Specifically, the loophole that had long allowed
certain airline gift card purchases to qualify for airline fee reimbursements on the Amex Platinum appeared to have come to an end.
In this case, if you were the victim of unfortunate timing and made
your airline gift card purchases during the «dead» month, just remember that you haven't lost anything.
Not only are airline fees being automatically credited again, but
airline gift card purchases made within the established guidelines are also again being automatically reimbursed.
The longstanding loophole which allowed certain
airline gift card purchases to count as reimbursable airline expenses appeared to have stopped working.
Also, remember that you must select your airline for reimbursement before charging any airline fees or making
any airline gift card purchases.
So if you made
an airline gift card purchase between August 20th and September 27th and it didn't get automatically reimbursed, DO NOT CALL AND ASK FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
The rules state that
airline gift card purchases are ineligible for the credit.
But American Express's computers decides whether a certain purchase qualifies for a fee credit, and in the experience of thousands of people, certain
airline gift card purchases will result in a statement credit.
It is common knowledge in the miles and points world that
airline gift card purchases (In small denominations such as $ 50) may get reimbursed even though the Amex terms state that gift cards do not count.