GiftcardStore.com.au??

[mattmison]

Hi Guys,

Recently switched to a Platinum Charge Card, and am trying to avoid having another bank issued credit card (V/MC) - This was going quite well for me until I got our most recent Power bill, - They dont take AMEX! ..

I've discovered that you can buy $500 prepaid visa cards from this store above for 1.5% + $9.95 (Shipping) - and yes they accept AMEX.

Then I can use the the prepaid cards to pay my power bill / use at other useless places that dont take AMEX.

Has anyone else tried this avenue? - Also I guess this would avoid the 0.5 Points per $1 spend for "utilities" !!

Cheers,

Matt

 

[k3nnis]

Do they accept postbillpay or paypal?

 

[mattmison]

Do they accept postbillpay or paypal?

Paypal no.. Postbill yes, but it doesn't let me pay with AMEX online.

 

[k3nnis]

I think with postbillpay you can pay via PayPal and then just add your Amex in PayPal.

 

[mattmison]

I think with postbillpay you can pay via PayPal and then just add your Amex in PayPal.

This is true, Paypal was an option - but I also tried this and it wouldn't accept it

 

[k3nnis]

Hmm not sure why it didn't work for you.... as I'm sure PayPal works.

 

[quokka77]

You are then paying 3.5c per point assuming 1 point per dollar earn rate. This seems quite high.

 

[quokka77]

If you find yourself needing a lot of these pre paid cards maybe consider the ww edr or virgin flyer cards at that cost.

 

[paultiffen]

You can buy 250 to 300 dollar virtual v cards from 7-11 or bp and get 2 points on it with plat edge. Also I believe aus post sells cards too.

Citibank cards also have good earn rates for visa or MasterCard

 

[Mickeyj]

You can buy 250 to 300 dollar virtual v cards from 7-11 or bp and get 2 points on it with plat edge. Also I believe aus post sells cards too.

Citibank cards also have good earn rates for visa or MasterCard

Have you been successful buying a virtual v card with Amex platinum Edge card?

I tried and it was only possible with EFTPOS savings.

 

[paultiffen]

Yes it depends on the store, some will only allow savings. They used to allow up to 1000 dollar cards so I bought 6 for 12000 points and then the next week it was shut down :-(

The BP near Chatswood allowed up to 300 on it and other 7-11 fuel stores allow 250. You can ring up and ask if they carry the cards or just develop a habit of looking whenever you are in the store. On some other cards ie Diners you can buy from any store with decent rewards.