American Express Gift Cards

[ktkerber]

A few quick questions for those familiar with Amex Gift cards

My kids have earned enough points on one of their kids survey sites to purchase a prize. I am trying to encourage them to make a choice that we can use at Disney so they can purchase their own souvenirs. One of the choices is a $50 American Express gift card.

Q #1) Does Disney take amex gift cards for purchases?

Q #2) Can I buy Disney gift cards with an amex gift card? Can I buy them from disneyshopping.com(since our local disney store is now closed ) with an amex card? Would this be easier?

The only thing is I hate to use the amex cards to buy disney gift cards and then not use them all.

Advice??

 

[SHAYMARAYSMOM]

A few quick questions for those familiar with Amex Gift cards

My kids have earned enough points on one of their kids survey sites to purchase a prize. I am trying to encourage them to make a choice that we can use at Disney so they can purchase their own souvenirs. One of the choices is a $50 American Express gift card.

Q #1) Does Disney take amex gift cards for purchases?

Q #2) Can I buy Disney gift cards with an amex gift card? Can I buy them from disneyshopping.com(since our local disney store is now closed ) with an amex card? Would this be easier?

The only thing is I hate to use the amex cards to buy disney gift cards and then not use them all.

Advice??

Yes Disney does take Amex. So they would take the gift card.
But I would check the fees. I think they have alot of fees on the gift cards.
You should be able to buy disney gift cards with it.

 

[KarenAylwood]

Yes Disney does take Amex. So they would take the gift card.
But I would check the fees. I think they have alot of fees on the gift cards.
You should be able to buy disney gift cards with it.

Fees on the gift cards? Meaning a fee associated with using an Am Express gift card to buy something? I have two AE GC's that I was given by my company. You can use them wherever American Express is accepted, and there shouldn't be any extra fees for using them.

If you're worried you could always use the AE GC yourself and just buy your kids $50 Disney GC's. You could use the American Express gift card anywhere it's accepted- grocery stores, movies, gas stations, etc.

 

[soccerchick]

After trying to use two I received as gifts while on a vacation last year, I will never buy or use one again. Getting one and then buying Disney $ seems like a good idea.

Depending on the merchant, they can put a "hold" on the funds for 3-4 days. Hotels and gas stations are the worst! I planned to use two $50 cards for souvies. Bought DS a cute $15 t-shirt in a hotel gift store and the card was "frozen" for the rest of the trip. When I got home, cashiers at most places didn't know how to use it.

Use it all at once!