Jan 2, 2017, 9:18 pm
Last edit by: Travelz
This is a new thread for 2017. The previous discussion can be found here.
READ the posts in this thread before asking questions. Many have already been answered.
10k per day limit including fees - must fill out a form (use cards as a budget tool or whatever you want to put)
Check the Simon website for locations.
VGC issued by meta for 3.95 - Count your cards before you leave the mall
When ordering online, Simon uses GCM.
READ the posts in this thread before asking questions. Many have already been answered.
10k per day limit including fees - must fill out a form (use cards as a budget tool or whatever you want to put)
Check the Simon website for locations.
VGC issued by meta for 3.95 - Count your cards before you leave the mall
When ordering online, Simon uses GCM.
Simon Mall Gift Cards(2017-2018)
Apr 10, 2017, 10:46 am
#286
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,762
Anything that gives reward in the bank's OWN currency are much higher risk than the airline miles / hotel points. This subj has been talked about periodically scattering around related threads. Those who dont believe or want to know more could go over related threads and read the DPs themselves.
Apr 10, 2017, 12:02 pm
#287
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: The World!!!
Programs: Some of them not all ...
Posts: 1,532
I have been and will keep buying around 9k everytime I go and been doing this for three years without a single shutdown. This is my usual pattern but I started slow and worked up to this doing 1-2k in the first months and then 4-5 k and been doing 9 or 9.5k each visit. My Simon malls knows me and has no issues and they have my paperwork completed for me to save time and I just sign. I do rotate my cards and I don't slam one card over and over. YMMV
To me, the simon mall merchant category only works for singing bonus and I am as cautious as possible. I do the heavy stuff at my local Kroger for the 5% cash back on the OBC. And the VGCs from both places work amazingly in the Middle of Nowhere Wally World to turn them into MOs.
Apr 11, 2017, 7:21 pm
#288
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 94
Do WM employees get in trouble if they let a GC go through. I've been very hit or miss depending on the teller some of them are extremely hostile when they ask to see the card? I just dont understand what they get out of being so strict
Apr 11, 2017, 7:32 pm
#289
Join Date: May 2015
Programs: All the programs!
Posts: 1,006
Their manager probably told them so and if they care about their job they don't want to get caught not following the "rules."
Apr 11, 2017, 8:14 pm
#290
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 161
Walked into my local Simon today. I grabbed 9 VGCs and set them on the counter with my ID and 2 credit cards. Guy working there (who I definitely have no dealt with before) simply hands me my form and starts activating them all for $500 without saying a word. (He was smiling, not being rude or anything) First thing he said to me was "how much on the first card today?" With all of the heat I've been getting my from my Vanilla sources and MO shops, that silent acknowledgement of "we both know what this is" is always appreciated. Long live Simon Malls.
Apr 11, 2017, 9:47 pm
#292
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 891
Bought 4 500$ GC from Simon Mall. Went to WM to get money-order and front desk person messed up the transaction and had to be cancelled. the funds still has not returned back to the GC, called Simon CSR and they show it pending credit, so hopefully it gets credited soon.
Any one have experience with this kind and approx. how many days it took to get credited back?
Any one have experience with this kind and approx. how many days it took to get credited back?
Apr 11, 2017, 11:20 pm
#293
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: LAX, LGB, SNA
Programs: AA EXP OWE, DL DM ST+, AS MVPG, UA, BA, WN CP, Hyatt E, Ritz Plat, HH GM
Posts: 3,185
Bought 4 500$ GC from Simon Mall. Went to WM to get money-order and front desk person messed up the transaction and had to be cancelled. the funds still has not returned back to the GC, called Simon CSR and they show it pending credit, so hopefully it gets credited soon.
Any one have experience with this kind and approx. how many days it took to get credited back?
Any one have experience with this kind and approx. how many days it took to get credited back?
Apr 12, 2017, 2:32 am
#294
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Madison, WI, USA
Posts: 14,162
I second that. It happened to me at WM yesterday -- the cashier hit the wrong button and $500 cash appeared on the display, so she canceled it. I went off to buy something, came back and bought the $2K in MOs with the same cards.
Apr 12, 2017, 2:48 am
#295
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Madison, WI, USA
Posts: 14,162
I'm back in the US for a bit and pleased that this is still working. My SM no longer has a counter, so I have to go back to the office, but everything works as before, as do all the WMs that I go to to buy MOs, so I'm building up points and miles again after depleting most of my accounts. I even got one WM back that was completely shut down for MOs when I left.
The only question is whether the CC companies have become stricter, since I will be making multiple payments on CCs this month so that I can buy more GCs. It never got me in trouble before, but my CCs have remained mostly unused for six months.
The only question is whether the CC companies have become stricter, since I will be making multiple payments on CCs this month so that I can buy more GCs. It never got me in trouble before, but my CCs have remained mostly unused for six months.
Apr 12, 2017, 5:29 am
#296
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: DUB-BOS
Programs: various
Posts: 3,690
Don't think there has been any real shift in the attitudes of the various banks in the past 6 months, so all is much as it was when you left.
Apr 12, 2017, 8:41 am
#297
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: NY
Posts: 523
I'm back in the US for a bit and pleased that this is still working. My SM no longer has a counter, so I have to go back to the office, but everything works as before, as do all the WMs that I go to to buy MOs, so I'm building up points and miles again after depleting most of my accounts. I even got one WM back that was completely shut down for MOs when I left.
The only question is whether the CC companies have become stricter, since I will be making multiple payments on CCs this month so that I can buy more GCs. It never got me in trouble before, but my CCs have remained mostly unused for six months.
The only question is whether the CC companies have become stricter, since I will be making multiple payments on CCs this month so that I can buy more GCs. It never got me in trouble before, but my CCs have remained mostly unused for six months.
Apr 12, 2017, 8:50 am
#298
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: NY
Posts: 523
Bought 4 500$ GC from Simon Mall. Went to WM to get money-order and front desk person messed up the transaction and had to be cancelled. the funds still has not returned back to the GC, called Simon CSR and they show it pending credit, so hopefully it gets credited soon.
Any one have experience with this kind and approx. how many days it took to get credited back?
Any one have experience with this kind and approx. how many days it took to get credited back?
Apr 14, 2017, 2:19 pm
#299
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 910
When ordering online, Simon uses GCM, so if you also order from GCM you may be blocked from ordering from Simon.
Apr 14, 2017, 2:40 pm
#300
Join Date: Oct 2014
Programs: All of them
Posts: 1,664
No worries, I'm sure this sunday it'll be $5 off $200, limit one per lifetime 