Feb 22, 2016, 3:57 pm
Last edit by: frudd38
Credit appears on the billing statement for the month the fee/charge hit. It is not an instantaneous credit that you'll see in the account online, it only applies at close of statement.
The year your purchase counts against is based on the statement date, not date of purchase. Tickets purchased late in the year, especially in December, will almost certainly count against the benefit in the following calendar year. Do not wait until the end of the calendar year to use your credits!
Summary of reimbursement options by airline
Please edit the wikipost to add your specific knowledge of airlines.
Aer Lingus: Tickets work
Air Asia: Tickets worked booked on airline site.
Air Canada: Tickets (via travel agent) work. Bag fees work
Air France: Award fees work
Alaska Airlines: Tickets work. In-flight food does not. Gift certificates do not.
Allegiant: Tickets work, with effort.
Atlantic Airways: Tickets work.
American Airlines: Gift certificates work. Status challenge payment works. In-flight food works. Tickets Work Baggage Fees at Airport works.
ANA: Award taxes
Avianca: Upgrade fees work.
British Airways: Tickets work.
Cebu Pacific: Tickets and bag fees work.
China Airlines: Tickets work.
Delta: Bag fees work. Tickets work. Gift cards work.
Emirates: Gift shop purchases work.
Etihad: Award taxes/fees work
EVA: Sky Shop
Frontier: Ticketing online works 6/18/17
Hawaiian: Bag fees work.
JetBlue: Bag fees work. Tickets work.
KLM: Tickets work.
Korean Air: Ticket (via travel agent) works.
Lufthansa: Tickets work.
Malaysia Airlines: Tickets Work
Qatar Airways: Tickets work.
Turkish Airlines: Tickets work. Upgrade fees work.
Southwest: Gift certificates work. Award fees work. In-flight meal purchases do not work.
Sun Country: Tickets work.
Thomas Cook Airlines: flight from UK to USA, priced in GBP, worked
United: Gift certificates work. Tickets work.
Virgin Atlantic: taxes+YQ for award ticket worked
Points + Cash booking via TY portal: Yes, after manual request.
The year your purchase counts against is based on the statement date, not date of purchase. Tickets purchased late in the year, especially in December, will almost certainly count against the benefit in the following calendar year. Do not wait until the end of the calendar year to use your credits!
Summary of reimbursement options by airline
Please edit the wikipost to add your specific knowledge of airlines.
Aer Lingus: Tickets work
Air Asia: Tickets worked booked on airline site.
Air Canada: Tickets (via travel agent) work. Bag fees work
Air France: Award fees work
Alaska Airlines: Tickets work. In-flight food does not. Gift certificates do not.
Allegiant: Tickets work, with effort.
Atlantic Airways: Tickets work.
American Airlines: Gift certificates work. Status challenge payment works. In-flight food works. Tickets Work Baggage Fees at Airport works.
ANA: Award taxes
Avianca: Upgrade fees work.
British Airways: Tickets work.
Cebu Pacific: Tickets and bag fees work.
China Airlines: Tickets work.
Delta: Bag fees work. Tickets work. Gift cards work.
Emirates: Gift shop purchases work.
Etihad: Award taxes/fees work
EVA: Sky Shop
Frontier: Ticketing online works 6/18/17
Hawaiian: Bag fees work.
JetBlue: Bag fees work. Tickets work.
KLM: Tickets work.
Korean Air: Ticket (via travel agent) works.
Lufthansa: Tickets work.
Malaysia Airlines: Tickets Work
Qatar Airways: Tickets work.
Turkish Airlines: Tickets work. Upgrade fees work.
Southwest: Gift certificates work. Award fees work. In-flight meal purchases do not work.
Sun Country: Tickets work.
Thomas Cook Airlines: flight from UK to USA, priced in GBP, worked
United: Gift certificates work. Tickets work.
Virgin Atlantic: taxes+YQ for award ticket worked
Points + Cash booking via TY portal: Yes, after manual request.
Report Citi Prestige Success/Fail $250 airline expense reimbursements (2015-2018).
Dec 29, 2016, 2:10 pm
#331
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 398
Anyone planning on going for a third $250 credit in early 2017? My first year AF will be posted to my account when it closes 12/24. I'm thinking to get another credit early 2017, then cancel a couple days after the statement closes.
My AF will be due 1/22/17 and my statement will close 1/24/17. So I'll probably close the account 1/25/17 (exactly 32 days after the AF posts). Should I expect a full refund? Or partial?
My AF will be due 1/22/17 and my statement will close 1/24/17. So I'll probably close the account 1/25/17 (exactly 32 days after the AF posts). Should I expect a full refund? Or partial?
Seems like it should work. This will be my 3rd credit for one AF. Just got the timing right accidentally, i guess.
Jan 1, 2017, 7:48 am
#332
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 584
I purposely timed this card to be able to get the $250 credit 3 times. Made some AA purchases today. Instead of cancelling, I'm going to try and get the card converted into citi dividend which has some good spend categories. I did go ahead and pay the annual fee since the credit won't post in time to not get hit with fees.
Jan 4, 2017, 8:12 pm
#333
Join Date: Sep 2015
Programs: Paying student debt and traveling when i can
Posts: 312
I just did this. AF hit on Dec statement on the 6th, purchased a $400 ticket today, will wait and see what happens on Jan. 6th. Will cancel card as well, expecting full refund of AF.
Seems like it should work. This will be my 3rd credit for one AF. Just got the timing right accidentally, i guess.
Seems like it should work. This will be my 3rd credit for one AF. Just got the timing right accidentally, i guess.
Jan 6, 2017, 7:53 am
#334
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 34
First time poster but long time lurker so please go easy on me!
Has anyone had recent experience purchasing a ticket through the TY portal with points + cash and getting the $250 airline reimbursement? In the wiki, there is one person who was able to do this manually by calling but it was back in September 2015. Wanted to see if there were any recent datapoints on this before pulling the trigger.
Has anyone had recent experience purchasing a ticket through the TY portal with points + cash and getting the $250 airline reimbursement? In the wiki, there is one person who was able to do this manually by calling but it was back in September 2015. Wanted to see if there were any recent datapoints on this before pulling the trigger.
Jan 6, 2017, 12:29 pm
#335
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: PHX
Posts: 323
First time poster but long time lurker so please go easy on me!
Has anyone had recent experience purchasing a ticket through the TY portal with points + cash and getting the $250 airline reimbursement? In the wiki, there is one person who was able to do this manually by calling but it was back in September 2015. Wanted to see if there were any recent datapoints on this before pulling the trigger.
Has anyone had recent experience purchasing a ticket through the TY portal with points + cash and getting the $250 airline reimbursement? In the wiki, there is one person who was able to do this manually by calling but it was back in September 2015. Wanted to see if there were any recent datapoints on this before pulling the trigger.
Just tried this, paid $260 cash & Thankyou points for an airline ticket. The statement issued on 01/05/17 and did not receive the credit. I called customer service and they would not process a manual credit and indicated that they are no longer allowed to make any manual credits, the system must handle it.
Jan 6, 2017, 1:22 pm
#336
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 207
Just tried this, paid $260 cash & Thankyou points for an airline ticket. The statement issued on 01/05/17 and did not receive the credit. I called customer service and they would not process a manual credit and indicated that they are no longer allowed to make any manual credits, the system must handle it.
Jan 6, 2017, 1:23 pm
#337
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 34
Just tried this, paid $260 cash & Thankyou points for an airline ticket. The statement issued on 01/05/17 and did not receive the credit. I called customer service and they would not process a manual credit and indicated that they are no longer allowed to make any manual credits, the system must handle it.
Jan 6, 2017, 1:40 pm
#338
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, MLife Gold, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, Caesars Diamond, Amex Plat
Posts: 5,940
Just tried this, paid $260 cash & Thankyou points for an airline ticket. The statement issued on 01/05/17 and did not receive the credit. I called customer service and they would not process a manual credit and indicated that they are no longer allowed to make any manual credits, the system must handle it.
Jan 7, 2017, 12:43 pm
#340
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Florida
Posts: 448
I purposely timed this card to be able to get the $250 credit 3 times. Made some AA purchases today. Instead of cancelling, I'm going to try and get the card converted into citi dividend which has some good spend categories. I did go ahead and pay the annual fee since the credit won't post in time to not get hit with fees.
Jan 7, 2017, 7:13 pm
#341
Join Date: Sep 2015
Programs: Paying student debt and traveling when i can
Posts: 312
zeppoloveskafka (when does your statement close?) and maxp0wers I request updates on the 3x airline credits attempt !
Jan 8, 2017, 10:19 pm
#342
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: LAX
Posts: 3,267
Now the irony...it turns out my annual fee isn't due until April, because in December 2015 I opened a citigold account. Citi reduced and partially refuded my AF to $350 (reflecting the citigold rate) a few months later, apparently resetting my AF due date to April in the process. So there was no need to rush it by buying an AA giftcard right now, but w/e...I guess I won't have to worry about missing out on the credit this year!
Jan 9, 2017, 7:43 am
#343
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,273
I purchased an AA ticket on 1/2 and haven't seen a reimbursement yet. My memory from last year's purchase is that Citi was pretty good about posting a credit right away. Has this changed? (I've been of FT so I'm a little out of the loop.)
Thanks
Thanks
Jan 9, 2017, 8:17 am
#344
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 309
My experience is that reimbursement is at statement close.
Jan 10, 2017, 12:00 pm
#345
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Houston, TX
Programs: United Gold, Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 207
Used for $250 gift registry, statement closed yesterday and the credit appeared.