The Offer
Numerous grocery stores are running a promotion on select Visa gift cards to get $10 off. We’ve seen this offer mentioned for Safeway, ACME, and Shaw’s (heard from a friend).
- Get a $10 instant discount when loading $100 or more to the following types of Visa gift cards: (1) Five Back Visa Gift cards, or (2) any of the new Visa Gift Category Cards – Style Everywhere, Dining Everywhere, Fuel Everywhere and Fashion & Dining cards
The offer is apparently coming from Meta/Blackhawk to promote these new types of Visa gift cards, and it’s thus being offered across many stores. There are likely more stores too with this deal.
The Fine Print
- Offer Valid 10/07/16 – 10/20/16 (these dates might vary by the store chain, but it’s around that)
- One offer per transaction (again, these details might vary my store chain)
Our Verdict
The Five Back Visa gift cards earn 5% back at select retailers, but more importantly, they function as ordinary Visa gift cards, and can be used anywhere Visa is accepted. You can even use these cards as PIN-based debit cards (although that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll work for loading prepaid cards or purchasing money orders).
The other options like Dining, etc., might not function as ordinary Visa gift cards, and might only be usable at select locations. For example, the Dining card might only work at restaurants.
Should be a $4.05 profit per Visa gift card. Hopefully, these stores will allow buying the $100 cards with a credit card, and you’ll be able to pay for these with a credit card for extra rewards. And it sounds like you can do multiple of these deals in separate transactions.
