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

[andiron]

looks like multi use, you top up £100 it shows you how much you will get and then you use your balance to buy GC

only issue with £ converted to ^£ which I’m worried that right now it’s 1:1 but in the future can change to something 1:2 etc.
anyway, they’re burning money.. especially when there’s no limits

[andiron]

Flying_Pigz wrote:

Seems legit to me.
Looking through the history of it, one of the Directors was once COO of Skyscanner … https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mark-logan-b945806
It hit the rocks due to the pandemic and has been fired up again.

From Swipii website:
Unfortunately Swipii could not survive the pandemic and fell into liquidation in 2021. Recognising its value, the brand was purchased by Vow Currency. Vow’s UK technology partner Enigmatic Smile is undisputedly one of the pioneers of card-linking-technology in the UK, and having completely re-vamped Swipii’s entire tech stack, Swipii is now ready to thrive again.

So that’s my point.. Swipii before 2021 may have been legit but now it’s questionable.

[Alesio]

Dr Tom wrote:

gtellez wrote:

I have downloaded the app but I can’t find that promotion, would you mind explaining how to get it? Thanks!

It’s very hidden.
Click on Balance, then Buy, and add however much you want (I just used £90 as an example, essentially they add around 11% to whatever you top up – the equivalent of a 10% discount).

Then go to the Merchants section and buy a gift card. Ignore the stated percentages, as they’ll let you use your balance (with the bonus already added) to buy.

I’ve never had a problem, but I wouldn’t usually leave a balance in the account. I top up and then buy whichever gift card I needed (if it’s Amazon, I add it straight to my Amazon balance).

If you want to get a feel for things, try it topping up with £10 or so.

Apologies if I sound a bit behind on this,

Looking to purchase a large GC through Swipii – So the amount e.g. £50 will that go into my balance, I will then exchange the balance to other GC that is being offered at a further discounted rate?

currently an amazon purchase is tracking at 2%

[Flying_Pigz]

Not quite.

If you ‘deposit’ £50 to buy “virtual £’s” through the Balance-Buy screen you will end up with £55.50 (of virtual £’s).
You can then simply buy a gift card from Amazon, or elsewhere, for £55.50 using your virtual £ balance. You won’t get any % cashback on that purchase though (as you have already had an 11% bonus added to your deposit).
That way you are getting a voucher for £55.50 but only paying £50.00 for it.

[andiron]

Is it just me or there are limits on Swipee? I bought £10, then £100 using one card and cannot buy anything else with it.. tried another card £10, £100.. and then it’s letting me again?

[gtellez]

I just bought £300 worth of Amazon vouchers through Swipii, thanks for the information!

[PeteM]

So they make money from collecting and selling your credit card transaction data, presumably?

[colinc57]

Tested £18 = v£20. = £20 giftcard used debit card.

How are credit card deposits treated ?

[Flying_Pigz]

Tested £18 = v£20. = £20 giftcard used debit card.

How are credit card deposits treated ?

Shows up on Amex as a standard purchase for the amount spent.

[ZoeB]

Not a stack but as mentioned on another thread Virgin Money are offering 10% cash back for spends over £30 at Morrisons. Can still use Morissons gift cards for fuel in their petrol stations as I did it today.

[PeteM]

So Swipii did work for me fine, although it also feels very dodgy! 🙂

[Toaster]

Found on another forum, this might be of use to others, not tried myself as it’s not enough of a discount over what I get from Reward Gateway

https://www.prezzee.uk/store/current-offers/

Get your home and garden Summer-ready with Prezzee… Spend £100 on any of our participating brands and we’ll send you a bonus £10 Prezzee eGift Card!

Participating brands: IKEA, ASDA UK, Argos, B&M, B&Q, Habitat, National Garden, Carpetright, Wayfair, Halfords UK, Carpetright, John Lewis & Matalan

Offer operated and promoted by Prezzee UK Limited. Applies to participating UK Home & Garden promo branded eGift Cards only, when purchased solely via prezzee.co.uk. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer(s). Minimum spend £100. Bonus card is a £10 Prezzee Smart eGift Card. Offer ends midnight 31st May 2023. Limited to 3 purchases per customer.

[andiron]

Already mentioned (works fine):
https://www.headforpoints.com/forums/topic/giftcards/#post-493334

[747_Brat]

Toaster wrote:

Found on another forum, this might be of use to others, not tried myself as it’s not enough of a discount over what I get from Reward Gateway

https://www.prezzee.uk/store/current-offers/

Get your home and garden Summer-ready with Prezzee… Spend £100 on any of our participating brands and we’ll send you a bonus £10 Prezzee eGift Card!

Participating brands: IKEA, ASDA UK, Argos, B&M, B&Q, Habitat, National Garden, Carpetright, Wayfair, Halfords UK, Carpetright, John Lewis & Matalan

Offer operated and promoted by Prezzee UK Limited. Applies to participating UK Home & Garden promo branded eGift Cards only, when purchased solely via prezzee.co.uk. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer(s). Minimum spend £100. Bonus card is a £10 Prezzee Smart eGift Card. Offer ends midnight 31st May 2023. Limited to 3 purchases per customer.

Thanks for sharing the link. I didn’t receive the email and it was very helpful.