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)
Jan 5, 2020, 12:55 pm
#31
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: YVR, HNL
Programs: AS 75k, UA peon, BA Bronze, AC E50k, Marriott Plat, HH Diamond, Fairmont Plat (RIP)
Posts: 7,832
I did for a different flight, so the credit is in my wallet and there is no ticket number left to refund. In VG’s scenario, if I am reading it correctly, rather than refunding anything to the wallet, you would have the ticket numbers emailed to you (rather than choosing refund to the wallet) and then try to refund just the flight ticket back to the CC. I didn’t do that.
Jan 5, 2020, 2:17 pm
#32
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 1
Without scrolling thru every previous comment, I am interested in using multiple airline fee credits toward the Alaska Lounge Membership, BUT, has anyone tried (successfully) to buy the lounge membership using multiple cards, say $100 on the gold card, $200 on the Platinum, and maybe the rest on Alaska card? Will they allow you to split pay for the annual membership??
Thanks in advance for help with this ever so tough credit to use....
Thanks in advance for help with this ever so tough credit to use....
Jan 5, 2020, 3:12 pm
#33
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Texas Hill Country
Programs: AS MVP Gold 75K, Hyatt Explorist, UA 1MM
Posts: 2,118
Nice. Interested to see how long credit(s) take to post. And whether it is system driven or manual phone call intervention is needed.
Jan 5, 2020, 10:51 pm
#34
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: SEA
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold
Posts: 539
Please report back if the credit successfully goes through. Was hoping to do the same thing for my and P2's Aspire credits.
Jan 6, 2020, 10:42 am
#35
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 1,039
Booked 2 award tix w/ $64.50 of taxes + fees - both were reimbursed by my credit which was surprising! Just booked to Premium seats on the flight as well so will actually get good use out of the credit this year.
Jan 6, 2020, 11:28 am
#36
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 17
My wife and I booked 2 x $48.30 tickets on AS on both the Platinum and Gold cards on the 12/30 & 12/31. We cancelled all the tickets within 24-hours and got reimbursed on both cards on 1/1/2020.
Jan 6, 2020, 1:33 pm
#38
Join Date: Dec 2019
Posts: 28
thank you for sharing! were these flight tickets and did the refunds post before or after the credit posted?
Jan 6, 2020, 2:38 pm
#40
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: SoCal
Posts: 77
Jan 6, 2020, 7:05 pm
#41
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 10,904
Does AMEX not claw back the statement credit if the charge is refunded?
Jan 6, 2020, 7:14 pm
#43
Join Date: Nov 2007
Programs: Marriott Bonvoy Platinum, Hilton Honors Diamond, Delta Gold
Posts: 4,347
I read through a lot of the other thread and saw this question asked but not answered. Can this be used for $125 change or cancellation fee on awards? I have no status with AS so I would pay those fees and wouldn't mind getting them reimbursed.
Jan 6, 2020, 8:52 pm
#44
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: NYC
Programs: United 1P
Posts: 688
I have the same question. Is the $125 award change or cancellation fee eligible for Amex reimbursement?
Jan 6, 2020, 9:42 pm
#45
Join Date: Dec 2019
Posts: 3
Yes, at least as of November last year. I had a $125 cancellation fee credited.