Gift card purchase strategy
Oct 10, 2013 | 6:08 am
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: USA
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Gift card purchase strategy
For business reasons, I need to buy 50 gift cards (Amex or Visa) with a value of $600 per card. The amount of the card can't be changed but i could buy two cards to total $600 (say a $500 card and a $100 card). Other than simply ordering the cards from Amex, does anyone have any suggestions on a way to maximize the points I can earn on this without incurring per card purchase fees in amounts that would negate the value of the points earned?
Oct 10, 2013 | 8:26 am
#3
Join Date: Aug 2010
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On Amex's gift card website, under Consumer Gift Cards, choose Personalized cards. There you can choose a value between $25 and $3000. So you can get your $600 gift cards for just a single $3.95 fee. Even though you will only get 1x rewards, the lower fees will leave you better off.