VanillaGift.com: 100% Off Purchase Fees Vanilla eGift Cards With Promo Code VGHURRY24

Update 12/23/24: new code on Vanilla Visa e-gift cards for 100% off fees VGHURRY24. Valid through 12/24/24.

Update 11/29/24: 100% Off Purchase Fees on Orders $200+ with Promo Code VGCYBER24

Update 11/18/24: 100% Off Purchase Fees on Orders $250+ with Promo Code VGTHANKS24. Valid Through 11/28/2024. Excludes Charity Cards.

Update 10/20/24: 100% Off Purchase Fees on Orders of $375+ with Promo Code VGSHOP24. Valid Through 10/31/24 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Excludes Charity Cards

Update 8/13/24: 100% Off Purchase Fees on Orders over $50. Valid thru 8/18/24 at 11:59 p.m. EST.
Use Code: VGBTS24. (ht Bockrr)

Update 5/15/24: use code VGPS2024 for 100% off purchase fees.

Update 5/6/24: Use code VGMOM24 for 100% off  purchase fees through 5/12/24. (ht GC Galore)

Update 3/8/24: Fee-free eVGCs for the International Women’s Day gift card using code VGWOMEN. Expires today 3/8/24 at 11:59pm EST. (ht to reader T.D.)

The Offer

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  • VanillaGift.com is offering 100% off the purchase fees on vanilla gift cards with promo code LASTMINUTE23

The Fine Print

  • Valid until December 25, 2023 at 11:59pm EST

Our Verdict

American Express codes this as a cash advance and there’s no category bonuses available (unless you checkout via PayPal and then Chase Freedom). These are difficult to use, read the comments for more information.

Hat tip to GC Galore
    William Charles
  • On December 23, 2024, 10:47
Tags: Vanilla Visa

View Comments (130)

  • Looks like the latest Vanilla Gift card also does not have small balance emptying capability (e.g. For a $10 dollar purchase at Costco, you used to be able to use a $0.5 Vanilla gift card to bring the balance down to $9.5. Now you'd get a transaction declined error.)

  • A lot of these digital visa gift cards are tricky to use online because merchants require a hold of up to 20% above the purchase amount.

    That means you will NEVER be able to fully empty the gift card balance.

    How does one solve this thorny issue? Any ideas?

    • I think you are confused, the 20% extra hold is usually applied to restaurants and maybe gas stations. I never use VGCs there. For online use, Vanillas suck just b/c it is a borderline scam now without any ability to register them with your zipcode.

  • Do any of these work with Pepper? The OfficeDepot visa/mc ones never seem to work (except for first couple of times).

    • I just got the SYW card less than a month ago and have had a lot of transactions denied while buying gc at various storefronts and can’t get my card to go through on the vanilla website. After I called CS to verify it wasn’t fraud, the transactions were still declined and they said the card doesn’t allow gift card purchases and that’s why I’m continuing to get declined transactions.

      • @guest_1954655 in your experience, do you receive the 200k points right away (or at least a few days) after your charge posts, or do you have to wait for the statement to close and get it then?

        Got the 200k points offer for the first time and recently made a purchase from a similar VGC seller (who also had 100% off purchase fees code).
        Would hate to miss out on the points, so if they only post when statement closes and the offer expires, I might do another order through VanillaGift website...

          • Thanks for the datapoint, @guest_1961582 .

            I ordered Vanilla GC's from TheGiftCardShop (they had a similar promo a few days before this one) and I can confirm that this worked to get the 200k points posted similar to your experience.

            Redeemed SYW points via eVGC and added that to Google Wallet to use for further MS... :)

  • Major retailers stopped accepting Vanilla and I have a feeling it's because of the charge backs/high risk associated with those cards. The $5 in fees your saving are likely going to cost you hours and hours of pain in finding a spot that accepts this card. Very very unlikely you'll be able to use it online and if used in person, that process is also a pain.

    Try retailers that take "Square" payment system because that's how I was able to liquidate my $50 gift card.

    • Just liquidate through known methods. Also works at grocery stores and rest. And takeout. Just swipe and select "credit", if it asks for pin just push enter button. No problem.

      • The Vanillas are difficult to use with online transactions. I was able to use it at CVS by selecting "debit".

  • Do not buy. The Vanilla Visa Gift Card sold in grocery stores does not work in any of the tax payment processor as of November 2024.

  • Indeed redeeming these can be a pain. I thought I had tried to use it for Xfinity and failed, but today it seems to have succeeded. The card is now over two months old.

  • Does anyone know if the issues with using these cards online also apply to their physical cards as well, or the issue with the e-gift cards only?

    I placed an order before seeing the comments (my mistake), and now they won't let me cancel it. So now I'm trying to figure out what would be the best use for a physical vanilla gift card?

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