Merchant Gift Cards and Exchange rates
Nov 19, 2016, 4:36 pm
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Merchant Gift Cards and Exchange rates
I have been considering buying merchant gift cards to fulfill minimum spending requirements. Some programs (Burger King Crown Club) allow for GCs to be purchased and used both in the US and Canada.
Would the BK merchant gift cards purchased in Canada (at favorable CAD/USD rates) be redeemable at US locations at USD rates? I cannot find any information or reported experiences doing this. I was just in Montreal and didn't think to purchase a Crown Card to test this out.
My one DP on this is that I used a US Starbucks merchant GC to purchase a coffee in Vancouver late last year. The USD balanced was reduced by the amount of the coffee in CAD. Unless I am mistaken there was no conversion applied to the balance reduction.
Would the BK merchant gift cards purchased in Canada (at favorable CAD/USD rates) be redeemable at US locations at USD rates? I cannot find any information or reported experiences doing this. I was just in Montreal and didn't think to purchase a Crown Card to test this out.
My one DP on this is that I used a US Starbucks merchant GC to purchase a coffee in Vancouver late last year. The USD balanced was reduced by the amount of the coffee in CAD. Unless I am mistaken there was no conversion applied to the balance reduction.
Nov 19, 2016, 4:53 pm
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e.g. Spending $3 USD at a US-Starbucks will reduce the Canadian-GC-balance by $4.