Gift cards may be suspicious (and may even be processed as cash advance thus denied) but prepaid cards (the ones with your name) behave like a real debit cards so these should be fine.
Originally Posted by
KennyBSAT
I first paid a Citi card with a debit card about a year ago and wondered once or twice about trying debit gift cards but never bothered to try it. Too much talking to CSRs for me (and possible scrutiny) unless they have changed the process.