Originally Posted by
TropicalTripper
I don't know if it's a permanent, but now I'm only seeing a max value of $100 on the Visa eGift card (which is compatible with Apple Pay). With GC.com going to 2-miles per dollar today I was going to pick up a couple of these cards since my previous batch is nearly depleted. They were worth it even at the extra $1 per card for the digital wallet option. I used them a lot at Costco. What a bummer.
Interesting. Seems like they have been slowly nerfing this card. First they removed the 1% e-money bonus, then they increased the fee, and now they have reduced the max purchase amount to dramatically raise the fee as a % of purchase. I can only presume that the virtual visa gc's make them more money.
I've started buying the virtual Visa version anyway to save the dollar per card but would have considered an egift version everyone now and then for ApplePay purposes. I can't imagine anyone is paying $6.95 for a $100 egift card (just like I can't imagine anyone is paying $5.95 for a $75 GoC gift card, but I digress).
I feel like it is just a matter of time before this whole scheme of buying cash-equivalent gc's to earn miles gets watered down to the point it isn't worth pursuing. I am hanging in at 2x, but just barely.