Coles gift card offers

[Chicken]

VA converts to SQ at cost of 1.55, so above example of a business seat from Sydney to Nadi will still bring you in ahead using SQ points obtained the long way from a flybuys transition (and give you the larger network).

So VA > SQ is 1.55:1
Flybuys > VA is 2:1
That means Flybuys 3.1 > SQ 1

2000 Flybuys miles =
$10 off at Coles; or 645 SQ miles

If I rate SQ mile at 1.2c each for Y, 645 miles = $7.74 (worse)

If I rate SQ mile at 3c each for J, 645 miles = $19.35 (ahead)

Ok, I need to sign up to VA, you are correct that it can work.

Perhaps an arithmetic refresher is what you're missing?

No, not the numbers, but I have always considered Velocity as a useless exercise, especially when VA stopped flying to Hong Kong, as HKG was my transit point to Europe, so this idea that Velocity = useless stayed in my head.

 

[FlyingFiona]

If I rate SQ mile at 3c each for J, 645 miles = $19.35 (ahead)

Ok, I need to sign up to VA, you are correct that it can work.

Yes! This! Yay!

(Sorry, I thought you were being derisive, but realise now you were just missing a cognitive piece of the puzzle.)

 

[VantageXL]

From Wed 14 Aug 2024:

Restaurant Choice gift cards can be used at “Eating Places and Restaurants (5812), Hotels, Caterers (5811), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages), Bars, Taverns, coughtail lounges, Nightclubs and Discotheques (5813) Fast Food Restaurants (5814) Motels & Resorts, Central Merchant (7011), Amusement Parks, Circuses, Carnivals, and Fortune Tellers (7996).”

Gift to Dine gift cards can be exchanged for vouchers that can be used at selected restaurants only.

 

[Chicken]

From Wed 14 Aug 2024:

Yes, I bought some during the last promo when Coles was doing 10% off, and I can confirm that it works at Coffee Club.

 

[Clive005]

From Wed 7 Aug 2024:

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my wife's flybuy card is linked to mine so does this count as the same flybuy's account or a separate one, so I can purchase another 5 GC on hers and get the bonus
thanks for your help
live

 

[Dr Ralph]

my wife's flybuy card is linked to mine so does this count as the same flybuy's account or a separate one, so I can purchase another 5 GC on hers and get the bonus
thanks for your help
live

Same account.

But nothing to stop you opening a new account in your wife's name.

 

[luckypierre]

Same account.

But nothing to stop you opening a new account in your wife's name.

Correct.

And if your collecting VFF points, "family pool" your wife's points to your VFF account so you can maximise the bonus points on GCs.

 

[VantageXL]

From Wed 21 Aug 2024:



See below for a list of where these gift cards can be used:

TCN Gift gift cards can be used at Adairs, Adidas, Adore Beauty, ASOS, Barbeques Galore, BCF, Big Swing Golf, Bonds, Calvin Klein, Champion, City Beach, Cotton On, Culture Kings, Decjuba, Dr. Martens, Drummond Golf, Dymocks, Foot Locker, Glassons, Glue Store, H&M, Hype DC, Jay Jays, JB Hi-Fi, JD Sports, Just Jeans, Kingpin, Kogan.com, Macpac, Nike, Peter Alexander, Platypus, Princess Polly, Rebel, Reebok, Roblox, Shein, Smiggle, Sony Playstation Store, Sportsgirl, Supercheap Auto, Surf Dive ‘n Ski, The AFL Store, The Good Guys, The Oodie, Timberland, Timezone, TK Maxx, Tommy Hilfiger, Tony Bianco, Typo, Uber, Uber Eats, Universal Store, White Fox Boutique, Zone Bowling.

TCN Shop gift cards can be used at Adairs, Adidas, Adore Beauty, ASOS, Barbeques Galore, BCF, Beginning Boutique, Bonds, boohoo, Bras N Things, Calvin Klein, Champion, City Beach, Collins Booksellers, Cotton On, Decjuba, Dotti, Dymocks, Foot Locker, Forever New, Ghanda, Ginger and Smart, Glassons, Glue Store, H&M, Hello Molly, House, Hype DC, Jacqui E, Jay Jays, JD Sports, Jeans West, Just Jeans, Kogan.com, Kookai, Macpac, MyHouse, Nike, Nine West, Oz Hair & Beauty, Perfect Stranger, Peter Alexander, Platypus, Portmans, Puma, Rebel, Reebok, Robins Kitchen, Sheike, Shein, Sheridan, Sheridan Outlet, Showpo., Smiggle, Sportsgirl, Stylerunner, Supre, Sussan, Suzanne Grae, That’s So Fetch, TK Maxx, Tommy Hilfiger, Typo, Uber, Uber Eats, Universal Store, White Fox Boutique, Wittner.

TCN Pamper gift cards can be used at Barber and Beauty Shops (7230), Health and Beauty Spas (7298) and Hotels, Motels and Resorts (7011). Convert your physical Pamper card into a digital one here so that you can add it your mobile wallet (e.g. Apple Pay).

Netflix gift cards can be used to pay for a new or existing Netflix subscription.

Stan gift cards can be used to pay for a new or existing Stan subscription.

 

[Chicken]

See below for a list of where these gift cards can be used:

These are close to useless to me, so I would only buy $50 worth just to pay for Boost Juice and Chatime.

How often does one buy something from JB or Good Guys? Once every 5 years for me. And I don't use Uber because of bad experiences, don't use Uber eats because of workers' rights issues.

 

[JessicaTam]

From Wed 21 Aug 2024:

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See below for a list of where these gift cards can be used:

Finally Netflix. My account was getting low.

 

[Nathant123]

These are close to useless to me, so I would only buy $50 worth just to pay for Boost Juice and Chatime.

I use Uber eats at least 3 times a week due to there being a plethora of options near to where I live. I’ll pay with the debit card and then use these cards to load the value into the Uber account and then switch payment method in order to get the initial amount refunded to my bank account. Easy points.

 

[Chicken]

switch payment method in order to get the initial amount refunded to my bank account. Easy points.

You mean refund from uber back to bank account?

 

[Nathant123]

You mean refund from uber back to bank account?

Yep sorry should have been more clear. You can switch payment methods on any orders completed within 30 days.

 

[Happy Dude]

Yep sorry should have been more clear. You can switch payment methods on any orders completed within 30 days.

I might be missing something but why not just load up on gift cards and pay from the uber account?

 

[RAM]

I might be missing something but why not just load up on gift cards and pay from the uber account?

He's recycling his spending, getting CC points for buying GCs with bonus points and then converting them back to cash - rinse & repeat.

 

[Nathant123]

I might be missing something but why not just load up on gift cards and pay from the uber account?

It’s what I usually do but from time to time I use up the balance and start making payments from the debit or credit card.

 

[Clive005]

Yep sorry should have been more clear. You can switch payment methods on any orders completed within 30 days.

Il like that, does anyone know of any other online Vendors that do this

Thanks

Clive

 

[Happy Dude]

He's recycling his spending, getting CC points for buying GCs with bonus points and then converting them back to cash - rinse & repeat.

Sorry still not understanding. It's not any extra points is it? The only points earned are for buying the gift card using a credit card at the supermarket. Not sure how there's a conversion to cash anywhere.

Virgin money, for eg, would pay some 8 points for the first Uber eats purchase, but these would be taken back when the purchase was refunded.

 

[Rich]

Yep sorry should have been more clear. You can switch payment methods on any orders completed within 30 days.

How do you switch payment methods for a completed order with Uber ir Uber Eats? Surely the trip or meal is dine and dusted and payment done.

 

[Nathant123]

Sorry still not understanding. It's not any extra points is it? The only points earned are for buying the gift card using a credit card at the supermarket. Not sure how there's a conversion to cash anywhere.

Whenever an offer like this comes along I’ll buy up a bunch of cards with the credit card, convert them to Uber cash and make my Uber purchases. No points are earned on Uber eats but the bonus points are earned by purchasing the gift cards, in this case $50 TCN shop card ears 1000 flybuys or 500 velocity points.

On occasion I’ll exhaust my Uber cash balance and pay for my Uber orders with the debit card. Uber allows for up to 30 days to convert transactions on the original payment method to any other payment method, eg, another credit/debit card or Uber cash.

How do you switch payment methods for a completed order with Uber ir Uber Eats? Surely the trip or meal is dine and dusted and payment done.

You click on the order, view receipt and then scroll to the bottom which has the option to switch payment method. Will allow you to switch the payment method of any order that was processed within 30 days.