Jan 6, 2020, 1:37 pm
Last edit by: veeRob
Reminder: you must enroll and select AA as your airline BEFORE making a reimbursable purchase. "Please call the number on the back of your Card to select a qualifying airline."
Summary of Reimbursements.
AMEX AA Reimbursement Approved
Data Points on automatically reimbursed incidentals since 2017:
Admirals Club Memberships:
Wifi is provided by one of three third-party providers and is thus not eligible for the incidental credit. Monthly Wifi subscription plans through AA appear to be eligible for automatic 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.
NOT WORKING: Partial payment by gift card or voucher combined with partial payment by Amex doesn't work. Full payment of a ticket under $100 stopped working sometime in 2020.
For 2017-2019, see the previous thread
Summary of Reimbursements.
AMEX AA Reimbursement Approved
- Admirals Club Memberships
- Admirals Club Passes
- Admirals Club Food/Drinks
- Elite Status Buyback
- External Reservation Fee
- Five Star Service
- MCE/Seat Selection
- Mileage Multipler
- Monthly Wifi Subscription through AA
- Same Day Flight Change
- Upgrades
- Baggage
- Award Cancellation Fee
- Close-In Ticket Fee
- Elite Challenges
- Gift Cards
- Inexpensive tickets
- Infant Fees
- Miles Purchase from AA.com
- Wifi (per flight)
- Award Taxes/Fees
- Change Fee
- Pet Fee
- Upfares
Data Points on automatically reimbursed incidentals since 2017:
Admirals Club Memberships:
- Yes - Majuki, Evo40, bcpoinciana, shellyphl, dpb132
- Yes - Hilton-gold, moe8555, kaydee7
- No - ShrinkTheGlobe, canesfan, jasmians, soy, shoodawg
- Yes - Dedicated, Rakibullslam, tsmith12, lotrbfme, mia, GTITAN, cdoobiest, happychic, beachfan, 355F1, zip10001
- No - Alex_I, exmike, jb0506, fangtl, nall, javabytes, chitink, roadtripguy, perkerkeem, Freckles68, thebat, bdubs7
- Mixed - PatrickTM, Visconti, iahphx
- Yes - tlglenn, travelinsperry
- No - mrlemm, mlin32, abk, pubsmeister, esls79
- No - cubs105, prhocky2607, veeRob
- Yes - tlgleen, zip10001
- No - PatrickTM, mileshound, happychic
- Yes - LuizMiranda, fotoflyer88, nk15, joshvworld, Hilton-gold, captaink, JCN, aftortoriello, nall, ymx, StatusChallenged, TravelinSperry
- No - pubsmeister
- Yes - browser508, chrisny2
- Yes - jvel
- Yes - JDiver
- No
- No - AUSINSIGHT
- Yes - chapmanj9, Dedicated, Hilton-gold, jb0506, limeyx, act0fgod, nall, tlglenn, roadtripguy, kenme1, mrscaptain, happychic, pzpa, UltraSean, leftysauce, christianj, ehchan, julian926, theranj, morphogencc
- No - UAZip
- Yes - mia, mia (two separate reports), TravelLawyer, QtownDave, nk15, nall, UAZip, kaydee7, therealdre, yjc281, glynot
- No - edcli, zebranz
- No - nk15
- Yes - jcain, Cheynewalk
- Yes - Benjinlini
- No - mrlemm
- Yes - wireless_999, saunders111, mosfet, Budoka, sdsearch, tlglenn, golfingboy
- No - kacee
- Mixed - inevitability, UltraSean
Wifi is provided by one of three third-party providers and is thus not eligible for the incidental credit. Monthly Wifi subscription plans through AA appear to be eligible for automatic 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.
NOT WORKING: Partial payment by gift card or voucher combined with partial payment by Amex doesn't work. Full payment of a ticket under $100 stopped working sometime in 2020.
For 2017-2019, see the previous thread
Airline fee $250/$200/$100 reimbursement reports: AA only (2020-21)
Dec 16, 2021, 9:40 am
#421
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: CT/ Germany - Ich spreche deutsch
Programs: UA 1K, Bonvoy LTTE, HH Dia, HY Expl
Posts: 4,657
With no planned flights it looks like if you are not an AA elite the only real option is the $59 Ambassador Club option. Bought a day pass the other day and $59 was charged and then credited a couple of days later. As a non-elite the upgrade voucher option is a no go.
Dec 16, 2021, 11:34 am
#422
Join Date: May 2008
Location: PHL (kinda, no airport is really close)
Programs: AA Exp, but not sure for how long. Enterprise Platinum woo-hoo!
Posts: 4,550
Any experiences with in-fight WiFi purchases on AA?
Dec 16, 2021, 2:24 pm
#424
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: ATL, BHM, DUB, County Wexford
Programs: DL DM, AA ExPlt, Diamond HH, HY, BW, & Titanium Elite Marriott
Posts: 4,863
With no planned flights it looks like if you are not an AA elite the only real option is the $59 Ambassador Club option. Bought a day pass the other day and $59 was charged and then credited a couple of days later. As a non-elite the upgrade voucher option is a no go.
Dec 16, 2021, 3:48 pm
#425
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: AA (EP), Hilton (Diamond), Marriott Bonvoy (Titanium)
Posts: 8,937
Correct that flight tickets don't work, but Mileage Multiplier purchases work. For myself, I'm an elite with a Citi AA Exec card for Admirals Club membership, so I have no use for AC passes or checked bag fees, and I have a stockpile of 500-mile upgrades I'll never use. The only option for me is to make Mileage Multiplier purchases. What I do is book super-short award itineraries for dates in the future, then once those have ticketed I pull up the itinerary on AA.com and purchase the cheapest MM option. (I book super short award trips because MM seems to be keyed to the flight distance and I want multiple smaller purchase amounts.) I then cancel the award bookings, leaving me with free miles. If I had any other use for the credit I wouldn't consider MM, but free miles is better than nothing.
Dec 17, 2021, 5:08 am
#426
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: CT/ Germany - Ich spreche deutsch
Programs: UA 1K, Bonvoy LTTE, HH Dia, HY Expl
Posts: 4,657
You are right and I wasn’t clear in my post so sorry for the confusion. What I meant by “no planned flights ” was that I can’t use the credit for seat reservations or bag fees because I have no planned flights ….I wasn’t implying someone could use the credit to book a flight. My bad for not being clear!
Dec 19, 2021, 8:54 am
#427
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2002
Location: NC
Programs: AAConciergeKey/1MM, DL DM/2 MM, UA Gold,Hilton Diamond, IHG Plat, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 11,974
Correct that flight tickets don't work, but Mileage Multiplier purchases work. For myself, I'm an elite with a Citi AA Exec card for Admirals Club membership, so I have no use for AC passes or checked bag fees, and I have a stockpile of 500-mile upgrades I'll never use. The only option for me is to make Mileage Multiplier purchases. What I do is book super-short award itineraries for dates in the future, then once those have ticketed I pull up the itinerary on AA.com and purchase the cheapest MM option. (I book super short award trips because MM seems to be keyed to the flight distance and I want multiple smaller purchase amounts.) I then cancel the award bookings, leaving me with free miles. If I had any other use for the credit I wouldn't consider MM, but free miles is better than nothing.
Dec 19, 2021, 9:12 am
#428
Join Date: Mar 2019
Programs: AA EXP; Hyatt Globalist; Hilton Diamond; Marriott Gold
Posts: 723
Nope. They’re more than happy to part with the miles for the exorbitant price that they charge for mileage multiplier. And that’s not a knock on the strategy of using the Amex fee credits for mileage multiplier - I use my credits for that also.
Dec 20, 2021, 11:39 am
#430
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 16
I'm in similar situation and considering upgrading through upgrade offer main cabin to first on aa.com website. Did either of you end up pulling the trigger and getting an upgrade reimbursed? Thanks in advance!
Dec 20, 2021, 11:41 am
#431
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 16
I selected AA as my Airline for my Hilton Aspire. Used $59 once for a lounge, so I have $190 to spend the rest of the year on AA. I only have one AA flight booked for the remainder of the year. It says I can upgrade the flight for $180, seems like the perfect way to spend the credit. However, not 100% sure if it will work because the email that Amex sent me on July 25th doesn't list "upgrade" as a possible incidental fee.
Dec 20, 2021, 5:36 pm
#432
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Midwest
Programs: Marriott Titanium, IHG Plat, Hyatt Globalist, HHonors Diamond, AA Plat Pro, UA Silver
Posts: 571
Dec 21, 2021, 8:25 am
#433
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2004
Location: DFW/DAL
Programs: AA Lifetime PLT, AS MVPG, HH Diamond, NCL Platinum Plus, MSC Diamond
Posts: 21,422
I bought mileage multiplier 4 days ago for flights on 12/31 and 1/3 for 2 passengers. They are still showing as pending.
Does AA wait for the flights to be flown before charging the card? Also, does it could as being purchased on the purchase date or the actual date the charge post?
Oddly, the website said the cost was $54 each, but it turns out the total was $106 and change for 2
Does AA wait for the flights to be flown before charging the card? Also, does it could as being purchased on the purchase date or the actual date the charge post?
Oddly, the website said the cost was $54 each, but it turns out the total was $106 and change for 2
Last edited by mvoight; Dec 21, 2021 at 8:45 am
Dec 21, 2021, 11:21 am
#434
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 891
so i am obviously late to use the credit and wanted to know are there any easy ways to use the credit in next 10 days?
looking at wiki, is buying admirals day passes seems to work, can you please confirm? i will just buy bunch of them to use the credit and use it in future.
looking at wiki, is buying admirals day passes seems to work, can you please confirm? i will just buy bunch of them to use the credit and use it in future.
Dec 21, 2021, 11:32 am
#435
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: District of Columbia
Programs: AA ExecPl, AT Gold, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Diamond, Hilton Diamond, National
Posts: 2,440
so i am obviously late to use the credit and wanted to know are there any easy ways to use the credit in next 10 days?
looking at wiki, is buying admirals day passes seems to work, can you please confirm? i will just buy bunch of them to use the credit and use it in future.
looking at wiki, is buying admirals day passes seems to work, can you please confirm? i will just buy bunch of them to use the credit and use it in future.