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 17, 2017, 7:38 pm
#451
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: SEA, FLL, Martha’s Vineyard
Programs: AS MVPGold75K, Hilton Gold, IHG Platinum, Pan Am million-miler
Posts: 2,019
Can I get my $250 credit now if I use the Prestige, or do I have to wait until January?
Dec 22, 2017, 3:30 pm
#453
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 920
Do we still need to buy in $100 increments or can I just drop $250 on an airline GC listed above?
Dec 30, 2017, 3:20 pm
#455
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 9
As long as the transaction is posted before Jan 1st, 2018, the air travel credits should count towards 2017 and not 2018. (Info from the rep over the phone)
Dec 30, 2017, 4:22 pm
#456
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,953
Jan 8, 2018, 4:43 pm
#458
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 83
Based on the wiki and my data point. I should be fine with buying another 250 WN GC today and get reimbursed around 1/14? Is there a way to check whether the reward is available or not in the Citi website or the app? (i.e. BoFA $100 airline credit meter).
"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!"
"Bought WN GCs on 11/15. Got the $250 air travel credit on statement close 12/14. "
"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!"
"Bought WN GCs on 11/15. Got the $250 air travel credit on statement close 12/14. "
Jan 18, 2018, 5:29 pm
#460
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 1
Air New Zealand
$250 change fee was reimbursed
Jan 22, 2018, 3:22 pm
#461
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: HI
Posts: 40
Scoot Airlines ticket $250 reimbursed
Jan 24, 2018, 9:10 am
#462
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 91
Went to the United Gift Registry website and got this: "We're sorry, our gift registry page is currently unavailable for maintenance. You can still use the funds from your gift registry to book travel during this time, but you will not be able to receive contributions or update your registry details. We expect the page to be up and running again in early 2018."
I wonder if this will affect reimbursement?
I wonder if this will affect reimbursement?
Jan 24, 2018, 11:17 am
#463
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,953
Jan 31, 2018, 12:23 am
#465
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: SEA/NYC/IAD
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 1,917
Interesting DP: I booked a ticket on AS and then immediately canceled in favor of a points redemption on WN. Ended up getting credited for the ticket I canceled (this is all within one statement/billing cycle), so evidently Citi doesn't track refunds against credits. Theoretically one could book $250 in air travel and then immediately refund it, though I don't know if Citi has any means of detecting that you've now gamed the system. I assume you'd only profit if you never intended to use the Citi card for airfare (at all).
