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Old Jun 28, 2014, 2:30 pm
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If you buy GCs when they are not on promotion, you get no gas points. Zero, Zero, Zero. NOT 1X.

Current GC Promotion: None (so you will get zero gas points for buying Amex, Visa, or MC gift cards)

Stop & Shop (S&S) and Giant Food Stores (Giant) offer points for purchases which can be redeemed for discounts off gas purchases at select gas stations. The rules are different depending on whether you shop at S&S or Giant and within the Giant chain, the rules vary by your location.

Feel free to update this Wiki or suggest improvements. The goal is to help all of us spend less on gas!

S&S Gas Rewards website

Giant Gas Rewards website

IMPORTANT: Giant Food Stores, LLC and Giant of Maryland, LLC are different chains and the rules are different for redemption! For a great explanation of why they are different read Post #839.

Current S&S promo: none

Current Giant (PA) promo: 2X points on AMEX ends 12/10

Current Giant (NoVA, DC, MD) promo: none

Past S&S promos (will help track the cycle of when these bonuses start and end):
6/20/14 - 7/10/14 4x for VGC purchase

Past Giant (PA) promos (will help track the cycle of when these bonuses start and end):
6/22/14 - 7/12/14 4x for VGC purchase
6/07/15 - 6/13/15 3x for VGC purchase
7/5/15 - 7/11/15 2x for VGC purchase
8/2/15 - 8/8/15 2x for VGC purchase
10/16/15 - 10/22/15 2x for VGC purchase
12/4/15 - 12/10/15 2x for AMEX GC purchase

Past Giant (NoVA, DC, MD) promos (will help track the cycle of when these bonuses start and end):
6/20/14 - 7/10/14 4x for VGC purchase
12/4/15 - 12/10/15 2x for AMEX GC purchase

FAQs

You need to obtain a Rewards card at the Customer Service desk before you can start getting gas rewards.

Cards that work are listed in the current circular. They do change occasionally. VISA and MC from Metabank or US Bank for $20-$500 (plus $5.95 fee) work. For GCs, if it meets the previous requirements, the packaging (blue, silver, birthday cake, etc.) doesn't matter! Check the issuing bank.

S&S and Giant (NoVA, DC, MD) allows you to redeem gas points only up to $2.20/gallon and points expire after 30 days. Giant PA can redeem full amount.

Points earned in one program cannot be used in another program, BUT there are reports that you can call Customer Service and x-fer points to the other programs. See post #512

S&S allows you to fill up more than once per day.

Giant may ask for your name and driver's license to write in a book if you make a certain level of purchases. Some stores it is for >$2k and some for $5k. YMMV.

You can access your Giant Gas Rewards online using the link at the top of the thread.

Most people report they can buy a single $500 MC or VISA at any register without an issue. Generally, if you spend more than $1,000 a manager will be required to come over to the register with a key. It's not been reported that this is an issue, just to be aware if the register is busy. You can go checkout at Customer Service to avoid this hassle.

Giant Eagle (Pittsburgh area) is not the same as Giant Food Stores and this deal doesn't work.

If you have more points than are required for your redemption they will remain in your account until they expire. i.e. If you have 10,000 points and you redeem 2,200 for a fillup, you will have 7,800 points left in your account.

If your bonus card is not scanned with your gift card purchase because of a system or cashier mistake, you can get the points manually added at the cust. svc desk at your local store. Show your receipt, and the employee may need reference to the gift card promo in the Giant sales flyer. It generally takes manually added points 24 hrs to post to your account.
[*]How do gas rewards work when gas is less than $2.20 (based on NoVA Shell stations)?

Giant deducts 2200 points from your account (usually) wishing 24 hours of your gas purchase. In the next 24-48 hours, Giant credits your account for the different between the actual gas price reduction and the 2209 points. Example: 1.999 gas has recently required (late Dec 2015/Jan 2016) paying $0.019 per gallon. Giant deducts 2200 points and then credits 220 ( 2.20 - 1.98; gas price adjusts down to account for the price you paid). The credited points get a new 30 days from starting in the credit date. This has been the case at three different Shell stations in NoVA using inside and pay at the pump. YMMV.
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Old Sep 10, 2015, 8:36 am
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When are they going to bring back bonus points on VGCs or MCGCs???
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Old Sep 10, 2015, 8:44 am
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Originally Posted by googs185
When are they going to bring back bonus points on VGCs or MCGCs???
After the gas issues they have had, I wouldn't be surprised if we don't see another promotion for a few more months.
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Old Sep 10, 2015, 9:21 am
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Originally Posted by googs185
When are they going to bring back bonus points on VGCs or MCGCs???
Last year after the July promotion, it wasn't till October before they had another promotion on VGCs and MCGCs..
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Old Sep 10, 2015, 10:58 am
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Originally Posted by gregoryfo
I thought I had read that you can use gamestop gift cards to purchase amazon gift cards at gamestop. If it turns out to be 5X gas rewards might be worth the trouble.
Is there any more datapoint on if Gamestop GCs can be converted to Amazon?
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Old Sep 10, 2015, 12:28 pm
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Originally Posted by avagyan
Is there any more datapoint on if Gamestop GCs can be converted to Amazon?
Well, searching around, there's a slickdeals forum where they talk about this. Gamestop shows an amazon kindle gift card available. On the forum, many replies confirm that it's just an amazon gc.
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Old Sep 10, 2015, 2:03 pm
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Originally Posted by Car Jack
Well, searching around, there's a slickdeals forum where they talk about this. Gamestop shows an amazon kindle gift card available. On the forum, many replies confirm that it's just an amazon gc.
Amazon gift cards are Amazon gift cards. It doesn't matter whether they say Kindle, or Electronics, or whatever other theme may have on the front, they all work for anything purchased on Amazon, at least in my experience.
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Old Sep 10, 2015, 3:11 pm
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Originally Posted by Car Jack
Well, searching around, there's a slickdeals forum where they talk about this. Gamestop shows an amazon kindle gift card available. On the forum, many replies confirm that it's just an amazon gc.
Originally Posted by AAmlgm8r
Amazon gift cards are Amazon gift cards. It doesn't matter whether they say Kindle, or Electronics, or whatever other theme may have on the front, they all work for anything purchased on Amazon, at least in my experience.
That's right Kindle GCs are amazon GCs, I've churned many at Bestbuy, Toys-r-us and Staples when it was available/allowed, but the question is if Gamestop really allows that. My Sears/Staples doesn't (not hard codded) and Bestbuy and Toys-r-us stopped carrying them. Lowe's is hard codded not to accept GC for any other GC purchase
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Old Sep 10, 2015, 4:51 pm
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Originally Posted by avagyan
That's right Kindle GCs are amazon GCs, I've churned many at Bestbuy, Toys-r-us and Staples when it was available/allowed, but the question is if Gamestop really allows that. My Sears/Staples doesn't (not hard codded) and Bestbuy and Toys-r-us stopped carrying them. Lowe's is hard codded not to accept GC for any other GC purchase
They did about 6 months ago at my location.
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Old Sep 11, 2015, 11:37 am
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Yet another reason I like FT. Bought a $25 gamestop card at lunch and went across the street to gamestop and used it for an amazon fire card. Got back to the office and it's added into my amazon account. Would not have known this (I don't go to gamestop) without FT. Off to buy $300 more tonight.
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Old Sep 12, 2015, 5:30 am
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Have bought Amazon GC's using Gamestop GC's at multiple Gamestop locations many many times as recently as last night. Never had any issues. I don't even think its YMMV, only possible YMMV is if you don't find Amazon GC's at your Gamestop..I don't think you'll have any issues buying if you find them though
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Old Sep 13, 2015, 6:44 pm
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Anyone buy multiple Gamestop GCs in the ssame transaction? Is it 50c per GC or per transaction? Thanks!
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Old Sep 14, 2015, 4:29 pm
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Originally Posted by neony77
Anyone buy multiple Gamestop GCs in the ssame transaction? Is it 50c per GC or per transaction? Thanks!
They have variables from some random low number (seen $15, seen $20) up to $500. I bought one for $100. Also bought 4 $25's. If you buy a $25, that's 125 points (12.5 cents) aka 4 X $25 gets you 50 cents off.

Another nice bonus. Gamestop has other usable gcs. I was going to eat with my son and so got a $20 burger king gc with a $25 gamestop. They gave me the extra $5 in cash.
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Old Sep 16, 2015, 10:23 am
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Best Buy and Old Navy next week. Can you buy GC with GC at BB?
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Old Sep 16, 2015, 10:28 am
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Originally Posted by zoob27
Best Buy and Old Navy next week. Can you buy GC with GC at BB?
you can buy any GC that Best Buy sells EXCEPT VGC.
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Old Sep 16, 2015, 10:52 am
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Originally Posted by hokiegl
you can buy any GC that Best Buy sells EXCEPT VGC.
YMMV, they wouldn't sell me any GC at my BB, even their own (wanted to combine few to one), even VGC they didn't allow me to purchase more than 2 (w/ my Amex offers). And they've stopped carrying Kindle GCs.
The consensus is that Gamestop allows buying Amazon GCs so you'd be better doing that instead
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