pointsaholic
Level 2 Member
Datapoint - just got credit for 95.00 southwest gift card. Purchased december 4, reimbursed december 6 They also reimbursed $5.60 taxes that I paid on an award ticket which I wasn't expecting.
Amex airline credit through GCs dead?
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knaveconwy
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Southwest gift cards also worked for me with $100 amounts. I did two on the business platinum back to back and was credited in a few days.
$50 Delta e-gift cards worked for me for the personal platinum. Purchased them each 2 days apart just to be safe, and the credits posted 2 days after each charge posted. Also booked an award ticket during this time, and the $11.20 in taxes was reimbursed from the $200 allotment.
I'm almost embarrassed to report in again using my PRG. I confirmed my registered airline is Delta. Tried the PMMG maneuver AGAIN and same thing happened. It's only been 10 days, but after canceling the flight, the Eco-Plus seat charge has dropped from my statement, the tickets are still not refunded (had to call Delta last time) and no credit.
I'll simply buy a Delta gift card in the next day or 2 and hope that works. Running out of time!
I'll simply buy a Delta gift card in the next day or 2 and hope that works. Running out of time!
italdesign
Level 2 Member
It would be great if $100 works. Would help with the "can only apply 2-3 certs per ticket" shenanigan
MickiSue
Level 2 Member
Bought through Delta, recorded as simply a purchase from Delta. No reimbursement as yet. But the card is only 6 months old, no clue how long it takes.
Eh. It was a GC for son, to help him get here for Xmas. Worst case scenario, he is here, the money is not. I'm still ahead, you know?
Eh. It was a GC for son, to help him get here for Xmas. Worst case scenario, he is here, the money is not. I'm still ahead, you know?
Update: The charges for the canceled Delta tickets are still on my statement which closes close to the end of the month. From my previous experience trying this, those charges stay until I actually call Delta and ask for the refund to be applied. Weird, because I used Delta's page to cancel, and I have confirmations. CSR "couldn't understand" why it wasn't automatic last time. I wonder if I've been marked as an abuser somehow. I will call Delta this evening.
The economy-plus seat upgrade charges stayed pending for days, then disappeared. Hence, no rebate was every provided. Per my plan, I purchased 2x$50 gift cards on Friday. These posted to the card on Saturday and 2x$50 credits show online posting Sunday (yesterday). So, gift cards worked but my attempt at PMMG failed twice (note: this worked twice for me last year using the Plat card).
mec
Silver Member
When this was happening again, at the end of last year, I found some references to the United Registry working for this credit. Since then I have used it twice with the Platinum card and once with the PRG for $25, $175, $200 & $100. Always reimbursed within a few days. and the Platinum card gave 5x MRs on it's contributions as well.
im_is_ninja
New Member
Another DP, I buy GC from MPX often and has always coded as 5x
James from BNA
VR Jacket Guy
would love to see any recent DP's on Southwest or Delta. I've got $400 to spend in Dec.
Just to update the thread, as of a couple weeks ago, GC for SW and DL are now no longer being reimbursed either.
Assuming, I can't use the credits as intended (they seriously want me to buy food on an airplane?), what have other people
done before to use the credits?
I saw this blog post with some ideas for more legit (?) uses:
https://bougiemiles.com/amex-platinum-airline-credits/
But I've already read posts where people have mentioned purchasing cheap tickets on Alaska will sometimes trigger the credit.
And also I read a FB post by Richard Kerr a while ago that when purchasing a ticket on DL, if you use a GC and then
charge the remainder - it gets billed differently and will trigger the credit.
I was thinking of giving this a try since I just picked up Amex Bus Plat for P2 a few weeks ago, but I didn't want to lock
in the airline until I could figure out the best way of using the credits.
If people have tried the ticket method, are you purchasing refundable tickets that you can then cancel later on?
Thanks.
Assuming, I can't use the credits as intended (they seriously want me to buy food on an airplane?), what have other people
done before to use the credits?
I saw this blog post with some ideas for more legit (?) uses:
https://bougiemiles.com/amex-platinum-airline-credits/
But I've already read posts where people have mentioned purchasing cheap tickets on Alaska will sometimes trigger the credit.
And also I read a FB post by Richard Kerr a while ago that when purchasing a ticket on DL, if you use a GC and then
charge the remainder - it gets billed differently and will trigger the credit.
I was thinking of giving this a try since I just picked up Amex Bus Plat for P2 a few weeks ago, but I didn't want to lock
in the airline until I could figure out the best way of using the credits.
If people have tried the ticket method, are you purchasing refundable tickets that you can then cancel later on?
Thanks.
A couple years ago, I did the trick of buying a ticket, then buying seat upgrades, then canceling the whole thing within 24 hours. It worked then, although no idea if it still would.