Jan 1, 2018, 11:00 am
Last edit by: Klemhuzzah
This is the thread for 2018. The previous discussion can be found here.
Giftcards.com (and giftcardmall) now limit Visa loads to $250. No more $500 cards, Change happened sometime in 2020.
Check cash back portals to help cover the fees. Around the holidays there is usually free shipping. http://www.cashbackmonitor.com/cashback-store/giftcards.com/
Limit 5k/ every 48 hours (2 orders under 2.5k including the fees). However, system will reportedly "error out" if more than two orders are attempted within two days.
Cards must be activated before use. Orders usually arrive in 5-7 days.
Select the free letter on the left instead of paying for a card on the right of the screen to save money.
Warning: Orders can be lost or stolen. Call to have them reissued.
Giftcards.com (and giftcardmall) now limit Visa loads to $250. No more $500 cards, Change happened sometime in 2020.
Check cash back portals to help cover the fees. Around the holidays there is usually free shipping. http://www.cashbackmonitor.com/cashback-store/giftcards.com/
Limit 5k/ every 48 hours (2 orders under 2.5k including the fees). However, system will reportedly "error out" if more than two orders are attempted within two days.
Cards must be activated before use. Orders usually arrive in 5-7 days.
Select the free letter on the left instead of paying for a card on the right of the screen to save money.
Warning: Orders can be lost or stolen. Call to have them reissued.
giftcards.com master thread (2018 onwards)
Jan 13, 2019, 6:57 pm
#841
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: LAX/SFO
Programs: AS 100k, BA GGL, UA 1k, DL DM, AC SE, B6 Mosaic4, Hyatt/Hilton/Wyndham/IHG Diamond, Marriot Ti
Posts: 1,236
A glitch like that wasn't caught due to volume from 10 more people here joining in, it was just a matter of time before periodic book-keeping and auditing at GCC. Not like 100 HHs can fly under the radar with 50-100k per month volume. I'm sure many other people outside of this thread, who were doing even legitimate buying, accidentally tripped it and got extra $$.
So now that it's dead, feel free to share the details. Was this really a reproducible trick or just random luck and a bunch of people blindly stumbling about and reporting what works to one another?
So now that it's dead, feel free to share the details. Was this really a reproducible trick or just random luck and a bunch of people blindly stumbling about and reporting what works to one another?
Jan 13, 2019, 7:29 pm
#842
Join Date: Oct 2014
Programs: All of them
Posts: 1,664
It wasn't just 10 more people, it was likely well over 100. The reach FT has is much further than the ones who comment. In fact, the ones commenting on FT are generally not the HHs. There were multiple forums, telegram channels, discord channels, slack channels and a whatsapp group all taking advantage of it. It would be naive to think only the 10 active commenters here were the ones benefiting.
If you deal in enough secretive forums and hundreds of people are involved, I'm sure many of those have blogs or are connected to major bloggers, so any secret would have been exposed by now.
If that's the way you want to play this, then don't bother posting anything here at all unless it's obvious major news (like cashback on portals going up/down). That's why FT has become kind of a joke for any MS tricks lately.
Jan 13, 2019, 7:40 pm
#843
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 745
I think you didn't read my comment, that's exactly what I meant...the HH on private forums themselves killed it. Exposing it to a few more casual users wouldn't have made much of a difference. That's exactly what I said.
If you deal in enough secretive forums and hundreds of people are involved, I'm sure many of those have blogs or are connected to major bloggers, so any secret would have been exposed by now.
If that's the way you want to play this, then don't bother posting anything here at all unless it's obvious major news (like cashback on portals going up/down). That's why FT has become kind of a joke for any MS tricks lately.
If you deal in enough secretive forums and hundreds of people are involved, I'm sure many of those have blogs or are connected to major bloggers, so any secret would have been exposed by now.
If that's the way you want to play this, then don't bother posting anything here at all unless it's obvious major news (like cashback on portals going up/down). That's why FT has become kind of a joke for any MS tricks lately.
Jan 14, 2019, 7:38 am
#845
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: LAX/SFO
Programs: AS 100k, BA GGL, UA 1k, DL DM, AC SE, B6 Mosaic4, Hyatt/Hilton/Wyndham/IHG Diamond, Marriot Ti
Posts: 1,236
I think you didn't read my comment, that's exactly what I meant...the HH on private forums themselves killed it. Exposing it to a few more casual users wouldn't have made much of a difference. That's exactly what I said.
If you deal in enough secretive forums and hundreds of people are involved, I'm sure many of those have blogs or are connected to major bloggers, so any secret would have been exposed by now.
If that's the way you want to play this, then don't bother posting anything here at all unless it's obvious major news (like cashback on portals going up/down). That's why FT has become kind of a joke for any MS tricks lately.
If you deal in enough secretive forums and hundreds of people are involved, I'm sure many of those have blogs or are connected to major bloggers, so any secret would have been exposed by now.
If that's the way you want to play this, then don't bother posting anything here at all unless it's obvious major news (like cashback on portals going up/down). That's why FT has become kind of a joke for any MS tricks lately.
Jan 14, 2019, 11:22 am
#847
Join Date: May 2017
Programs: Diners Club
Posts: 35
Jan 14, 2019, 11:50 am
#848
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 5
Jan 14, 2019, 11:54 am
#849
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 78
Yes, would be nice to know how the working designs were figured out...brute force mass reporting or by the design number in the URL?
You see....we learned something today, no matter how much you hide a deal, if it's lucrative enough it'll die fast anyway. May as well share in the spirit of the community. This thread is too niche of a circle to make a difference, not like it's circles and arrows blog and everyone's grandma and dog will get in on it.
You see....we learned something today, no matter how much you hide a deal, if it's lucrative enough it'll die fast anyway. May as well share in the spirit of the community. This thread is too niche of a circle to make a difference, not like it's circles and arrows blog and everyone's grandma and dog will get in on it.
Last edited by Ultraboost; Oct 25, 2020 at 2:27 pm
Jan 14, 2019, 12:52 pm
#850
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: LAX/SFO
Programs: AS 100k, BA GGL, UA 1k, DL DM, AC SE, B6 Mosaic4, Hyatt/Hilton/Wyndham/IHG Diamond, Marriot Ti
Posts: 1,236
I found it interesting that a lot of the same people pleading with me to delete posts, or complaining that I bumped a thread they wanted buried, also asked me to spoonfeed them. I've learned that generally, whether someone thinks I've shared too little or too much depends on if they've gotten in on the deal yet. There's a rush to shut the door behind them. I don't think that view is healthy for this forum, community, or hobby. This is the last I'll comment on the topic. I'll take what I've learned and fine tune how I share information here in the future.
Jan 14, 2019, 5:24 pm
#851
Join Date: Oct 2014
Programs: All of them
Posts: 1,664
I found it interesting that a lot of the same people pleading with me to delete posts, or complaining that I bumped a thread they wanted buried, also asked me to spoonfeed them. I've learned that generally, whether someone thinks I've shared too little or too much depends on if they've gotten in on the deal yet. There's a rush to shut the door behind them. I don't think that view is healthy for this forum, community, or hobby. This is the last I'll comment on the topic. I'll take what I've learned and fine tune how I share information here in the future.
Jan 15, 2019, 9:13 am
#852
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 369
I barely participate on this thread. All I asked is now that it's supposedly dead, please enlighten us to the more detailed methods of what went down. No one is asking for spoonfeeding when the deal is going, i could have figured it out myself after some trial and error. This isn't rocket surgery. I'm just curious if it was pure dumb luck, or something consistent that I can learn from.
Jan 18, 2019, 5:41 am
#854
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 3
With MC now 1% like Visa, is there a benefit from one over the other? I've been getting MC this whole time becasue Math but was wondering if Visa had any added bonus that I am unaware about? Thanks
Jan 18, 2019, 7:38 am
#855
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 305
