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Update 2/20/21: Available again. Hat tip to reader Davis.
The Offer
- Google Pay is offering 20% back on purchases at REI, up to a maximum of $50.
The Fine Print
- Valid until 1/15/2021
- Valid at participating REI locations in the US. Not valid in US territories.
- Valid online at REI’s website.
- Maximum of one reward with this offer
Our Verdict
Looks like this can only be used for one purchase, so make sure not to use it on a small purchase if you have a larger purchase. Should work fine on gift cards, similar to the Target offer. There is a deal where you get a $20 bonus card when you purchase a $100 gift card, but that requires a REI membership. Google Pay was recently refreshed. There is currently a $21 referral bonus worth doing as well. With all these offers it makes me hopeful Google Pay will become a major player in the discount business.
Hat tip to GC Galore
DP: Bought a $250 REI physical GC on a Citi TYP, got the tracking push from GPay about 20 minutes later.
Has anybody tried to see if an etsy gift card triggers?
it did for me
Not targeted, but I did max the last one.
I got this offer immediately the first time. Interestingly, I also tried to do the Target deal, ordering a gift card, but Target cancelled the order. Google Pay didn’t figure it out and still gave me the $20. 2 months and no sign of a clawback.
Targeted?
Not seeing this on new account
It’s back on google pay
Did you use the offer last time? I did and I’m not seeing it now
Me either. Got 20% off Etsy tho. $35 min spend. $40 max CB
Same; same. Used REI last time and not showing this time. Instead have 20% back on Etsy.
Same here, I used the REI last time and now I’ve got 20% on Etsy. 15% at Panera too.
Can someone confirm 20% back still working on REI gift card>
It worked last time, I bought a $250 gift card.
Purchased a gift card on 12/16, offer still hasn’t tracked. Emailed google support 1 week ago but haven’t heard back, will update if I hear back.
How about now?
same here! even bought the gc in store and haven’t seen the rewards. argh!
Google Pay Offers don’t work with Bank of America credit cards and possibly other banks as well. Am having a long and so far fruitless discussion with a Google Pay support supervisor though it was for the Walmart+ offer.
After weeks of “escalation to specialists”, Google Pay lied to avoid paying out. They claimed that my card was added after I used the offer but I have the email confirmations to show that is not true.
My previous offer didn’t track either. Google support is horrendous. I gave up even after chatting with multiple reps so I’m going to hard pass any gpay deals from now on
Reminder that today is the last day to use the $20 bonus card!
I couldn’t find anything on sale I wanted, so I used the bonus card & gift card towards a National Parks pass. Type ‘America’ in the search box to find it.
Can I just follow up with how screamin this deal was, even if google pay has goofed it up (looks like they ran the one transaction- which had $50 of actual purchase, $100 of gift card, and $20 of membership, as 3 different transactions, only posted $20 back for the $100 GC. No one has replied from customer service when I asked what was up)
I got a bunch of food I use on backpacking trips for the initial $50, mostly this one thing that is rare to find a deal on. Then put the gift cards toward a like new $250 puffy jacket for $70 and a $195 ultralight sleeping pad for $80 (storage bag has a mark on it, I never use it anyway). In total paid $177 for $50 of food and $445 of gear, and I finally have an REI membership.
I got a response after two months for the same thing. They told me to fuck off. I uninstalled gpay
Got the $20 bonus credit from REI in an email just now as well as the pending gpay $21. Nice deal!