope the CSRs are able to, or know to credit by 2021 flight incident credits rather than 2022, even though they are manually doing it in 2022. That is one thing I was afraid of needing to wait the 14 days and those 14 days running into 2022.
Jan 3, 2022, 6:28 pm
#517
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: SAN, BOS
Programs: AS MVPG100K, BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Plat,
Posts: 2,281
Another year, another round of seat selection shenanigans.
Tip: AS is making it easier than ever to do the seat selection trick as a 75k, as you can toggle “none” when inputting your FFN. This still allows you to use wallet funds from your MP account.
I’ve booked three SAN - HNL round trips at 280$, for $208 seat selection fee each trip (Have 2 Plats and the Aspire).
To round at the last 42$ on my Apsire, booked a SAN - SEA at 79$ for 44$ seat selection fee.
For all the flights I used existing wallet funds and deposited the $500 Costco Certificate I bought this weekend.
Took less than 10 minutes, and chatting with the Amex agents via the online chat will take less than 10 minutes. Easy $650 rebate on my annual fees, as I consider wallet funds at face value since I’m booking flights through the fall anyways for travel on AS.
Cheers, will report back the positive data points in T +14 days!
Tip: AS is making it easier than ever to do the seat selection trick as a 75k, as you can toggle “none” when inputting your FFN. This still allows you to use wallet funds from your MP account.
I’ve booked three SAN - HNL round trips at 280$, for $208 seat selection fee each trip (Have 2 Plats and the Aspire).
To round at the last 42$ on my Apsire, booked a SAN - SEA at 79$ for 44$ seat selection fee.
For all the flights I used existing wallet funds and deposited the $500 Costco Certificate I bought this weekend.
Took less than 10 minutes, and chatting with the Amex agents via the online chat will take less than 10 minutes. Easy $650 rebate on my annual fees, as I consider wallet funds at face value since I’m booking flights through the fall anyways for travel on AS.
Cheers, will report back the positive data points in T +14 days!
Jan 3, 2022, 7:26 pm
#518
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 981
Another year, another round of seat selection shenanigans.
Tip: AS is making it easier than ever to do the seat selection trick as a 75k, as you can toggle “none” when inputting your FFN. This still allows you to use wallet funds from your MP account.
I’ve booked three SAN - HNL round trips at 280$, for $208 seat selection fee each trip (Have 2 Plats and the Aspire).
To round at the last 42$ on my Apsire, booked a SAN - SEA at 79$ for 44$ seat selection fee.
For all the flights I used existing wallet funds and deposited the $500 Costco Certificate I bought this weekend.
Took less than 10 minutes, and chatting with the Amex agents via the online chat will take less than 10 minutes. Easy $650 rebate on my annual fees, as I consider wallet funds at face value since I’m booking flights through the fall anyways for travel on AS.
Cheers, will report back the positive data points in T +14 days!
Tip: AS is making it easier than ever to do the seat selection trick as a 75k, as you can toggle “none” when inputting your FFN. This still allows you to use wallet funds from your MP account.
I’ve booked three SAN - HNL round trips at 280$, for $208 seat selection fee each trip (Have 2 Plats and the Aspire).
To round at the last 42$ on my Apsire, booked a SAN - SEA at 79$ for 44$ seat selection fee.
For all the flights I used existing wallet funds and deposited the $500 Costco Certificate I bought this weekend.
Took less than 10 minutes, and chatting with the Amex agents via the online chat will take less than 10 minutes. Easy $650 rebate on my annual fees, as I consider wallet funds at face value since I’m booking flights through the fall anyways for travel on AS.
Cheers, will report back the positive data points in T +14 days!
Jan 6, 2022, 7:56 am
#519
Moderator: Alaska Mileage Plan
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 12,316
Two $49 charges billed on 1/2 and credited on 1/5.
Jan 6, 2022, 3:30 pm
#521
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 981
Yeah...what did you purchase and how did it post in your account? It appears to get anything posted correctly from AS that Amex auto-recognizes is rare indeed. I just have to wait a few more days...and cross my fingers that the credit will be used for my 2021 credit.
Jan 9, 2022, 3:31 pm
#522
Join Date: Nov 2021
Posts: 20
Called AMEX today and they refused to manually credit my $19 in-flight food purchase from 12/4. They said that it coded as "fast food." I asked if we were looking at the same transaction that's titled "Alaska Air in flight." I explained that I've had to call in to get all of my Alaska incidentals credited this year. She gave me no mercy... Guess I'll call back again tomorrow
Jan 9, 2022, 3:34 pm
#523
Join Date: Apr 2018
Posts: 102
Just had to manual chat for two transactions. Had asked me to wait 4 weeks
Jan 9, 2022, 4:50 pm
#524
Join Date: May 2009
Location: EUG
Programs: AS MVP, AA MM, HH Diamond, MR Gold
Posts: 8,220
So I pretty much messed up maxing out my AS credit last year. I do not want Premium Class (love my exit row), didn't want to try tricks (booking, canceling), so I basically just used it for food and drinks on board, which was fine since we took the family on a couple of trips and was able to pay for everyone, but it still didn't reach $250 (but close enough that I wasn't too stressed about it).
This year we'll be smarter ordering food, but I have a question about food only....we all ordered just "one" item per person...can you order more than one? For example, can we get, say, a wrap AND a cheese plate for one person? Two different snack boxes for one person? Some of the items are non-perishable so good to save for later or take home. But is that OK to do?
This year we'll be smarter ordering food, but I have a question about food only....we all ordered just "one" item per person...can you order more than one? For example, can we get, say, a wrap AND a cheese plate for one person? Two different snack boxes for one person? Some of the items are non-perishable so good to save for later or take home. But is that OK to do?
Jan 10, 2022, 10:23 am
#525
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 23
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