Citi Offers: Get 10% Back At CVS (On Up To $250 In Spend)

Update 1/8/25: Available again (ht dentchurn)

Update 11/18/24: Available again.

The Offer

  • Check your Citi Offers for 10% back at the CVS. Works on up to $250 in spend. Limit to one use, valid until October 31, 2024

Our Verdict

Good for personal use.

Hat tip to DDG
    William Charles
  • On January 8, 2025, 17:40
Tags: citi offerscvs

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    • Gift cards on cvs.com seem to go to a different site, cashstar or thegiftcardshop. I doubt it'll count for TCB.

      • @guest_2010594 Dope! You're right. Thank you.

        I just went through the motions of checking out my cart and it was a cvs.thegiftcardshop.com site.

  • Provided you setup a PIN before making the purchase, you can purchase a money order at Publix for a cost of 99 cents using a MasterCard GC.

  • Is it possible to register and then lock an in-store purchased VGC to prevent theft?

      • Thanks, @guest_1993614. I don't know why I bought this thing; never again. I learned that you're absolutely right about it barely working online... it's now been refused by two different bills when I tried to make payment. Ugggh.

        • The only places I can recall successfully using them online is Amazon and for medical/vet bills. But they do generally work ok in person, you probably got 10%ish cashback on it and can now just substitute it in for groceries or whatever general spend you would normally earn less than 10% on. It's no biggie.

          The real best way to use them is to load them back into a bank account for slightly less than the full amount (Discover or the Amex one...Serve?). But if you don't have that ready it's not much use I suppose.

          They will (probably) add back in the registering feature someday as they are the most ubiquitous gift cards around and it's a frequent complaint. I can only imagine they are like that due to it cutting down on fraud problems.

          • Thanks, @guest_1995215. Although I get a huge thrill out of most parts of churning, I don't think I'm cut out for this part of the game. The worry about funds being stolen really got to me, and I don't have that much available spend (bills).

            I think I got more than 10% back on this card: 6% back from Citi Custom Cash (they offered me an extra 1% cashback this quarter, plus the 5% for drugstore highest category), then the 10% for CVS.

            Received: $500.
            Spent out-of-pocket: $507.95 - 30.48 - 50.00 = 427.47.
            427.47/500.00 = 85.5%, so ~14.5% discount if I did the math right.

            But I gave up 5% cashback on T-Mobile home internet payments:
            $500 * .05 = $25. Ugh.

            I need to get better at this part of the game if I'm going to keep playing. 😁

            If they would add a registration feature, which would subsequently allow it to be accepted at more vendors, that would be a game-changer.

          • Ha! Top category is topped at $500/mo. So I won't even get 5% cashback on the whole $507.95. So many ways to get tripped up.

          • It doesn't matter - I'm not worried about forty cents - and I did realize that could be done because I saw someone comment something like that a few days ago, but it's just funny to me how many nuances there are to getting this game exactly right.

          • You've had success with which processor? I initially bought mine to pay my state taxes (ACI-powered) and that's where I ran into the first issue of not having the ability to register with name and address. I didn't try with fed taxes but would be interested to know which processor works for the future.

          • Sorry, I was mistaken. I thought that it was Vanillas that I used to make tax payments but it was some Pathward cards from Kroger. I have been able to pay my garbage service bill online with GFL and my Dish Network satellite bill with Vanillas recently. I also am able to use them to buy money orders at Walmart.

          • It's ok. I finally used the whole enchilada on T-Mobile Home Internet. I've prepaid 10 months, LOL. Good to know about Walmart MO in case there is a next-time.

          • That's good. Off Topic, but how do you like the TMobile Home Internet? I have Verizon Home Internet and am satisfied with it, but can't pay with credit card.

          • I LOVE it! So far, I could not be happier - but I only activated on January 3. I had been with AT&T for 20+ years (AT&T DSL/UVerse, as AT&T fiber not available in my area). AT&T saw fit to raise my rate three times in 2024 - probably a push to get Uverse customers to move to their new "AT&T Internet Air ", as I read they are moving away from copper wire and so they price you out to get you off the older service - hey, it worked for me. My last rate was $73/mo.

            I signed up for the $50/mo T-Mobile home internet, comes with a price-lock guarantee, $250 cashback from Capital One Shopping and $300 cashback in form of a prepaid debit Visa (yes! another one of those!) from T-Mobile. The upload/download speeds are great - so much better than I had with AT&T. I am very, very pleased so far.

            T-Mobile gives a $5 discount for paying by bank or debit card but it is well-documented on Reddit that you can make a manual payment via credit card before the autopay comes around and it won't destroy the discount.

          • Thanks, @guest_1994905 and @guest_1994914 . That's what I'm headed to do right now - make a tax payment.

        • I got stuck with one once. Tried several times to use it online. Ended up using to buy gift cards in store. Think it was at Costco or Sam's.

  • Opened up my sock drawer and dusted off the Custom Cash. 1 $500 VGC purchased in store. $66.50 net gain

  • Update: spent 500$, got 50$ statement credit within a week and 25$ points. Sweet double dipping.

    • same boat. $8.95 activation fee for $500vgc. $25.45 in rewards points + $50 statement credit = $500 spend for $433.50. I'll certainly take it.

    • If you follow the link from CVS for VGCs, it goes to thegiftcardshop.com, and the sale should reflect that, so buy in the store.

  • Does anyone have any suggestions on how to liquidate a Mastercard GC? Does Citi Bill Pay over phone or anything else work? Thank you.

      • I might try this. Apparently with this card, I have to first establish a PIN during the first purchase. After that, use the PIN to purchase a money order. I know at Publix you can only use GC's that have a PIN to purchase money orders.

  • Out of curiosity. Will the CVS inside of target, carry GCs? And does it ring up as CVS?

    Just curious I hardly go to target since they ruined the red card and circle.

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