Gift Cards and TravelCards are two different animals.
Gift Cards should earn points since it is a form of payment (T & C does not restrict point earning).
TravelCards (according to revised T & C do not earn points) are different.
What we do not know is if the hotels process Gift Cards and TravelCards differently.
Ah, thanks for the clarification. I was referring to gift cards in my post based on what someone else said re: their getting points. The person I quoted mentioned travelcard & gift card in the same sentence, which led me to believe they were the same.
Cheers.