Sep 10, 2013, 10:33 am
Last edit by: Alcibiades
Blue Monday thanks to Cerberus
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xx/xx/15 - xx/xx/15 Promotion
Participating items must be purchased in a single transaction. Limit one(1) offer per transaction
These coupons often do not scan properly(coming up -0.01 along with a 0.01) and require override. Override is always required at SCO.
If the coupon off your next order does not print out, you can request it online here.
When redeeming the coupon, the following items are excluded in the calculation of the minimum spend requirement:
-Fluid dairy such as Milk, Half & Half, etc
-Blunts, alcohol, and smokes
-Gift cards, Lottery tickets, MoneyGram, etc
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xx/xx/15 - xx/xx/15 Promotion
Participating items must be purchased in a single transaction. Limit one(1) offer per transaction
These coupons often do not scan properly(coming up -0.01 along with a 0.01) and require override. Override is always required at SCO.
If the coupon off your next order does not print out, you can request it online here.
When redeeming the coupon, the following items are excluded in the calculation of the minimum spend requirement:
-Fluid dairy such as Milk, Half & Half, etc
-Blunts, alcohol, and smokes
-Gift cards, Lottery tickets, MoneyGram, etc
Safeway/Vons master thread(up to 2017)
Mar 14, 2014, 2:58 pm
#736
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: IAD/DCA
Programs: Bunch of mid-tiers
Posts: 1,034
Mar 14, 2014, 3:05 pm
#737
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 721
OT: anybody have a recent datapoint re Amex variable GC? Did you look on your receipt and see if you earned fuel points?
(Please note I'm not recommending anybody buy one for MS, my curiosity is for a unique non-MS scenario.)
(Please note I'm not recommending anybody buy one for MS, my curiosity is for a unique non-MS scenario.)
Mar 14, 2014, 8:18 pm
#738
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: SEA
Posts: 1,887
AMEX earned fuel points the last time I tried it.
As far as the new coupon, I was able to get it to print successfully. Went to self checkout and scanned 2 x $200 Visa GCs. Before swiping my CC I put in a small amount of change (I do this to randomize the CC charge). To my surprise the coupon spit out as soon as I deposited the change. So I hit cancel and only bought one of the $200s before swiping my CC. It struck me that next time I could test with no risk to see if buying 3 x $200 spits out 2 coupons or just 1.
As far as the new coupon, I was able to get it to print successfully. Went to self checkout and scanned 2 x $200 Visa GCs. Before swiping my CC I put in a small amount of change (I do this to randomize the CC charge). To my surprise the coupon spit out as soon as I deposited the change. So I hit cancel and only bought one of the $200s before swiping my CC. It struck me that next time I could test with no risk to see if buying 3 x $200 spits out 2 coupons or just 1.
Mar 14, 2014, 8:55 pm
#739
Join Date: May 2007
Location: DFW
Programs: WN A+, AA, HYATT DIAMOND, SPG
Posts: 1,125
AMEX earned fuel points the last time I tried it.
As far as the new coupon, I was able to get it to print successfully. Went to self checkout and scanned 2 x $200 Visa GCs. Before swiping my CC I put in a small amount of change (I do this to randomize the CC charge). To my surprise the coupon spit out as soon as I deposited the change. So I hit cancel and only bought one of the $200s before swiping my CC. It struck me that next time I could test with no risk to see if buying 3 x $200 spits out 2 coupons or just 1.
As far as the new coupon, I was able to get it to print successfully. Went to self checkout and scanned 2 x $200 Visa GCs. Before swiping my CC I put in a small amount of change (I do this to randomize the CC charge). To my surprise the coupon spit out as soon as I deposited the change. So I hit cancel and only bought one of the $200s before swiping my CC. It struck me that next time I could test with no risk to see if buying 3 x $200 spits out 2 coupons or just 1.
Are the Visa fixed GC 200s earning fuel points?
Mar 14, 2014, 9:14 pm
#740
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: SEA
Posts: 1,887
Nope, no fuel points buying the $200s.
Mar 15, 2014, 9:00 pm
#741
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 163
May not be as great a deal as buying VGC, but I'm still loving it, making $2 per $300 GC and free loads to BB (on top of CC bonus). Better than $3.95/$4.95 fee per $500 for loading VR or Vanilla GC.
Mar 15, 2014, 10:03 pm
#742
Join Date: May 2008
Programs: AA PLT 2MM
Posts: 2,026
At any rate, not really getting excited about this, especially since I still haven't seen any of the Vons I go to sell the $200 cards. I instead just bought my ReloadIt's for T-Mobile... (and quickly paid a bill).
HikerT... did you try out the $600 experiment? If it worked, I might actually put out the effort to find those $200 cards.
Mar 15, 2014, 10:42 pm
#743
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: SEA
Posts: 1,887
I tested it tonight. Scanned 3 x $200 Visa GCs at self checkout, but only one coupon printed out.
Last edited by HikerT; Mar 16, 2014 at 10:47 am
Mar 16, 2014, 7:27 pm
#744
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 163
The best way to maximize this deal is to buy a $200 and $50 GC, you will pay around $10.90 in fees ($6.95 for 200 and 4.95 for 50), so you end up making a profit of 1.6%. Added to a 2% CB CC, that's around 3.6%, not to shabby, if you shop "smartly" at Safeway.
Easy to load the $200 to BB and $50 using AP or Evolve.
Easy to load the $200 to BB and $50 using AP or Evolve.
Mar 16, 2014, 10:55 pm
#745
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 80
Expect Safeway to become a lot stingier in general now that Cerberus owns it...
Mar 16, 2014, 10:59 pm
#746
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: SEA
Posts: 1,887
How much stingier could they get? Officially you can't buy variable Visa/MC with a CC. All that's left is for them to hard code. Kroger is around every other corner so would not be a huge loss.
Mar 16, 2014, 11:25 pm
#747
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SFO/SJC
Programs: MR,UR, UA, BA, AA, Hotels
Posts: 581
Mar 16, 2014, 11:55 pm
#748
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: SEA
Posts: 1,887
No, but there is a chance Kroger could buy them: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2014/03/...g-for-safeway/
Mar 17, 2014, 1:50 am
#749
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: a hotel room, somewhere...
Posts: 962
The best way to maximize this deal is to buy a $200 and $50 GC, you will pay around $10.90 in fees ($6.95 for 200 and 4.95 for 50), so you end up making a profit of 1.6%. Added to a 2% CB CC, that's around 3.6%, not to shabby, if you shop "smartly" at Safeway.
Easy to load the $200 to BB and $50 using AP or Evolve.
Easy to load the $200 to BB and $50 using AP or Evolve.
further, using debit cards to do spend that could be done on a cc WITH points, is not efficient. sure. if you're using a 5% card and have nowhere else to liquidate- but there is always someplace to liquidate that doesn't gut other cc spend. well, except very small denomination cards like $50. they can be done, but too time/gas/energy/patience consuming. there's also a limit to how many reasonable prices you can find at safeway to get the full value out of the coupons- which expire in 2 weeks. i find the better deals are usually on junk food. i ate horribly when i was struggling to spend all those $10 coupons multiple times last year!
i try to draw the line at $200's, but will do $100's if there are no $200's (recent OM deal) or if the math gets terrible doing 200's.
Mar 17, 2014, 5:34 pm
#750
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: ATL
Programs: AA, AGR, DL, MR, WoH, UA
Posts: 951
And, certainly, I doubt that running cards through your AP account, by itself, is a problem. Particularly since I've been doing it since the beginning.