Coles gift card offers

[Chicken]

1 of the 5 I just bought was invalid.
Was told it didn't load, so I'm not sure it's a scam / hacked, maybe fault in cards, who knows.

Interesting ...

 

[VantageXL]

Your suggestion would still means losing points I should be getting.

Quite the opposite, actually. All I'm saying is that if you are going to buy additional Mastercard gift cards to replace the ones that failed to activate then you should scan a different Flybuys card when doing so since the card you originally scanned has already reached its five gift card limit for the offer (even if they didn't all activate).

 

[Chicken]

All I'm saying is that if you are going to buy additional Mastercard gift cards to replace the ones that failed to activate then you should scan a different Flybuys card when doing so since the card you originally scanned has already reached its five gift card limit for the offer (even if they didn't all activate).

Good thinking, but I am not sure if this works, because when they did the refunds, they didn't just scan the gift cards and refund, they had to manually type the details of the failed receipts. This happened at both stores, and I know they did, because the staffs at both stores took my original failed receipts, then looked at them carefully, then one finger from one hand pointing at the numbers of the failed receipts, while another finger from another hand keyed the details into the cash register, while generating the refund.

If the cash registers are referencing the refund transactions against the purchase transactions, then they may also adjust the Flybuys transactions accordingly.

Have you seen refunds being or not being deducted from your FB account? I just logged in, and I am not seeing any transaction at all (but my Bunnings from yesterday already appeared)

 

[VantageXL]

Good thinking, but I am not sure if this works

It's worked for me multiple times, most recently when they last ran this offer in August. I expect they'll fix it at some point.

The Flybuys app won't show your Coles transactions until the following day at around 5-6pm but if you have linked your Flybuys and Coles accounts you can access your receipts instantly via the Coles app (go the More tab and then select Orders & Purchases).

On my receipt one Mastercard appears as DECLINED whilst the rest are APPROVED. I did not purchase any more with that account but I still received the bonus and standard points for all of them. None were clawed back in the months that followed.

 

[MooTime]

It's worked for me multiple times, most recently when they last ran this offer in August. I expect they'll fix it at some point.

The Flybuys app won't show your Coles transactions until the following day at around 5-6pm but if you have linked your Flybuys and Coles accounts you can access your receipts instantly via the Coles app (go the More tab and then select Orders & Purchases).

On my receipt one Mastercard appears as DECLINED whilst the rest are APPROVED. I did not purchase any more with that account but I still received the bonus and standard points for all of them. None were clawed back in the months that followed.

I too had just 1 card declined, but I expect the full quota of 10k FBs.
I don't see any advantage or disadvantage if having 1 card declined and going thru the refund process. Still take out limit of 5 cards.

 

[Chicken]

if you have linked your Flybuys and Coles accounts you can access your receipts instantly via the Coles app (go the More tab and then select Orders & Purchases).

That's good to know. I like the PDF receipt function in WW Rewards app, so this is useful.

On my receipt one Mastercard appears as DECLINED whilst the rest are APPROVED.

I too had just 1 card declined

Is this the first time where there are so many of us unable to activate these cards?

 

[MooTime]

Is this the first time where there are so many of us unable to activate these cards?

1st time I've had a declined or error of any sort on any type of card.

Makes me think they MasterCard may end these type of cards. Lot declined by sounds of it.

 

[NoName]

It's worked for me multiple times, most recently when they last ran this offer in August. I expect they'll fix it at some point.

The Flybuys app won't show your Coles transactions until the following day at around 5-6pm but if you have linked your Flybuys and Coles accounts you can access your receipts instantly via the Coles app (go the More tab and then select Orders & Purchases).

On my receipt one Mastercard appears as DECLINED whilst the rest are APPROVED. I did not purchase any more with that account but I still received the bonus and standard points for all of them. None were clawed back in the months that followed.

This is good information and shows that like I said, having a card fail to activate is advantageous to everyone since it results in free points. And with the simplicity of acquiring addition flybuys accounts, anyone wanting to buy more for other purposes can easily do so.