This promotion has been pulled early. Make sure you follow us on Twitter so you don’t miss out on deals like this in the future.
The Offer
- Simon Mall are offering a $15 giftcard (Lowe’s, iTunes or American Express) when you purchase $100+ in American Express gift cards. Starts on Monday December 12th, through Sunday December 18th.
The Fine Print
- Assume it’s one per transaction
Our Verdict
Not all Simon Malls have the same promotion, so don’t be upset if yours isn’t running this one. Not as good as the fee free 5back gift cards last week due to the low volume, but still not bad if you can deal with low denomination gift cards. Generally no category bonuses on these purchases, so mostly useful for meeting minimum spend requirements or just racking up some base spend (best cards for every day purchases can be found here).
Hat tip to reader @rajansv
Went to the mall today but learned they pulled the promotion early because they ran out of the fund. They said they didn’t realize the turn out was so huge.
Promo pulled back
FYI: My Simon Mall told me that the promo is ending EARLY (at the end of business on 12/22/16). Please post if your Simon Mall is still running this promo.
On 12/19 I bought 36 Simon AMEX GCs for $3.95 each and got 36 of the $15 bonus cards too for free. So I made $11.05 on each one ($397.80 total), and hit minimum bonus spend on 4 new CCs. So I went back on 12/20 and got 18 more. Very friendly cashiers, don’t seem to be enforcing any limit. The Simon GCs must be between $100 – $225, so go with $100 each to maximize the $11.05 profit on each one.
Lol. Right. Was just offering my family secret Nog recipe as a TY for the sweet site (Hint: 1st 3 ingredients are bourbon). But your loss! Wishing you holiday jingles & jangles all the way to the bank, Chuck.
Haha, this is Will not Chuck! It sounds like your nog recipe is similar to mine ;).
Yikes! See, the nog is working. Same wishes your way of course… Phil was it? 😉 Would love to know other ppl experience with this promo so far?
Been told by simon management I know and trust that it definitely goes through end of year. They specifically targeted our audience with this promo intending to clear out Amex stock. Go nuts.
Why the limit of one then? 😀
*One per trans yes. But they allow a jillion transactions. And it has been updated now to a batch of 10 per transaction. Your particular cashier may vary in their grasp of the one vs 10 vs unlimited (to daily $max) but 10x per trans is the official current position. This promo may continue to developing and change per simon folks, fyi. Also combining to larger amex unlikely. Combining to other card product = hard no via corporate warning to employees. If your question is why only one per if they are targeting us for help clearing inventory? I believe they had no idea the effect one/trans would have re:cashier effort & they may have related rebate/proof concerns themselves.
Thanks for the info
Ditto for your help. Always. PM if you’d like me to throw a little spice in this egg nog
Better not to share info with me unless you want it on the site (I never post deals people ask me not to, I just prefer not to know in case I come across it myself and feel like sharing). Thanks for the offer though!
I was told 10x promo $15 per promotion period. I don’t like liquidating AMEX GCs, so I did 2x $100 and got 2x $15 bonuses along with 5 back VISAs in single transaction. Signed their sheet 2x for the $15 promo (I saw somebody who had 6x $15 on the sheet most likely in single transaction).
Promo is good until Jan 1 until supply lasts
Really? Anybody got a pic of this promo
Do you know if you can do multiples. I already did one, and signed my name, but I don’t know if this means anything.
You buy a $100 simon Amex GiftCards and get 15$ of your choice of iTunes lowes or restaurant GiftCards .
Can I buy amex gift card and then purchase visa gift card with it? There will be fees on amex and visa gift cards, but still will make some profit?
At least on my Simons, no. They check the name on the card. At one Simon, I tried to use Staples Rebate card (my name was on it) from buying paper. I was told I can’t use such card. I can’t remember if she told me that it’s a corporate policy not allowing prepaid card like that.
The Visa fee there is $3.95. What is the Amex fee, please? TIA 🙂
3.95