Jan 4, 2017, 6:59 am
Last edit by: mia
CAUTION: In February 2019, American Airlines changed the coding of gift card transactions. Although there are a few successful data points since, in general, Gift Card purchases are now explicitly identified, and no longer reimbursed by American Express.
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."
Data Points on automatically reimbursed incidentals since 2017:
Admirals Club Memberships: Admirals Club Passes:
Wifi is provided by one of three third-party providers and is thus not eligible for the incidental 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.
To review AA reimbursement reports from 2011-2016 as well as information on gift cards, click HERE.
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."
Data Points on automatically reimbursed incidentals since 2017:
Admirals Club Memberships: Admirals Club Passes:
- Yes - Hilton-gold, moe8555
- No - ShrinkTheGlobe, canesfan, jasmians, soy
- Yes - Dedicated, Rakibullslam, tsmith12, lotrbfme, mia, GTITAN, cdoobiest
- No - Alex_I, exmike, jb0506, fangtl, nall, javabytes, chitink
- Mixed - PatrickTM, Visconti, iahphx
- No - cubs105, prhocky2607
- No - PatrickTM, mileshound
- Yes - LuizMiranda, fotoflyer88, nk15, joshvworld, Hilton-gold, captaink, JCN, aftortoriello, nall
- No - pubsmeister
- Yes - jvel
- Yes - JDiver
- No - AUSINSIGHT
- No - mrlemm
- Yes - Segments
- Yes - wireless_999, saunders111, mosfet, Budoka, sdsearch
- Mixed - inevitability
Wifi is provided by one of three third-party providers and is thus not eligible for the incidental 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.
To review AA reimbursement reports from 2011-2016 as well as information on gift cards, click HERE.
Airline fee $250/$200/$100 reimbursement reports: AA only (2017-2019)
Sep 25, 2018 | 5:47 am
#856
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Sep 26, 2018 | 4:35 pm
#861
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Sep 26, 2018 | 7:32 pm
#862
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I was surprised I havent used it on AA until now but then realized that I normally use the Citi AA card for all things AA.
Sep 27, 2018 | 6:01 pm
#863
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I bought 2 x 100 and 1 x 50 GC earlier this month. Credits posted within 2-3 days of transaction.
Sep 30, 2018 | 4:43 pm
#864
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AMEX personal Platinum card. $200 reimbursement on $375 Five Star Services for two passengers connecting at a USA airport (essentially VIP Airport Service).
interesting price keeps increasing, presumably more bookings
Last edited by Kagehitokiri; Sep 30, 2018 at 4:49 pm
Oct 1, 2018 | 8:32 am
#865
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$100 AA gift card continues to work. BTW, if you buy expensive tickets, or tickets for multiple pax (especially if only one member of your party has elite status or credit card "status") it can be good to buy $100 GCs instead of lower denominations. That's because AA.com limits you to 8 GCs per ticket purchase.
Oct 1, 2018 | 11:55 am
#866
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thread title now includes $250
so i am assuming some cards need an additional $50 gift card after 2 x $100
so i am assuming some cards need an additional $50 gift card after 2 x $100
Oct 1, 2018 | 12:20 pm
#867
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Oct 3, 2018 | 9:35 am
#868
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Oct 3, 2018 | 9:54 am
#869
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I bought 2 x 100 recently. Credits posted within 2-3 days of transaction.
Oct 5, 2018 | 3:03 pm
#870
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How long did it take for the Aspire airline credit to post? My AA gift card purchase on10/1 posted on 10/3. Selected AA on 9/30. It is now 10/5 and havent seen any credit. My Plat and PRG have credited within the next day of the purchase posting.