Update 9/2/22: New code LD22
Update 8/29/22: New code B2S5
Update 8/23/22: New code SUMMERVISA (ht FM)
Update 8/15/22: New code VISASUMMER.
Update 8/15/22: The ENDOFSUMMER promo code is now showing on portals. Also, Rakuten has increased to 3%/3x now as well.
The Offer
Direct link to offer (our affiliate link)
- Giftcards.com is offering 5% discount on virtual Visa gift cards with promo code EOS5 or ENDOFSUMMER
The Fine Print
- Promo code EOS5 valid 08/11/2022 – 09/11/2022
- Valid for 5% off the purchase of up to $1500 worth of Visa Virtual Gift Accounts from Giftcards.com while supplies last. Maximum value $75.00.
- Excludes Giftcards.com for Business orders.
- Promo code EOS5 is a one-time use code and can not be combined with other offers.
Our Verdict
The terms have a stated limit of $1,500/$75, though I’m not seeing that enforced at checkout. You’ll get $12.50 discount per $250 virtual Visa card. The fees are $5.95 each.
It ends up being a $6.55 net on each card. This gets much more interesting if you can go through a portal for an additional 3% back, or $7.50 per card. Some report seeing 6% back with the Capital One Shopping app. I’m not seeing this promo code mentioned by the portals and it probably won’t track (?). If it does track, it would stack nicely with the airline shopping portal promos which are ending soon.
An additional 1.5% cash back posted to my Citi card today. Looks like the Merchant Offer did work… just took a month to post. Nice surprise
CapOne CB credited just now.
was able to buy hyatt bonus points using one of these, not a terrible liquidation method.
Bought 14k points for $235.20 ($229.03 using the discounted visa GC), so grinded cost down to 1.63 cents per point
plus
2.625% Cash Back with BOA Unlimited Cash Rewards
3.15 AA miles per dollar spent (portal CB from giftcards.com, also counts towards AA platinum status I’m pursuing purely through CC spend and shopping portals)
2.69% Cash Back Points.com (via TCB)
Have immediate use for the points. a 2 night reservation at Hyatt Place Orlando end of September was either $361 total with tax for cash rate, or 13,000 total hyatt points (6500 per night). Buying 13000 points at 1.63 cents per point equals a total out of pocket cost of $211.90 with $11.26 cash back (between credit card and TCB portal for points.com) and 668 AA miles coming back in reverse. Sure I lose out on earning hyatt points (im discoverist FWIW), but thats a great deal and a lot of extra value yielded.
Looks like all the codes are dead. Glad I hit it when I did.
Well this just MADe my day.
EOS5 ends early.
American airline aadvantage eshopping no longer tracking 3%. back to 1% 🙁
new code: LD22 (valid until Sept 5, 2022)
this confirms that 10% wont be out anytime soon…
rakuten has monthly limit of $2000. Is it a calendar month, or every 30 days?
Do these guys silently block purchases (or rather give a bogus message) when going through a CB portal?
Constantly getting the message:
‘Some of the information you entered appears to be incorrect. Please review your billing information’