Originally Posted by
livitup
I used one yesterday far off airport. I got 3 due to a recent IRROPS overnight, spent one on dinner for myself that night, bought dinner for the guy next to me with my second, and still had one left over when I got home. Hit up a Chik-Fil-A on the way to the house. Did a mobile order to avoid cashier confusion and it worked like a charm. The vouchers include the credit card number, expiration, CVV, and billing zip code.
The hotel I got put up at was very familiar with the vouchers; waiter gave me a piece of paper and asked me to jot down the 4 pieces of info. I used a mobile order for the Chik-Fil-A specifically to avoid trying to explain to a teenager how to manually run a CC.
The only sucky part is that the guy whose dinner I bought didn't tip, so my generosity cost me, as I made up the difference to the waitstaff.
You have to be careful with online orders. The card number can only be used once. So if it decides to do one of those "test charges" to ensure your card is real then your voucher gets used up. I suppose if you are buying something, it shouldn't do that. But if you are using an app/account and adding a card to your account for future use, there is more danger of "test charges". It's good to know the chickfila app doesnt do it. Maybe we should create a list. It's a nice solution since some merchants won't do manual transactions without a physical card because of a perceived risk of fraud.
It also helps to use all three at once if possible to reduce the amount of leftover wasted value.
It's good it has the zip code. I had a taxi voucher that didn't have one and caused some trouble but I eventually figured out to use United's zip code. I wondered about using Uber or Lyft but wasnt sure if they would do a test charge.
As for the guy that you bought dinner for, it's kind of on him for not tipping unless he wasn't planning to eat there in the first place. Did you find a homeless guy on the street and decide to treat him to dinner?