One of my first posts of 2017 recommended that anyone who generally buys airline gift cards to take advantage of the annual airline credit on the American Express Platinum ($200) or Premier Rewards Gold ($100) cards should do so now, rather than taking a chance that American Express kills this option at some point in 2017. While reports on Flyertalk have generally been positive about this ‘trick’ still working, I can confirm firsthand that $50 Delta e-gift cards are working to generate the airline fee credit on my PRG card. Not only are they working but American Express credited my account rather quickly – in my case just a day.
Success!
Links to FlyerTalk Threads with recent reports of success/failures
Any other success stories out there for 2017?
PointsCentric 
Same thing only different — AA is now offering a status buy-in that requires some flying and $2,000US in AA purchases. Any data on whether such purchases can include AA gift cards?
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I believe AA gift cards can only be used for flights.
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Working for contribution to United Gift Registry! Don’t know how to post a screen shot … but I made a $100 test contribution on Jan 3, and got the credit on Jan 5th. I will do my second $100 contribution now that I know it works!
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Awesome! MommyPoints I believe also posted this so I definitely feel safe recommending this option for United.
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Just got my second $100 credit for AA gift cards. Thanks for the tip
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I ordered a physical gift card from Southwest for $100 which costs $102.95 and was reimbursed two days later.
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