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)
Jun 1, 2020, 1:34 pm
#151
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 28
Alright so I picked AA as my airline, using a $200 eVoucher on a $300 flight. So if it all works out I should see a $100 credit via the Amex Plat Biz preferred airline choice.
Will update this DP!
Will update this DP!
Jun 1, 2020, 6:34 pm
#152
Join Date: Jan 2020
Programs: QF Platinum, HH Diamond
Posts: 388
Amex Aspire $250 Credit
5/28: Purchased Mileage Multiplier on an existing Ticket. $255 for 8500 miles.
6/1: $250 in airline reimbursement posted
5/28: Purchased Mileage Multiplier on an existing Ticket. $255 for 8500 miles.
6/1: $250 in airline reimbursement posted
Jun 3, 2020, 9:32 pm
#153
Join Date: May 2019
Programs: AA EXP, UA 1K, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium Elite, Hyatt Lifetime Globalist
Posts: 453
Jun 5, 2020, 4:29 pm
#155
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,952
Jun 5, 2020, 5:39 pm
#157
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,952
I think you will see additional details if you look at the desktop interface rather than the mobile version.
Jun 5, 2020, 8:01 pm
#159
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2014
Programs: Top Tier with all 3 alliances
Posts: 11,641
I have bad news, and two negative data points. I tried this with direct mile purchases from AA.com (not mileage multiplier) for amounts a bit above and a bit below $100, and neither worked.
Jun 6, 2020, 3:32 pm
#161
Join Date: May 2019
Programs: AA EXP, UA 1K, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium Elite, Hyatt Lifetime Globalist
Posts: 453
Data Point - partial, low dollar ticket
Purchased a roundtrip ticket for $174.10 - used $125 voucher for part and Amex Gold with AA selected for the balance. Purchased 6/1, reimbursed for the $49.90 with the Amex incidental credit.
I saw a $100 ticket didn't work a few posts above this, but this one definitely did.
I saw a $100 ticket didn't work a few posts above this, but this one definitely did.
Jun 7, 2020, 5:34 pm
#162
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 28
Is there anyway to purchase a refundable ticket (for like $100) and pay for extras (seat assignment and extra luggages) for around $150 (example). Get reimbursed by Amex Platinum credits (for the $150) and later call AA to ask to cancel the ticket and convert the amount paid in an e-ticket ($250 value)? Seems to be possible with other airlines, but not sure with American Airlines.
Jun 7, 2020, 7:27 pm
#163
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,932
Is there anyway to purchase a refundable ticket (for like $100) and pay for extras (seat assignment and extra luggages) for around $150 (example). Get reimbursed by Amex Platinum credits (for the $150) and later call AA to ask to cancel the ticket and convert the amount paid in an e-ticket ($250 value)? Seems to be possible with other airlines, but not sure with American Airlines.
Meanwhile, AA will automatically refund separately purchased seat assignment fees to the original payment source, as will United (for Economy Plus purchases). So I'm not sure what "other airlines" you're talking about (other than Southwest).
Last edited by sdsearch; Jun 7, 2020 at 7:36 pm
Jun 7, 2020, 7:30 pm
#164
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 28
maybe I wasn’t clear enough. I mean a refund of the ticket and extras to a eVoucher, instead of refunding back to the credit card. I would make sure that the extras (seat assignment and extra luggages) were reimbursed by Amex before. After that, I would request a cancellation to AA and ask for the entire amount be refundable as a voucher to future use in AA flights.
Jun 7, 2020, 7:52 pm
#165
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,932
maybe I wasn’t clear enough. I mean a refund of the ticket and extras to a eVoucher, instead of refunding back to the credit card. I would make sure that the extras (seat assignment and extra luggages) were reimbursed by Amex before. After that, I would request a cancellation to AA and ask for the entire amount be refundable as a voucher to future use in AA flights.
Meanwhile, you have to ask in AA forum that AA's refund policies are, not in the Amex forum. Other airlines who offered vouchers got many complaints about that, and I haven't heard about those kinds of complaints at AA, so that leads to me suspect that AA may automatically refund to the original form of payment, which is what most people want. AA certainly refunded my upgrade fees to the original form of payment, and so did United. So I suggest you research carefully in the AA forum before you assume that you can get a voucher for things other than the fare itself.
