Update: This offer is unfortunately for student accounts only.
The Offer
- Purchase a $25 Amazon gift card and receive a free $5 Amazon credit with code: STUDWEEK at checkout.
This deal starts at the beginning of the day October 7 based on Pacific Time (at midnight), which will be 3 am EST on October 7.
The Fine Print
- Offer seems to be only for a physical gift card, not an e-gift card.
- Update: Amazon Student members only
Our Verdict
This deal would be especially exciting if it’s repeatable, but I’m guessing it will be limited to one offer per Amazon account. For those who constantly purchase things on Amazon it’s a worthwhile deal, though it’s a pain that the offer is only for physical gift cards and apparently not for e-gift cards which are easier to deal with.
Stack the Deal:
- Pay with you Discover card or Freedom card for 5% back as per the Q4 category. Many of us will even get the 5% from Discover doubled at year’s end.
- Go through the Giving Assistant shopping portal and hopefully get 5% cashback on the purchase as well. Gift cards aren’t guaranteed to earn portal cashback, but hopefully it will work anyway (worked for me). See also our review of the Giving Assistant portal.
Extra $5 Bonus with Portal
Interestingly, Giving Assistant just updated their referral program to include a $5 bonus for any new member who signs up using a referral link and earns any amount of cashback. (Previously, only the referrer got the $5 bonus; now both get a $5 bonus.) If you never signed up previously, now is a good time to do so and take advantage of the $5 Amazon credit + $5 Giving Assistant bonus with one purchase. Since Giving Assistant doesn’t have any minimum payout amount, you’ll hopefully be able to get $6.25 payout for this purchase alone ($5 bonus + $1.25 for the $25 purchase). Here’s my referral link.
HT: Slickdeals
