Gift cards question

[shoppie]

Anyone have a good source for discounted Southwest gift cards ? Anyone know if you can use merch credit to buy gift cards anywhere?

 

[disneygirl916]

I have seen the Southwest gift cards at Target which means if you have a target red card, you could receive 5% off the gift cards!

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[disneygirl916]

I have seen the Southwest gift cards at Target which means if you have a Target redcard, you can get 5% off!

August 1993 offsite, July 1997 offsite, June 1998 Poly, June 2003 CBR, April 2007 CBR, July 2008 CSR, March 2010 ASMusic, August 2010 FW, October 2012 AofA, September 2014 CS

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

I thought the discount doesn't apply to gift cards. I'm certainly no Target expert, nor do I have the card but I thought I read that somewhere.

Somehow Disney gift cards come up as "entertainment" and are not exempt from the discount.

 

[Jkpark]

I haven't tried Southwest but restaurant gift cards also get the 5% at Target. I buy Chipotle and then head there for 5% less

 

[Malibustyle23]

I thought the discount doesn't apply to gift cards. I'm certainly no Target expert, nor do I have the card but I thought I read that somewhere.

Somehow Disney gift cards come up as "entertainment" and are not exempt from the discount.

Target giftcards are not eligible for the discount but all the other giftcards or rather "entertainment" cards are eligible for the 5% redcard discount.

 

[wendow]

I bought a couple of SW gift cards from Target a couple of years ago and the Redcard 5% did work on them then.

Something to keep in mind though is that $50 is the highest denomination Target sells. You can only use 3 forms of payment on SW's website to book your flight so that means you can only use 2 gift cards and then would need to pay the rest with your credit card. If you are only booking one flight and find a great fare, that may be worth it. But for several tickets, I'm not sure it's really worth it.

I know some grocery stores carry SW cards and if they have the variable amount (usually $25-$500) and are running a fuel promo, then that might be the way to go.

 

[Mas17]

I believe I saw SW gift cards at Sam's Club.

 

[CalDisneyMomof2]

I bought a couple of SW gift cards from Target a couple of years ago and the Redcard 5% did work on them then.

Something to keep in mind though is that $50 is the highest denomination Target sells. You can only use 3 forms of payment on SW's website to book your flight so that means you can only use 2 gift cards and then would need to pay the rest with your credit card. If you are only booking one flight and find a great fare, that may be worth it. But for several tickets, I'm not sure it's really worth it.

I know some grocery stores carry SW cards and if they have the variable amount (usually $25-$500) and are running a fuel promo, then that might be the way to go.

I know it's extremely tedious but if you really want to save money you can just book the reservations separately as in a different reservation per person per way. I've done it.

Also, check out giftcardgranny.com as they sometimes have larger denominations and greater discounts.