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Signing up to buy $1000 visa/mc gift cards
You can buy the $1000 cards on Simon's volume site. Their regular site only sells $500 cards.
If you're new, or haven't bought anything in a year, you need to register at https://www.simon.com/volume/register-consumer
As part of the registration process, you will have to go to a brick and mortar mall and buy at least $3000 in cards in person, as well as filling out some paperwork while there. After that, you can do everything online.
As of Nov 2020, Simon Mall Gift cards will only work for $99/swipe for money services at Walmart and many grocery chains.
$1000 gift cards are available indefinitely.
2020 Promotions
Ongoing: FREEGROUND - Free Ground Shipping on any order size. Limited to 5 orders per customer. Expires December 31, 2020 (subject to change).
5/15-6/17: MDHOL20 - 20% off Visa Giftcard Purchase Fees + Free Ground Shipping on orders of 9 more cards
5/15/5/31: MAYGROUND - Free UPS Ground shipping on orders of 7 or more cards
5/15-6/31: MAY20VG10 - 10% off purchase fees on Visa Giftcards
6/29-7/20: JUL4HOL20 - 20% off Visa Giftcard Purchase Fees + Free Ground Shipping on orders of 5 or more cards. If you select a shipping other than Ground - the code will still take 20% off the purchase fees. Limited to 10 orders per customer.
8/11-8/31: AUG20PR - 15% off ALL fees (excl. shipping fees) on orders of 5 or more cards. Limited to 10 orders per customer (Originally expired on 8/23; on 8/24 promo was extended through 8/31)
10/12-10/14: FSOCT20 - 30% off all purchase fees on Visas and Mastercards.
10/26-10/31 - FS20SCARY - 35% off all purchase fees
11/1-11/30 - HOL20MC25 - 25% off all purchase fees on MasterCard / HOL20VG25 - 25% off all purchase fees on Visa / HOL20AG50 50% off all purchase fees on American Express
11/6-11/8 - FS20THANKS - 35% off all purchase fees
11/16-11/18 - FS20SAVINGS - 35% off all purchase fees
You can buy the $1000 cards on Simon's volume site. Their regular site only sells $500 cards.
If you're new, or haven't bought anything in a year, you need to register at https://www.simon.com/volume/register-consumer
As part of the registration process, you will have to go to a brick and mortar mall and buy at least $3000 in cards in person, as well as filling out some paperwork while there. After that, you can do everything online.
As of Nov 2020, Simon Mall Gift cards will only work for $99/swipe for money services at Walmart and many grocery chains.
$1000 gift cards are available indefinitely.
2020 Promotions
Ongoing: FREEGROUND - Free Ground Shipping on any order size. Limited to 5 orders per customer. Expires December 31, 2020 (subject to change).
5/15-6/17: MDHOL20 - 20% off Visa Giftcard Purchase Fees + Free Ground Shipping on orders of 9 more cards
5/15/5/31: MAYGROUND - Free UPS Ground shipping on orders of 7 or more cards
5/15-6/31: MAY20VG10 - 10% off purchase fees on Visa Giftcards
6/29-7/20: JUL4HOL20 - 20% off Visa Giftcard Purchase Fees + Free Ground Shipping on orders of 5 or more cards. If you select a shipping other than Ground - the code will still take 20% off the purchase fees. Limited to 10 orders per customer.
8/11-8/31: AUG20PR - 15% off ALL fees (excl. shipping fees) on orders of 5 or more cards. Limited to 10 orders per customer (Originally expired on 8/23; on 8/24 promo was extended through 8/31)
10/12-10/14: FSOCT20 - 30% off all purchase fees on Visas and Mastercards.
10/26-10/31 - FS20SCARY - 35% off all purchase fees
11/1-11/30 - HOL20MC25 - 25% off all purchase fees on MasterCard / HOL20VG25 - 25% off all purchase fees on Visa / HOL20AG50 50% off all purchase fees on American Express
11/6-11/8 - FS20THANKS - 35% off all purchase fees
11/16-11/18 - FS20SAVINGS - 35% off all purchase fees
Simon Mall Gift Cards (2019-2023)
#1591
Join Date: Apr 2020
Posts: 235
My naughty card that didn't work after 3 swipes was also 4551. But had 13 other cards purchased in the same batch, also 4551, that worked fine from Tues-Thurs this week.
#1592
Join Date: Sep 2015
Programs: SPG Plat, SWA Companion Pass, United Silver
Posts: 186
I know this is the SM thread, but since we’re also talking about Metas, anyone have any issues with DE, GE, or SE cards from ODOM. I don’t have any to check the BIN, but I might go buy one tomorrow to see if they’re being problematic as well.
#1593
Join Date: Oct 2014
Programs: All of them
Posts: 1,664
DE worked for me today, 4912 7751.... series, from 2 weeks ago.
#1594
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 483
There is now a swipe limit. I bought a 1K MO at WM with $250 swipes from my Simon card. The limit is less than $500 because $500 did not work. Sucks
#1595
Join Date: Nov 2020
Posts: 2
They know it’s MO and they don’t like it
I am counting it as good news that there seems to be errors when checking the balance of Meta's. Hopefully this is the cause of all of the errors and something that seems like would be fixed. Nonetheless I guess I won't be placing any more orders until this gets cleared up.
#1597
Join Date: May 2019
Programs: AAdvantage
Posts: 25
The Simon volume website has card balance check feature and it errors out 40% of the time when I click on the "Balance" button for individual card balance.
Someone from Simon side has to crack it down.
Someone from Simon side has to crack it down.
#1598
Join Date: Apr 2020
Posts: 235
I don't think the balance check has anything to do with it. I had this issue on cards bought in person
#1599
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: Continental Onepass, Hilton, Marriott, USAir and now UA
Posts: 6,447
Are you saying that if you have a $1000 VGC and try to buy a $999.00 MO from WM that you have to swipe it 4 times to make it work?
IOWs, one swipe fails, 4 swipes of $250/swipe succeeds? That would now start to make sense to me. Perhaps WM has placed a "unload limit" on these cards. This would replicate the One Vanilla card that has a $49.99 limit on it. I would not experience it because my swipes are <$250 (or whatever the limit supposedly is).
Of course this is only rank speculation, so please don't take it as fact
#1600
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 90
has anyone gotten the 1k cards to work with once swipe yesterday 11-6 or today 11-7?
#1601
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 483
$500 swipes did not work, but $250 worked with a 1K meta card. Someone should try 499.99. I can't try it today.
#1602
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 90
Just got back. Used 3 Office Depot 300 metas on a 900 MO. Each worked on first swipe
#1604
Join Date: Oct 2014
Programs: All of them
Posts: 1,664
I posted this in MO thread, but FYI $400 swipe works with Simon in-store bought cards for MO. Haven't tried any other types of cards or Billpay.
#1605
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: ANC
Programs: AS, UA, IHG, HH,
Posts: 171
$999.12 worked at WMT neighborhood
$999.12 did NOT work at WMT
$250 worked at Kroger
$375 worked at Kroger
all with sm volume
$999.12 did NOT work at WMT
$250 worked at Kroger
$375 worked at Kroger
all with sm volume