Charter One Giftcards - more options
Jun 15, 2004 | 7:28 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Washington DC
Programs: United Airlines/American Airlines
Posts: 2
Charter One Giftcards - more options
Charter One limits you to $5,000 in giftcards per month. But did you know that the $5,000 limit is per each credit card number? Address, name or SSN# do not seem to be the control used to determine when the $5,000 limit is reached.
In early May 2004, I ordered $5,000 in giftcards using my United Frequent Flyer Visa card. Then two days later I attempted to purchase another $5,000. using my American Airlines Advantage Master Card.
Both orders were accepted by Charter One with no problems. Within 15 days I had received all $10,000 in gift cards. United and AA have both credited me with 5,000 frequent flyer miles each per my June statements. 10,000 ff miles from giftcards in one month is not bad!!
In early May 2004, I ordered $5,000 in giftcards using my United Frequent Flyer Visa card. Then two days later I attempted to purchase another $5,000. using my American Airlines Advantage Master Card.
Both orders were accepted by Charter One with no problems. Within 15 days I had received all $10,000 in gift cards. United and AA have both credited me with 5,000 frequent flyer miles each per my June statements. 10,000 ff miles from giftcards in one month is not bad!!
Jun 15, 2004 | 8:55 am
#2
Join Date: Dec 2003
Programs: AA Plat Pro, United Silver, Marriott LTT, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton lowly Silver, IHG Platinum
Posts: 1,152
There are comments on this in the existing threads. I'm glad it worked for you, but most everybody else's experience is that you must use a different last name OR different address. I tried using dh's name, phone number, and cc and the order got refunded to me.
Jun 15, 2004 | 1:27 pm
#3
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: RIC
Programs: US CP, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Plat, *wood Gold, Amex Plat
Posts: 1,602
This usually does not work. I too have first hand experience with rejected transactions. Many people have posted various combinations of different SSNs/addresses/last names will bypass the restrictions.
Jun 15, 2004 | 2:29 pm
#4
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 69
I order 5k from a CC from my home address and 5k from my work address every month. I use the same name and SS#, has worked everytime. They are different CC and one has my work address as its mailing address. Just call one of you CC companies and change the address to your work address and order from there. Hopefully it will work for you too! 
Jun 17, 2004 | 7:15 pm
#7
Join Date: May 2001
Location: SAN
Programs: AA GLD 1MM, WN CP, etc. etc.
Posts: 403
Originally Posted by steve100
Yes, please let this thread die.
Jun 17, 2004 | 8:08 pm
#9
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Cambridge, MA 02138
Posts: 2,104
It would be great if there was just one place to go for info on CharterOne. Please, let's keep it to the existing threads. There is no need to splinter the discussion. Please make it easy on all of us and just keep posting on the existing threads. Thank you!