Raise.com through portals....what am I missing....
Jun 28, 2018, 7:08 pm
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: SAN
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Raise.com through portals....what am I missing....
I have been buying cards through Raise for many months to help with my MS spend. It was suggested I use portals to get extra points. But there looks to be language saying gift cards don’t count in getting portal miles.
Raise entire business is gift cards?!?
If you can’t get miles from gift card purchases from any of the portals, why have Raise as a purchase option?
Here is the language from the BA portal site:
No rewards are given on gift card transactions when the sale is lower than $20 and when a single purchase is over $1000 or when a unique buyer has reached $1,000 of their expenditure revenue at Raise.com.
No rewards given for Gift Card Listings.
Raise entire business is gift cards?!?
If you can’t get miles from gift card purchases from any of the portals, why have Raise as a purchase option?
Here is the language from the BA portal site:
Raise.com
Raise is a C2C marketplace for buying and selling gift cards online! It's free to join, and consumers can either buy discounted gift cards or sell their gift cards in exchange for cash. Our marketplace offers discount gift cards from thousands of popular brands and restaurants such as Macy's, The Home Depot and Starbucks. Sellers can choose how they want to price their gift cards, enabling buyers to purchase at a discount.Purchase Conditions
No rewards when purchasing gift cards for the following retailers: Target, Sears, Starbucks, Walmart, Amazon, Nordstrom, Staples, Best Buy, Bloomingdale's, Hyatt, iTunes, Lowe's and Home Depot and Macys.No rewards are given on gift card transactions when the sale is lower than $20 and when a single purchase is over $1000 or when a unique buyer has reached $1,000 of their expenditure revenue at Raise.com.
No rewards given for Gift Card Listings.
Jun 29, 2018, 5:49 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 164
What don't you understand? You get miles for buying gift cards on Raise except selected brands. If you buy less than $20 or more than $1000 in a purchase you don't get miles or if your account has purchased over $1000 you don't get miles.
You get no miles for listing a card for sale.
You get no miles for listing a card for sale.
Jun 30, 2018, 5:52 pm
#4
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 369
I have been buying cards through Raise for many months to help with my MS spend. It was suggested I use portals to get extra points. But there looks to be language saying gift cards don’t count in getting portal miles.
Raise entire business is gift cards?!?
If you can’t get miles from gift card purchases from any of the portals, why have Raise as a purchase option?
Here is the language from the BA portal site:
No rewards are given on gift card transactions when the sale is lower than $20 and when a single purchase is over $1000 or when a unique buyer has reached $1,000 of their expenditure revenue at Raise.com.
No rewards given for Gift Card Listings.
Raise entire business is gift cards?!?
If you can’t get miles from gift card purchases from any of the portals, why have Raise as a purchase option?
Here is the language from the BA portal site:
Raise.com
Raise is a C2C marketplace for buying and selling gift cards online! It's free to join, and consumers can either buy discounted gift cards or sell their gift cards in exchange for cash. Our marketplace offers discount gift cards from thousands of popular brands and restaurants such as Macy's, The Home Depot and Starbucks. Sellers can choose how they want to price their gift cards, enabling buyers to purchase at a discount.Purchase Conditions
No rewards when purchasing gift cards for the following retailers: Target, Sears, Starbucks, Walmart, Amazon, Nordstrom, Staples, Best Buy, Bloomingdale's, Hyatt, iTunes, Lowe's and Home Depot and Macys.No rewards are given on gift card transactions when the sale is lower than $20 and when a single purchase is over $1000 or when a unique buyer has reached $1,000 of their expenditure revenue at Raise.com.
No rewards given for Gift Card Listings.
Jul 6, 2018, 7:56 pm
#6
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: MSP
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Posts: 2,538
I think it might be for the first $1000 in total portal purchases rather than $1000 per raise account. Well over that limit and realized that Amtrak had a nice rate so tried it and succeeded.
Aug 30, 2018, 12:54 pm
#8
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,535
Some portals such as eBates and either Topcashback or befrugal will give you additional cash back when you purchase gift cards from raise.com. I think eBates limits to the $1,000 lifetime, can't remember. But you get 1% plus another 3% if you use the eBates Visa GC. But if you're using these for MS, not sure which credit card companies (other than Amex) strictly forbid GC purchases (and Amex gets level 3 data or whatever it is).
So YMMV
So YMMV
Aug 31, 2018, 12:44 pm
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Some portals such as eBates and either Topcashback or befrugal will give you additional cash back when you purchase gift cards from raise.com. I think eBates limits to the $1,000 lifetime, can't remember. But you get 1% plus another 3% if you use the eBates Visa GC. But if you're using these for MS, not sure which credit card companies (other than Amex) strictly forbid GC purchases (and Amex gets level 3 data or whatever it is).
So YMMV
So YMMV