Deal has ended, view more SYWR deals by clicking here.
Update 9/4/24: Deal is back through 9/30/24. Hat tip to reader David
Update 6/18/24: Deal is back through 6/30.
The Offer
- Shop Your Way Rewards is offering 5% back in points when you redeem for Visa giftcards
The Fine Print
- Valid until 3/31/24
Our Verdict
This is the best redemption option anyway so getting a 5% rebate is great. Rebate points expire in 10 days so keep that in mind.
Hat tip to Joe
Nice
Not sure why ppl have problems with these, I added one to apple pay and used it right away, no issues. But the 5% seems to be gone, they did not wait until 9/30.
the pop up disappeared however as soon as i redeemed it gave me the 5%
Echoing what others have mentioned, these cards are a PITA, and I experienced a similar issue with my county’s utilities (https://www.doctorofcredit.com/shop-your-way-rewards-5-rebate-when-redeeming-for-visa-giftcards/#comment-1861837) Sticking with Amazon reloads.
Is the website working for everyone? clicking the Checkout button hasn’t worked for me for about a week (multiple browsers, devices…)
Same here.
Worked fine for me today. Got 5% back right away too. Now on to the quest of where to use this GC.
is $500 visa cards available, or is it only $100 visa cards? Planning to transfer thank you points to show your way portal and then redeem for visa carda
$200 is the maximum
There’s also a limit of $200 redeemed per day so don’t wait til the last day!
did not get the 5% last time. Just my regular rebate and was too late to click cancel. And the egift card was hard to use online for Xfinity, Verizon etc. Lots of time wasted. I’ll stick to DD and Walmart egift. WM is so easy. just add it to your acct online. DD is also easy to add within the app.
DD? They do direct deposit?
DD = Dunkin Donuts
Oh, thanks; interesting choice.
I thought DD = DoorDash
I thought DD was a cup size.
This offer is back until end of September (same 5% back). Not sure if these cards are valuable to anyone, but figured I’d bring it back.
In my last attempt these were working again to pay Citi cards by phone. Ymmv.
These are a PITA to use as many have posted. Easily converted a $200 ecard to a $200 physical MCG today at Staples using google pay. Staples has no fee $200 MGCs this week and will probably have no fee VGCs next week.
These VISA gift cards are bordeline scams. I used one to make a county property tax payment, and the company “dishonored” the payment to the county.
And then I had to pay a penalty to the county!
I then wrote a professional letter to Incomm complaining with a detailed timeline and months later the payment mysteriously went through to the county… which the county then refunded to me. Absolute garbage.
Bonus points expire in 10 days. Minimum redemption is $5.
[Your Rewards Balance] – [Redemption Amount] * 0.95 = $5.
Plug in your #’s and adjust [Redemption Amount] until you’ll have $5 left. Then redeem your last $5 Visa GC. You’ll then have 25 cents in points that you can let expire.
Example with $84.59 balance:
$84.59 – ($83.77 * .95) = $5.01
If you’re starting out with >$100, then just do some redemption that leaves you in the double digits before applying the above formula.
You can also buy larger egc’s than points available with the card and no fees if you don’t have $100 in points to use the last bit of points
I was unable to purchase vgc#2 with remaining points+vgc#1, says “Order cannot be completed at this time“.
No pending transaction shows up in vgc#1 as of writing.