Coles gift card offers

[Jacques Vert]

I believe that the website has blocked my IP address. I turn off wifi on my phone, use mobile data, and the website works!

This also works for me.

 

[goldenhorn]

When they fail to activate you should still earn the bonus points so there's no need to buy more with the same account.

I came here to ask this exact question. I cleared out the last 5 $100 gift cards at my local Coles yesterday. Then I went back today to see if they had restocked so I could get some more on my partner's flybys. But they only had the $250 ones.

I got five $250 ones, but one of them failed to activate. I was going to get another one to replace it, but then I had a hunch that I might still get the credit for the 5. So it's good to hear that will likely happen!

 

[Dave G]

Annnd the dang ATO is offline this weekend for me to pay my bills

 

[andye]

Annnd the dang ATO is offline this weekend for me to pay my bills

Can still pay via mygov

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Annnd the dang ATO is offline this weekend for me to pay my bills

Believe also that Government EasyPay is still working this weekend

ATO - Card Payment

 

[andye]

Believe also that Government EasyPay is still working this weekend

ATO - Card Payment

Oops you are right
Mygov no
Easypay yes

 

[ramamba]

This week's bonus points posted like clockwork, however still no sign of bonus from last week's Apple gift cards. Anyone in the same boat?

 

[lovestotravel]

I came here to ask this exact question. I cleared out the last 5 $100 gift cards at my local Coles yesterday. Then I went back today to see if they had restocked so I could get some more on my partner's flybys. But they only had the $250 ones.

I got five $250 ones, but one of them failed to activate. I was going to get another one to replace it, but then I had a hunch that I might still get the credit for the 5. So it's good to hear that will likely happen!

Yes it does

I had a card that failed to load, took 3 staff to work out how to refund.

I purchased on Amex, refunded to my debit Mastercard and didn't scan fly buys for the return - Not sure that's even possible/required.

But got the points and the refund to my bank account while earning Amex points

 

[lovestotravel]

I think you may have missed my point. Your suggestion would still means losing points I should be getting.

My focus is not the bonus points, I don't care about the bonus points that much. What I'm focusing on is the money laundering using AmEx aspect of this exercise:

• If I pay $100 to ATO via most methods, I don't get any points.
• If I send $100 from AmEx > Coles > ATO, AmEx generate SQ / VS miles, and Coles generates VA points.

And let me stress, I don't really care about the Coles generating Flybuys bit, that's not my focus, my focus is the bit where AmEx generating SQ / VS miles



Having to pay ATO, having to pay stratas, thousands of dollars every quarter (thanks to the Australian superiority of building apartments which leaks everywhere). If we buy one card at a time, it would take forever, or we would be asked to leave the stores

Far from money laundering

Money laundering was when you could/can buy EFTPOS cards on your Amex and then pay your Amex at the Post Office with the gift cards.

 

[andye]

Far from money laundering

Money laundering was when you could/can buy EFTPOS cards on your Amex and then pay your Amex at the Post Office with the gift cards.

That's what I call manufactured spend
I always thought money landering implied that the initial funds were nefariously acquired

 

[There'sOnlyOneJimmy]

This week's bonus points posted like clockwork, however still no sign of bonus from last week's Apple gift cards. Anyone in the same boat?

Yes, same for me. Got the base points, but not the bonus.

 

[lovestotravel]

That's what I call manufactured spend
I always thought money landering implied that the initial funds were nefariously acquired

Correct

 

[VantageXL]

From Wed 19 Nov 2025:


Thanks to HamBoi69 on OzBargain for the photo.

See below for a list of where all of these gift cards work. The TCN Shop is probably the highlight as it can be swapped for Uber and Kogan gift cards.

TCN Active gift cards can be used at 99 Bikes, Adidas, Archie Brothers, ASOS, BCF, Big Swing Golf, Billabong, Bonds, Camping World, Champion, City Beach, Compleat Angler, Cotton On, Cotton On Body, Decathlon, Drummond Golf, Elite Eleven, Foot Locker, Giant, Glue Store, H&M, Holey Moley, Hype DC, Intersport, JD Sports, Lorna Jane, Macpac, Merrell, New Balance, Nike, Platypus, Puma, Quiksilver, Rebel, Reebok, Skechers, Sportsco, SportsPower, Strike, Stylerunner, Surf Dive n Ski, The AFL Store, The Athletes Foot, TK Maxx, Topgolf, Zone Bowling.

TCN Shop gift cards can be used at Adairs, Adidas, Adore Beauty, ASOS, Barbeques Galore, BCF, Bed Bath N’ Table, Beginning Boutique, Bonds, Booktopia, Bras N Things, Calvin Klein, Champion, City Beach, Collins Booksellers, Cotton On, Decjuba, Dotti, Dymocks, Foot Locker, Forever New, Ghanda, Glassons, Glue Store, H&M, House, Hype DC, Jacqui E, Jay Jays, JD Sports, Just Jeans, Kogan, Kookai, Lorna Jane, Macpac, MyHouse, Nike, Nine West, Oz Hair & Beauty, Perfect Stranger, Petal & Pup, Peter Alexander, Platypus, Portmans, Puma, Rebel, Reebok, Robins Kitchen, Sheike, Shein, Sheridan, Sheridan Outlet, Showpo, Smiggle, Sportsgirl, Stylerunner, Supre, Sussan, Suzanne Grae, T2, Temple & Webster, Thats So Fetch, TK Maxx, Tommy Hilfiger, Typo, Uber, Uber Eats, Universal Store, Wheel & Barrow, White Fox Boutique.

TCN Choice gift cards can be used at Academy Brand, Adairs, Adairs Kids, Adore Beauty, AG LEGO Certified Stores, Baby Bunting, Bae The Label, BCF, Bed Bath N’ Table, Beginning Boutique, Big Swing Golf, Billabong, Booktopia, Bounce, Calvin Klein, Collins Booksellers, Cotton On, Culture Kings, Decathlon, Decjuba, Decjuba Kids, Dotti, Dr. Martens, Drummond Golf, Dymocks, Edge Clothing, Elite Eleven, Eva, Ghanda, Glassons, Glue Store, Hallensteins, Howards Storage World, Hype DC, Intersport, Just Jeans, Kidstuff, Kookai, Macpac, Matchbox, Merrell, Mocka., Movie World, Neverland, OZ Design Furniture, Oz Hair & Beauty, Perfect Stranger, Petal & Pup, Peter Alexander, Petstock, Platypus, Princess Polly, Provincial Home Living, Quiksilver, Rebel, Reebok, Ripe Maternity, Scotch & Soda, Sea World, Seafolly, Sheike, Shein, Showpo, Skechers, Smiggle, Sportsco, Sportsgirl, Stylerunner, Sunnylife, Supercheap Auto, Surf Dive n Ski, Sussan, Suzanne Grae, Thats So Fetch, The AFL Store, The Athletes Foot, The Oodie, The Trybe, Tiger Mist, Timberland, TK Maxx, Tommy Hilfiger, Tony Bianco, Typo, UGG Express, Universal Store, V.I.P. Home Services, Van Heusen, Village Roadshow Theme Parks, Weber, Wet’n’Wild, White Fox Boutique.

TCN Pamper gift cards can be used at:

• 7011: Lodging: Hotels, Motels, Resorts: not elsewhere classified
• 7230: Barber and Beauty Shops
• 7298: Health and Beauty Spas

Unofficially, TCN Pamper gift cards have been found to also work at:

• 3747: Club Corp/Club Resorts
• 5977: Cosmetic Stores
• 7997: Clubs: Country Clubs, Membership (Athletic, Recreation, Sports), Private Golf Courses
• 7999: Recreation Services: not elsewhere classified
• 8041: Chiropractors
• 8049: Chiropodists, Podiatrists
• 8099: Health Practitioners, Medical Services: not elsewhere classified

Convert your physical TCN Pamper gift card into a digital one here so that you can add it your mobile wallet (e.g. Apple Pay).

TCN Cinema gift cards can be used at 7832: Motion Picture Theatres. You can convert your physical TCN Cinema gift card into a digital one here so that you can add it your mobile wallet (e.g. Apple Pay).

TCN Good Food gift cards can be used at:

• 5812: Eating Places, Restaurants
• 5813: Bars, coughtail Lounges, Discotheques, Nightclubs, and Taverns: Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)

Unofficially, the TCN Good Food gift card reportedly also work at ‘5811: Caterers’ and ‘7011: Lodging: Hotels, Motels, Resorts: not elsewhere classified.’ Convert your physical TCN Good Food gift card into a digital one here (via the Go Digital button) so that you can add it your mobile wallet (e.g. Apple Pay).

 

[exceladdict]

From Wed 19 Nov 2025:

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Thanks to HamBoi69 on OzBargain for the photo.

See below for a list of where all of these gift cards work. The TCN Shop is probably the highlight as it can be swapped for Uber and Kogan gift cards.

15% is a big commission. These must have a lot of commission from retailers and/or breakage. Also suggests there's still plenty of buffer when there's 5-10% in effective cashback via points awarded.

 

[VantageXL]

15% is a big commission. These must have a lot of commission from retailers and/or breakage. Also suggests there's still plenty of buffer when there's 5-10% in effective cashback via points awarded.

These particular gift cards are likely profitable enough but there's a reason they stopped including the TCN Kids and Teen (redeemable at JB Hi-Fi) and Restaurant gift cards in the 15% off promotions.

It is certainly annoying how almost all promotions these days are either 10% off or 20x points when for some of these gift cards they could easily be giving us more.

 

[Chicken]

15% is a big commission. These must have a lot of commission from retailers

The web site says "Good Food's new white-and-gold restaurant gift card is fee-free for restaurants"