Woolworths gift card thread

re the TCN Restaurant gift cards , I am a little afraid to buy this and then go to any restaurant that takes efptos and expect it to be accepted .
Has anyone used this gift card and had success or failure ?
I've had good experiences using it but I could have just been lucky. That said, there are a few things you can do to improve your chances of it being accepted:
  1. Convert your physical Eftpos-based Restaurant card into a Mastercard version here. The Mastercard version can be added to your mobile wallet and is more likely to be accepted because A, it supports an additional MCC (5814: Fast Food) and B, some payment terminals have trouble with Eftpos-based gift cards.
  2. Don't tell them you're paying with a gift card. This one is pretty obvious but I see a lot of people make this mistake. If you ask staff if they accept one of these merchant category gift cards, they're likely to say no even though it very well may work.
  3. For using up residual balances, you can ask them "hey, can I pay $X.XX on one card and then the remainder on another?". It's important that you make it clear that you're still paying for the entire bill yourself and not trying to split it amongst the other members of your party. Restaurants hate doing that because it's a huge hassle working out who ordered what.
 
Hi, thank you for that.
Following your link in point 1 , converting to “digital “ does not mention Mastercard but I am guessing this is how it appears on my digital wallet. Does this sound right to you?
 
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