Originally Posted by
shenvatele
Does anyone know the best place to purchase a Visa gift card online using an American Express card? I used to use Giftcards.com but I can't add a new Amex card and I'm blocked from GCM, doh!
Do you just want to buy a gift card, or do you also want to earn points on that purchase?
Just because you can buy a Visa gift card online with an Amex doesn't mean Amex will give you points for it. Amex is on the prowl for finding sites that sell Visa gift cards and denying points for purchases on those sites.
Per the Amex T&Cs, you're not supposed get points for "cash equivalent" things like Visa gift cards at all, so you have to "hide" it from Amex if you want to be sure you'll earn points on it.
I don't keep up with all of it (if I need to buy a Visa gift card, I do it the super-safe way, ie, at a grocery store with some randomly-priced groceries bought at the same time), but Amex has been denying points lately at least for giftcards.com and Simon' Mall.