Gift Cards at Supermarkets

[Shanye2233]

My david jones amex gives 3ppd for supermarkets and petrol stations. There is a $5.95 fee and the maximum GC is $500

 

[andye]

My david jones amex gives 3ppd for supermarkets and petrol stations. There is a $5.95 fee and the maximum GC is $500

I seem to remember that the DJ Amex Reward points were only half the value of an ordinary MR point. Was I wrong or when did it improve?

 

[andye]

If a standard MR-earn interesting alternative to Plat Edge (and you don't value the free domestic flight much). Other info is interesting too

 

[Shanye2233]

If you earn 3ppd on DJ amex and then transfer to spg equates to 1.5ppd on starwood

 

[Chicken]

Coles started removing discount programs as of last year, beginning with the Entertainment Book. Rumour has it that the ones remaining are only due to Coles honouring remaining contracts, and will cease once those contracts end.

API and Reward Gateway are still selling Coles gift cards at 5% off, both take AmEx

 

[zainman]

I seem to remember that the DJ Amex Reward points were only half the value of an ordinary MR point. Was I wrong or when did it improve?

They are worth half as much, you are correct. Except for SPG.

 

[robd]

Hmmm..... I'm fairly certain my local Coles (or was it Woolies?) has signs next to the self service registers stating that gift cards cannot be purchased through them. I'll have to pay more attention at the different Coles/Woolies stores I regularly visit to see whether it's the same at all of them.

Woolies, local to my office -

 

[ferni]

API and Reward Gateway are still selling Coles gift cards at 5% off, both take AmEx

Any tricks to getting accounts with them?

 

[ferni]

My david jones amex gives 3ppd for supermarkets and petrol stations. There is a $5.95 fee and the maximum GC is $500

Max is $300 at the 7/11's i've checked... even though the card says $500....

 

[Chicken]

Any tricks to getting accounts with them?

The easiest is via employer benefits, so check with your employer, or ask your friends who work for some of these employers, plus more.

Sara Lee
Honeywell
PepsiCo
Bayer
Adecco
Optus
Uniever
CUA
P&G
ARUP
American Express
Cuscal
Thomson Reuters

 

[Mr_Orange]

The easiest is via employer benefits, so check with your employer, or ask your friends who work for some of these employers, plus more.

Sara Lee
Honeywell
PepsiCo
Bayer
Adecco
Optus
Uniever
CUA
P&G
ARUP
American Express
Cuscal
Thomson Reuters

I work for one of those companies and can confirm that you can indeed buy Coles and Liquorland cards at 5% discount.

 

[butcheredit]

What other cards does Reward Gateway offer? I dont know anyone who works for those companies but it probably isnt too hard to set an account up with them.

 

[zzyss]

What other cards does Reward Gateway offer? I dont know anyone who works for those companies but it probably isnt too hard to set an account up with them.

It's the usual: Woolies, Coles, Hoyts, Rebel, Best Restaurants, Country Road, etc.

It's easy to set up an account, but it's not exactly free. We got a quote from them recently and it'd be poor form to post the details here, but let's just say it's you might as well just get an Entertainment Book and forget about Coles discounts.

 

[prozac]

Welcome to AFF butcheredit.
Why not pop over to Introductions and say hi to everyone.

 

[Shanye2233]

If you guys look hard enough theres a way to make points and a small profit as well

 

[Reggie78]

If you guys look hard enough theres a way to make points and a small profit as well

Feel free to PM me how Have been trying to figure this one out for a while now...

 

[Mr_Orange]

What other cards does Reward Gateway offer? I dont know anyone who works for those companies but it probably isnt too hard to set an account up with them.

Reward Gateway, from my point of view, offers an employee discounts/rewards scheme. You can either buy discounted gift cards or you receive cash back (similar to Start Here). Sometimes there are discount codes to use too.

I've no idea about how to get an account as it is a corporate scheme for us.

 

[andye]

Woolies, local to my office -

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Maybe Melburnians have developed better ways to exploit giftcards than Sydneysiders

 

[N860CR]

Maybe Melburnians have developed better ways to exploit giftcards than Sydneysiders

It may not work... But I've noticed that when "activating" a wish card it processes a refund into the card account. I've wondered if one could simply swipe their EFTPOS card and have a refund processed onto it instead of the gift card. Perhaps the Vic's have made it work!

 

[gizzard]

Not sure if it's common knowledge but have noticed that if you can buy Coles/Myer cards with anotherColes/Myer card if you part pay with credit card at a self-service checkout. Useful for consolidating cards (and not wasting the points that are usually rounded down to the nearest dollar)

Thanks for this. I went to Coles this arvo and changed 3 Coles cards for 1 Coles/Myer card and went to the Liquorland next door and got some booze.