The Offer
- Purchase $150 in Visa or Amex gift cards from Safeway or Von’s and receive a $15 shopping credit toward your next shopping trip of $25 or more.
The Fine Print
- Valid 11/4/15 – 11/17/15
- Reportedly, they are valid for 7 days
- Update: Reports in the comments indicate that variable load cards are not triggering this offer
Our Verdict
Safeway and Von’s carry $500 Visa gift cards and some stores allow them to them to be purchased with a credit card. Any purchase of more than $500 will need a managerial override. Also, the system may be hard-coded not to accept credit cards for purchases of more than $1,000 in gift cards (2 $500 Visa gift cards).
There is no mention in the fine print of a limit to the amount of $15 credits you can rack up; presumably, each unique transaction of more than $150 will rack up another $15 credit, although the credits will probably have to be used up in separate transactions.
Pretty good deal for Vons/Safeway shoppers if you have a credit card which earns bonus rewards at the grocery.
HT: travelwithgrant
