Originally Posted by
bbsearchlight
I got the Visa Balloons gift card UPC 076750459382. It rang up at $4.95 fee (even though it says $5.95 on the package) but only gave 500 points instead of the 1000 I usually get for buying a $500 gift card.
Since they are running a promo during May of 4x points, I wonder if they messed something up in coding. I guess I will have to wit until June when this promo is over and then we can see if it reverts back to the normal 1000 points.
I've bought Visa/MC gift cards at Weis occassionally since the Giant/Shell deal ended. I noticed last summer that the Weis website said these specific GCs would not earn points. But they seem to credit anyway. I've also noticed that these GCs bought in MD often only credit 1x points. I've called their customer service desk and immediately gotten the extra 500 points.
But I assume this is a mistake and they don't really want to give you points on these cards. And since they're Blackhawk, you may decide they're not worth the trouble.