That's a good reason to either choose another airline you sometimes fly but aren't elite with, or take your chances with trying to get
airline gift cards reimbursed.
Not exact matches
The fact is, we don't really know for sure what's going on yet, and we won't know until we start seeing a stream of legitimate
airline fees being
reimbursed but
gift card purchases not being credited (or being credited, in which case we'll all be very happy).
You can skip posting about how you haven't gotten your
gift card credited yet — everyone already knows that part isn't working right now — but if you get an actual
airline fee
reimbursed (not Global Entry or an Amex Offers), definitely let us know.
Initially, I thought that the $ 200 annual credit only goes towards fees incurred (such as bag fees, wifi, in - flight purchases, etc) but in actuality, it can be used to purchase
gift card vouchers on your preferred
airline, and then AMEX eventually
reimburses those fees to you.
The usual approach is to point out that since
airline gift cards are
reimbursed at face value, you're «actually» paying $ 200 (American Express Platinum) or $ 300 (Chase Ritz Carlton) less per calendar year than the annual fee would suggest.
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.
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.
J.P. Morgan is very clear that they will not
reimburse you for
airline gift cards, airfare, or even taxes and fees paid for award flights.
The
airlines that folks have had most success with getting gift cards reimbursed are American Airlines and United Airlines (8/14 update: now gift registry only for United Ai
airlines that folks have had most success with getting
gift cards reimbursed are American
Airlines and United Airlines (8/14 update: now gift registry only for United Ai
Airlines and United
Airlines (8/14 update: now gift registry only for United Ai
Airlines (8/14 update: now
gift registry only for United
AirlinesAirlines).
The following are the
airlines you can link to the
card and general thoughts on your ability to get
reimbursed for
airline gift cards.