Update 2/12/20: Deal is back and valid through February 16th. Hat tip to reader Roman M
Update 10/27/19: Deal is available and valid until November 3rd, 2019. Hat tip to reader Matt M
The Offer
- Simon Mall is offering a $10 Mastercard gift card when you buy $100 in Happy gift cards.
Anything in the Happy line works for this promo, with the exception of Happy Guy.
The Fine Print
- Offer valid August 5-18 and September 2-22
Our Verdict
Don’t use Amex for payment, other cards should be fine.
Hat tip to readers Matt
My Simon is out of $1000 gift cards. Has this happened to others?
Alternatively for those in the area, this week safeway (presumably all j4u) has 10% off $100+ of Happy Cards.
And also $10 off $100+ of VGC started today.
If you have a Safeway or affiliate nearby, I would do that instead. No problems with using Amex and you will also earn gas/grocery rewards on the purchase and it can be up to $500, so it would be easier to make your purchase with 1 swipe rather than multiple swipes with smaller denomination. You have a week to do it at Safeway up to Nov 2. If you have a grocery reward category credit card, then even better.
Guys don’t deserve happiness?
Sure, but only at full price. 😉
Only one per visit.
I did not, but today I did and they folded!
For me, the biggest issue has been that my location keeps running out of the MCGC blanks, so I can’t buy any more Happies until they restock.
That’s awful! Where are you located? Mine constantly has to be going from guest services to office to restock. Total pain!
I am in Southern California. Very few Simon malls in this area.
How are you liquidating the Happy Cards?
BBB Buy Happy card for $105,95 and use it to buy Visa for $100 + $5.95 Purchase Fee. Either that or I use it to buy Gas Station Gift cards from BBB.
Do 3rd party AMEX earn points – BBVA or WF?
YMMV? Is it nationwide promotion or only eligible on specific stores?
I’m uncertain. You can try calling in to verify first.
Thanks. Called and confirmed. Seems the two nearby locations carry the promotion. Which card is better to liquidate then? Sorry. I am pretty new to Happy Line cards.
Why not use the Amex card? Sorry if I missed something from past!
Amex and Simon don’t mix well
Oh, ok. But Amex can still be used to buy Visa gift cards (from Staples) for MS- right?
Can, but if done in excess the Amex RAT (Rewards Abuse Team) Squad will shut you down.
Staples works because they sell items other than gift cards. A transaction reading Simon Mall means Gift card purchases.
No, for Staples this won’t work even though they sell other items. As I mentioned above, Staples provides Level 3 data to AMEX so they know what you bought. You can see this info yourself too- click on the purchase in your AMEX login, and in the description it will say “200 Visa card” or something like that. It may work for regular spend but NOT for minimum spend requirement.
Since Staples provides Level 3 data to AMEX, they will know you are buying a gift card. So far, I don’t think there are any DPs of Staples not earning regular ongoing spend points on AMEX cards. But DO NOT try to meet an AMEX minimum spend requirement by buying gift cards at Staples, it will end badly. They will claw back your bonus and it will then be too late to meet the spend in other ways since your time window will have passed. Don’t do it. Even with regular spend- there is always a chance that will change and even that won’t earn points, since they do have the ability to see it’s a gift card.
As for Simon- even regular spend points aren’t being awarded.
cause the home depot…deh…
Happy Guy is always left out of these promotions. Wonder why?
HD likely complained to BlackHawk and threatened to remove themselves as a partner. I have noticed every HD I have been to has removed $200 VGC’s since the Happy Promos started coming around last November.
Bed Bath and Beyond still sells $25, $50, $100 and $200 VGC’s which can be purchased with Happy Lady Cards.
BBBs I visited (in Houston, TX) sell only BBB gc.
It took me checking 5 locations in person to find the one within a 30 mile radius that sells them, the other 4 only had BBB, Spa Finder and ITunes.
Similar findings in my area. Two out of six stores actually stock them. One is continually sold out and the other usually asks to see what card you are paying with and shoots down Happy GCs when attempting to buy any other GC.
BBB are now very pick on “happy card‘ .If you buy ANY gift card, they are going to see the card you are using and blame you “using gift card buying gift card”
That was my experience last time I tried BBB. My goto store that had always worked before wouldn’t let me do it. Fortunately, the BBB across town let me. Right after that, Happy started saying that happy cards can’t be used to buy gift cards. Haven’t bought any since.
yeah they were telling me the same thing last night!
Men were never meant to stay happy.
Why happy guy..
I will still not be happy after purchasing the Happy Gift Card. So, I have decided to not buy those cards.