AAA - no processing fee giftcards
#46
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: MCO
Programs: AA 1MM, BA, UA, HH Dia, CC Gold, SPG Plat
Posts: 795
#50
Join Date: Sep 2005
Programs: Northwest, United
Posts: 3,256
A general request for anyone posting in this thread about your experience:
PLEASE state in your post where (what state) you are in. That will help many avoid getting unnecessarily cranked up (or bummed out) and much wasted time.
Thank you. And now, back to grousing about United's devaluation...
PLEASE state in your post where (what state) you are in. That will help many avoid getting unnecessarily cranked up (or bummed out) and much wasted time.
Thank you. And now, back to grousing about United's devaluation...
#52
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: IAD/DCA
Programs: Bunch of mid-tiers
Posts: 1,034
Also, has anyone successfully ordered one online? I tried but is said in-store only. I am in VA, AAA Midatlantic.
#54
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Airline nobody. Sad!
Posts: 26,062
Yeah that's my question too. Unless there's some sort of category bonus that anyone is fairly certain of, this seems mostly useless to me.
#55
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 144
My location in Northern Virginia sold me a visa gift card that I was able to get a pin number for and then buy a mo at wm. I am waiting for the charge to move from pending so I can see how it posts.
#57
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: Continental Onepass, Hilton, Marriott, USAir and now UA
Posts: 6,423
When I went to my local office, they reiterated what was said above, that they do sell these without fees but only for several weeks at the end of Nov/Dec. I will keep checking back to see if that is indeed the case. So for now at this time, it appears to be a very localized situation.
BTW, AAA is far more than an insurance company for towing and well worth the admission price if you are doing any serious traveling using hotels and rental cars.
#59
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: ATL
Programs: DL Silver Medallion
Posts: 158
It is real, at least in Georga
I went to my local AAA office here in the Atlanta area yesterday. The person working knew about the fee free deal and confirmed that they were selling Visa gift cards. I bought quite a few using my Delta Platinum Amex (I need a few more MQMs this year to requalify for Diamond). Went home and called the 800 number to get a PIN assigned to each one, no problem. Went to a local Walmart, the MoneyCenter kiosk was shut off, so I went to the counter and successfully deposited into my Bluebird account as well as made a bill payment to Amex. I then went to a second WalMart to see if their MoneyCenter machine was working, it was not, but also was able to go to the counter and send the rest of my gc balance as bill pay.
The deal is real, and it works.
The deal is real, and it works.
#60
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: JFK
Programs: *$ Gold :)
Posts: 1,061
I went to my local AAA office here in the Atlanta area yesterday. The person working knew about the fee free deal and confirmed that they were selling Visa gift cards. I bought quite a few using my Delta Platinum Amex (I need a few more MQMs this year to requalify for Diamond). Went home and called the 800 number to get a PIN assigned to each one, no problem. Went to a local Walmart, the MoneyCenter kiosk was shut off, so I went to the counter and successfully deposited into my Bluebird account as well as made a bill payment to Amex. I then went to a second WalMart to see if their MoneyCenter machine was working, it was not, but also was able to go to the counter and send the rest of my gc balance as bill pay.
The deal is real, and it works.
The deal is real, and it works.