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	<nowiki>*</nowiki> The airline incidental credit is being phased out for the Amex Gold cardholder. If you had the card before the benefit was removed, you'll still get the credit for 2021. After that, it will be completely gone.		<nowiki>*</nowiki> The airline incidental credit is being phased out for the Amex Gold cardholder. If you had the card before the benefit was removed, you'll still get the credit for 2021. After that, it will be completely gone.
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−	~~The discontinued FNBO Travelite card also has a $100 airline incidental credit (following Amex's normal rules).~~

	In addition, the '''{{Card\|SapphireReserve\|only}}''', the '''{{Card\|CitiPrestige\|only}}''', and the '''{{Card\|Altitude\|only}}''' have general-purpose travel credits. But these can be used for actual airfare and hotel reservations (among other travel expenses) and not just "incidental" expenses.		In addition, the '''{{Card\|SapphireReserve\|only}}''', the '''{{Card\|CitiPrestige\|only}}''', and the '''{{Card\|Altitude\|only}}''' have general-purpose travel credits. But these can be used for actual airfare and hotel reservations (among other travel expenses) and not just "incidental" expenses.

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+<nowiki>*</nowiki> The airline incidental credit is being phased out for the Amex Gold cardholder. If you had the card before the benefit was removed, you'll still get the credit for 2021. After that, it will be completely gone.
 The discontinued FNBO Travelite card also has a $100 airline incidental credit (following Amex's normal rules).

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 The discontinued FNBO Travelite card also has a $100 airline incidental credit (following Amex's normal rules).

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-|{{Card|PremierRewards|only}}||$100
+|{{Card|PremierRewards|only}}<br>(For older cardholders)*||$100
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-<li>''' The typical limit is $100 per ticket'''. Depending on your travel patterns, you may wind up needing to purchase an occasional inexpensive flight. The set of airlines where this works depends on the card and may change at any time, but you are most likely to have success with Alaska, JetBlue, and Southwest. Check the links above for more up-to-date information. </li>
+<li>''' The typical limit is $100 per ticket'''. Depending on your travel patterns, you may wind up needing to purchase an occasional inexpensive flight. The set of airlines where this works depends on the card and may change at any time, but you are most likely to have success with JetBlue and Southwest. Check the links above for more up-to-date information. </li>
 <li>'''If necessary, you can split the cost of a ticket between gift cards and your credit card to lower the purchase amount to below the limit'''.  Let's say you need to take a flight that costs $175 each way. You could use $100 worth of gift cards to lower the credit card charge to $75, which may then trigger the incidental credit, letting use the credit to offset at least part of the ticket price. </li>

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 ==== Refunding award tickets with extra fees ====
-When you book an award ticket, you always have to pay at least some money in taxes and fees. For domestic flights, this may only be $5.60. But fees can be much higher for many international tickets. These award ticket fees are usually treated as incidental purchases on Delta, Southwest, and United.
+When you book an award ticket, you always have to pay at least some money in taxes and fees. For domestic flights, this may only be $5.60. But fees can be much higher for many international tickets. These award ticket fees are treated as incidental purchases on some airlines. Check the FlyerTalk threads for the latest information.
 With the elimination of change fees on many flights, some award tickets are can now be cancelled without any "redeposit fees". And high-level elites often have additional cancellation privileges.

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-|{{Card|CrystalInfinite|only}}||$350
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-|[//www.expedia.com/rewards/credit_card?citiCode=43V Expedia Card]||$100
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 *WiFi bought from the airline. But in most cases, you are paying a 3<sup>rd</sup> party like GoGo and these payments won't count.
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 Depending on the airline and the credit card, you might also get credit for seat upgrade fees and award booking fees.  But the terms specifically exclude Airline Tickets, Award Tickets, Upgrades, Points Purchases, Point Transfer Fees, Duty Free Purchases, and Gift Cards.

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 === Taking advantage of credit card company policies ===
-There are several ways that you can take advantage of the credit card company's policies to improve the value proposition of travel credits. We avoid these approaches, because we feel like they unfairly take advantage of consumer-friendly credit card policies.  Plus, banks don't like when you cancel or convert your cards too quickly, and may decide they don't want to do business with you. But, some people may feel differently.
+There are several ways that you can take advantage of the credit card company's policies to improve the value proposition of travel credits. We avoid these approaches, because we feel like they unfairly take advantage of consumer-friendly credit card policies.  Plus banks don't like when you cancel or convert your cards too quickly and may decide they don't want to do business with you. But some people may feel differently.
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-<li>'''If you get a new credit card in December it is typically possible to "triple-dip" any calendar-year credit'''. As long as you cancel most cards within a month or so of your annual fee posting, the fee will be refunded. So, you could sign up in December, take advantage of the credit before the end of the year, take advantage of another credit the following year, and then take advantage of the credit a third time in January, just before you cancel your card. All with only paying a single year's annual fee.</li>
+<li>'''If you get a new credit card in December, it is typically possible to "triple-dip" any calendar-year credit'''. As long as you cancel most cards within a month or so of your annual fee posting, the fee will be refunded. So you could sign up in December, take advantage of the credit before the end of the year, take advantage of another credit the following year, and then take advantage of the credit a third time in January just before you cancel your card. All with only paying a single year's annual fee.</li>
-<li>'''After the initial year, you can often downgrade your card, once you've used your credit, to get a partial refund of your annual fee'''. Most cards with credits have significant annual fees. Once you've used your credit, you can often downgrade your card, and receive a partial credit against the annual fee. Then, the following year, you could conceivably upgrade the card, take advantage of the credit another time, and then downgrade again. You typically can't do this in the initial year, due to banking regulations.</li>
+<li>'''After the initial year, you can often downgrade your card, once you've used your credit, and receive a partial refund of your annual fee'''. Most cards with credits have significant annual fees. Once you've used your credit, you can often downgrade your card and receive a partial credit against the annual fee. Then, the following year, you could conceivably upgrade the card, take advantage of the credit another time, and then downgrade again. You typically can't do this in the initial year, due to banking regulations.</li>
-<li>'''You can sometimes cancel your card, after you've used your credit, and get refunded part of the annual fee'''. For calendar-year based credits, you can still take advantage of two different credits, while only paying a fraction of the annual fee. Not every bank will pro-rate the annual fee for cancelled cards. You'll need to do some research online.</li>
+<li>'''You can sometimes cancel your card after you've used your credit and get refunded part of the annual fee'''. For calendar-year based credits, you can still take advantage of two different credits, while only paying a fraction of the annual fee. Not every bank will pro-rate the annual fee for cancelled cards. You'll need to do some research online.</li>
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