Reply To: Gift cards – best way to stack offers for a discount?

[WillPS]

It’s quite possible it varies by employer – it’s a Sodexo Reward Platform thing. Typically the cashback %s are the same or a bit lower than the Sodexo site itself offers on gift vouchers (which is a bit higher than PaW in my experience), but with the trade off that it can be used with no faff anywhere in store (purchasing lottery tickets or gift cards for example).

Sodexo’s voucher purchasing website/app is awful, doesn’t remember card details and vouchers take 2 mins to appear (on top of the 2 mins places like Asda need to then render you a voucher).

Perks at Work is better, despite not having an app, since you can store cards with them.

Comparing supermarkets with my rates offered now:

Aldi
Sodexo – not offered
Perks at Work – 3xWowpoints
Spree – not offered

Asda
Sodexo – 4%
Perks at Work – 3xWowpoints
Spree – 3%

Morrisons
Sodexo (evoucher) – 5% – only £5, £10, £50, £100 denominations available
Perks at Work (evoucher) – 3xWowpoints – any amount available
Perks at Work (gift card) – 5xWowpoints – any amount available
Spree – not offered

Tesco
Sodexo – 4%
Perks at Work – 4xWowpoints
Spree – not offered

Sainsburys
Sodexo – 5%
Perks at Work – 5xWowpoints
Spree – 4% – with 28 day lag for some reason

Waitrose/JL
Sodexo (evoucher) – 4.5%
Perks at Work (giftcard) – 4xWowpoints
Perks at Work (evoucher) – 2xWowpoints
Spree – not offered

Always check whether their Waitrose or John Lewis is offering the higher rate – normally it’s Waitrose which is higher even tho both vouchers have the same validity. Same goes for Homesense/TK Maxx – both vouchers are valid in both shops, yet Homesense always yields better for some reason on Perks at Work.