Originally Posted by
Evan!
From everything I've gathered it looks like those without status are not given the option to redeem SMs for gift cards at SMMP. When one logs onto SkyMiles Marketplace there is a listing on the left of shopping categories. Below that, for me at least, are two bolded links: Gift Cards and Book a Hotel/Rent a Car.
All the evidence I have gathered from threads about SMMP indicates that if one has no status one does not get the gift card link. I'm not sure if this is also true about the hotel & car option. Also there was some evidence that without status but holding a DL-branded Amex grants one the gift card option. Again, not sure if holding an Amex will affect the hotel & car option.
Yes, you're correct. "Hotel/Rental car" is bolded, but giftcards isn't there. However, the odd thing is that the search box on the top right already has "Search products and Gift Cards" typed inside it. Also, I was able to actually get giftcards to display a few months ago, but the ones I wanted were always out of stock. The hotel option is interesting, although I wasn't getting any good prospects to come up in the destination I tested.