Simon mall gift card(2014-2015)
Dec 4, 2014, 8:37 pm
#781
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 3,500
Just curious as of lately if the Amex GC thing for buying Simon GCs still working or is allowed? Just curious if personalized AGCs would make any difference. You can PM me with response.
Dec 5, 2014, 6:10 am
#782
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 156
New gc are issued by metabank. Do we need to call to set the pin or can be used like meta bank gc available in grocery store?
Dec 5, 2014, 7:57 am
#785
Join Date: May 2014
Location: GSP
Posts: 129
best practices: always set a pin if you are not using the cards immediately
Dec 5, 2014, 8:26 am
#786
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Madison, WI, USA
Posts: 14,162
Dec 5, 2014, 2:38 pm
#787
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 116
What a mess. I bought $4k the other day and only found out back home that the cashier sold me Amex GCs vs. Visa ones. What can I do? Anyone has any idea about changing these?
Dec 5, 2014, 2:53 pm
#788
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,740
Nor you did not check the card numbers on your receipt?!
I cannot believe people would not verify the gift card numbers on the receipt before they walk away.
You may not have recourse because those sales are final.
Dec 5, 2014, 3:00 pm
#789
Join Date: May 2001
Location: San Diego, CA. US
Programs: UA 1p HH gold
Posts: 258
It happened to me once. I took the amex cards back and asked the girl if there was anything she could do. With her manager's approval, she used the amex GC I bought earlier in the day to purchase a set of Visa GC and waived all processing for me. Very nice service indeed.
Dec 5, 2014, 6:21 pm
#790
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 116
It happened to me once. I took the amex cards back and asked the girl if there was anything she could do. With her manager's approval, she used the amex GC I bought earlier in the day to purchase a set of Visa GC and waived all processing for me. Very nice service indeed.
The cashier put the cards in the visa envelopes and I just assumed that they must be... Lesson learned. Will double check next time.
Dec 5, 2014, 9:31 pm
#791
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 377
One more datapoint on how everything varies by the specific mall. I once was at Arundel Mills in MD and purchased two $500 cards with a real credit card (not an Amex GC) -- had to fill out the form, plus the woman had to call some manager type guy to approve the sale. And it took that manager type guy about 10 mins to arrive. Both employees scrutinized my form, as well as the credit card and my drivers license, very carefully.
Dec 5, 2014, 9:38 pm
#792
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 467
Anyone know what the best rate to purchase to prevent getting blacklisted etc? (Tysons, VA if anyone has experience there)
Dec 5, 2014, 10:02 pm
#793
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Indianapolis
Programs: Hilton-Diamond Lifetime Platinum AA UA, WN-CP, SPG Gold.
Posts: 7,377
Fill out the form, and walk out with the cards....
Give them their moment of fame...
All you want is the cards, next time will be easy...
Give them their moment of fame...
All you want is the cards, next time will be easy...
Dec 5, 2014, 10:27 pm
#794
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 156
Data point, one txn per day. No split payments. max <3k with no paper work. max 10k with paper work.
Dec 6, 2014, 12:36 pm
#795
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: ORD, LAS
Programs: AA-EXP, BAEC Silver, Hyatt-Globalist, Hilton-gold, SPG-gold
Posts: 855