Woolworths gift card thread

[VantageXL]

From 9:01 AEDT 29 Apr 2024:



Earn 1,200-2,500 Everyday Rewards points plus 3% off when you spend $180-350 on Woolworths Supermarket, Everyday WISH, Your Pick, BIG W, BWS, Dan Murphy’s, EG, Simply Groceries and Essentials gift cards.

The amount of points you earn depends on how much you spend:

• 1,200 points when you spend $180-249.99.
• 1,800 points when you spend $250-349.99.
• 2,500 points when you spend $350 or more.

This offer can only be enjoyed once. To get both the 3% discount and bonus points you need to purchase via the Everyday Gifting section of the Everyday Rewards app.

 

[chrispy3276]

From 9:01 AEDT 29 Apr 2024:

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Earn 1,200-2,500 Everyday Rewards points plus 3% off when you spend $180-350 on Woolworths Supermarket, Everyday WISH, Your Pick, BIG W, BWS, Dan Murphy’s, EG, Simply Groceries and Essentials gift cards.

The amount of points you earn depends on how much you spend:

• 1,200 points when you spend $180-249.99.
• 1,800 points when you spend $250-349.99.
• 2,500 points when you spend $350 or more.

This offer can only be enjoyed once. To get both the 3% discount and bonus points you need to purchase via the Everyday Gifting section of the Everyday Rewards app.

Important to note with this one the bonus points *and* the 3% discount both apply if purchased through Everyday Gifting, but T&C's state that the points are based on the amount you spend after the discount has applied (i.e. you need to buy a gift card of $360.50 for $350 to get the full 2,500 points, noting gift cards have to be bought in full dollar amounts through the Rewards app).

If you want to purchase online without the discount, you'll be able to do so at https://giftcards.woolworths.com.au/mothersday/c/mothersday from 9.01am AEST.

 

[Mr_Orange]

From 9:01 AEDT 29 Apr 2024:

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Earn 1,200-2,500 Everyday Rewards points plus 3% off when you spend $180-350 on Woolworths Supermarket, Everyday WISH, Your Pick, BIG W, BWS, Dan Murphy’s, EG, Simply Groceries and Essentials gift cards.

The amount of points you earn depends on how much you spend:

• 1,200 points when you spend $180-249.99.
• 1,800 points when you spend $250-349.99.
• 2,500 points when you spend $350 or more.

This offer can only be enjoyed once. To get both the 3% discount and bonus points you need to purchase via the Everyday Gifting section of the Everyday Rewards app.

The combination of points and discount actually beats the usual discounts available through the car clubs (and other sources) so is worth bothering with for once.

Important to note with this one the bonus points *and* the 3% discount both apply if purchased through Everyday Gifting, but T&C's state that the points are based on the amount you spend after the discount has applied (i.e. you need to buy a gift card of $360.50 for $350 to get the full 2,500 points, noting gift cards have to be bought in full dollar amounts through the Rewards app).

Thanks for the heads up on this. I suspect that this would have caught many of us out. Not to be a pedant, but the minimum spend in your example would be $360.83, although in reality this is $361, which is no different to what your summary says.

 

[VantageXL]

From Thu 2 May 2024:



See below for a list of where these TCN gift cards can be used. Highlights include JB Hi-Fi and The Good Guys:

TCN Him gift cards can be used at Academy Brand, Adidas, Aquila, ASOS, Barbeques Galore, BCF, Bonds, boohooMAN, Booktopia, Calibre, Calvin Klein, Champion, City Beach, Cotton On, Culture Kings, Decathlon, Drummond Golf, Dymocks, Edge Clothing, Factorie, Foot Locker, Ghanda, Glue Store, H&M, Hallenstein Brothers, Hype DC, Intersport, Jay Jays, JB Hi-Fi, JD Sports, Just Jeans, Kingpin, Kogan.com, Macpac, Neverland, Nike, Platypus, Rebel, Reebook, Scotch & Soda, Sony Playstation Store, Supercheap Auto, Surf Dive ‘n Ski, SurfStitch, The AFL Store, The Athlete’s Foot, The Good Guys, Timberland, Timezone, Tommy Hilfiger, Uber, Uber Eats, Universal Store, Van Heusen, Xbox, Xbox Game Pass, Zone Bowling.

TCN Her gift cards can be used at Adairs, Adidas, Adore Beauty, ASOS, Aveda, Bonds, boohoo, Booktopia, Bras N Things, Calvin Klein, Champion, Cotton On, Culture Kings, Decjuba, Dotti, Drummond Golf, Dymocks, Estee Lauder, Factorie, Foot Locker, Forever New, Ghanda, Ginger and Smart, Glassons, Glue Store, H&M, Hype DC, Intersport, Jacqui E, JB Hi-Fi, JD Sports, Just Jeans, Kookai, Macpac, MAC, Nike, Nine West, Oz Hair & Beauty, Perfect Stranger, Petal & Pup, Peter Alexander, Platypus, Portmans, Princess Polly, Rebel, Reebook, Rubi, Scotch & Soda, Seafolly, Sheike, Shein, Showpo., Skechers, Sony Playstation Store, Sportsgirl, Stylerunner, Supre, SurfStitch, That’s So Fetch, The Oodie, Tiger Mist, TK Maxx, Tommy Hilfiger, Tony Bianco, Universal Store, VRG GRL, White Fox Boutique, Wittner.

TCN Baby gift cards can be used at Adairs Kids, Adore Beauty, ASOS, Baby Bunting, Bae The Label, Bonds, Booktopia, Cotton On Body, Cotton On Kids, Dymocks, H&M, Kidstuff, Peter Alexander, Ripe Maternity, The Trybe, Toyworld.

 

[jkbaus]

Couldn’t buy the gift card with everyday pay 3% and points deal.
kept failing a payment stage with an error message about maintenance .

I have just read that they have shut the portal due to hacking.

 

[VantageXL]

From Wed 8 May 2024:

• Runs from Wed 8 May to Tue 14 May 2024.
• Limit of ten gift cards per day which can be purchased across multiple transactions.
• Excludes $50 and $50-500 Restaurant Choice gift cards.
• Excludes $50 Active & Wellness and $100 Beauty & Spa gift cards.

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

Ultimate Active & Wellness gift cards can be used at 99 Bikes, Adidas, Adrenaline, Anaconda, Blys, Camping World, Compleat Angler, Cotton On Body, Every Plate, Foot Locker, Hello Fresh, iFly, Intersport, JD Sports, Kingpin, Lorna Jane, LSKD, Lululemon, My Muscle Chef, Natio, New Balance, Nike, Puma, Rip Curl, Sensori+, Speedo, SportsPower, The Iconic, Timezone, TripGift, Under Armour, Zone Bowling.

Ultimate Beauty & Spa gift cards can be used at Aveda, Blys, Cotton On Body, Dusk, Ella Bache, Estee Lauder, Just Cuts, Lush, MAC, Michael Hill, Natio, OzSale, Sensori+, Sephora, The Body Shop, The Iconic.

Ultimate Her gift cards can be used at Adidas, Anaconda, ASOS, Aveda, Blys, Bonds, Boohoo, Bras N Things, Champion, Cosette, Cotton On, Cotton On Body, Dymocks, Ella Bache, Estee Lauder, Factorie, Forever New, Freedom, General Pants Co, H&M, Hoyts, Intersport, JD Sports, Lorna Jane, LSKD, Lululemon, Lush, MAC, Modibodi, Natio, New Balance, Nike, Ninewest, Oakley, OPSM, OzSale, Pandora, Peter Alexander, RedBalloon, Rip Curl, Roblox, Seed, Sephora, Shein, SportsPower, Sunglass Hut, Supre, Swarovski, T2 Tea, Temple & Webster, The Bavarian, The Body Shop, The Iconic, Wittner.

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).”

 

[ozflier]

The combination of points and discount actually beats the usual discounts available through the car clubs (and other sources) so is worth bothering with for once.

Thanks for the heads up on this. I suspect that this would have caught many of us out. Not to be a pedant, but the minimum spend in your example would be $360.83, although in reality this is $361, which is no different to what your summary says.

I was caught out!

 

[ozflier]

I've had good experiences using it but I could have just been lucky. That said, there are a few things you can do to improve your chances of it being accepted:

1. Convert your physical Eftpos-based Restaurant card into a Mastercard version here. The Mastercard version can be added to your mobile wallet and is more likely to be accepted because A, it supports an additional MCC (5814: Fast Food) and B, some payment terminals have trouble with Eftpos-based gift cards.
2. Don't tell them you're paying with a gift card. This one is pretty obvious but I see a lot of people make this mistake. If you ask staff if they accept one of these merchant category gift cards, they're likely to say no even though it very well may work.
3. For using up residual balances, you can ask them "hey, can I pay $X.XX on one card and then the remainder on another?". It's important that you make it clear that you're still paying for the entire bill yourself and not trying to split it amongst the other members of your party. Restaurants hate doing that because it's a huge hassle working out who ordered what.

Thanks again for your advice.
I've been caught out twice when i asked for $100 to be charged to my Restaurant Card and then its been rejected because the credit card surcharge was added to the 100 dollars - ended up like $101 in total. So could not use .
Worked ok in other situations where surcharge not applied .
Does anyone have a form of words to use with the staff to avoid this happening?

 

[Jacques Vert]

Thanks again for your advice.
I've been caught out twice when i asked for $100 to be charged to my Restaurant Card and then its been rejected because the credit card surcharge was added to the 100 dollars - ended up like $101 in total. So could not use .
Worked ok in other situations where surcharge not applied .
Does anyone have a form of words to use with the staff to avoid this happening?

Ask if there is a surcharge and then allow for it in the transaction? For example, if the gift card is for $100 and there is a 1% surcharge, you could ask them to charge $99.01 on the gift card (should come to $100 after surcharge) and pay the rest on your credit card.

 

[muppet]

Thanks again for your advice.
I've been caught out twice when i asked for $100 to be charged to my Restaurant Card and then its been rejected because the credit card surcharge was added to the 100 dollars - ended up like $101 in total. So could not use .
Worked ok in other situations where surcharge not applied .
Does anyone have a form of words to use with the staff to avoid this happening?

Ask for $99 to be put on the card?

 

[lovestotravel]

If a hotel won't split the bill/amount, these cards are useless. Sadly the local restaurants I go too, the EFTPOS machine is connected to the register, so it only allows full payments

 

[Jacques Vert]

If a hotel won't split the bill/amount, these cards are useless. Sadly the local restaurants I go too, the EFTPOS machine is connected to the register, so it only allows full payments

Interesting; never had that issue where I go.

 

[andye]

From Wed 1 May 2024:

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• Runs from Wed 1 May to Tue 7 May 2024.
• Limit of ten fixed value gift cards per day which can be purchased across multiple transactions.
• Limit of ten variable load gift cards per day which must be purchased in a single transaction each day.

See below for a list of where these gift cards can be used. Highlights include JB Hi-Fi:

My Spotify card experience had a quirk
Bought the $72 option
Received the appropriate 14400 1440 points
When went to redeem couldn't do so as am on Premium family. T&Cs say standalone only
Rather than waste it, I decided was worthwhile fighting with the older mstrandyes over the music (potentially broadening my usual music tastes)
On downgrading and redeeming, it appears to have extended my Premium family expiry until November (I.e at the lower individual rate).
It may still downgrade in May but hopefully a little win for me

 

[Happy Dude]

My Spotify card experience had a quirk
Bought the $72 option
Received the appropriate 14400 points
When went to redeem couldn't do so as am on Premium family. T&Cs say standalone only
Rather than waste it, I decided was worthwhile fighting with the older mstrandyes over the music (potentially broadening my usual music tastes)
On downgrading and redeeming, it appears to have extended my Premium family expiry until November (I.e at the lower individual rate).
It may still downgrade in May but hopefully a little win for me

14400 points? Pls tell me that's a typo. The Happy Dude's are getting Spotify for some years if it's not!

 

[andye]

14400 points? Pls tell me that's a typo. The Happy Dude's are getting Spotify for some years if it's not!

Oops typo 1440
Corrected

 

[kangarooflyer88]

From Wed 8 May 2024:

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• Runs from Wed 8 May to Tue 14 May 2024.
• Limit of ten gift cards per day which can be purchased across multiple transactions.
• Excludes $50 and $50-500 Restaurant Choice gift cards.
• Excludes $50 Active & Wellness and $100 Beauty & Spa gift cards.

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

Decent selection of gift cards. For me the Restaurant Choice sounds appealing. One question I do have is surrounding the merchants you listed. Specifically the category of merchants includes:
“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).”

Does this mean that I could use the card to pay for accomodation at a hotel or must it be used on food at the restaurant in the hotel? Similar thing for Motels & Resorts. If you don't know, that's fine, maybe I'll just use the card at a Fortune Teller to find this out along with the numbers for next week's Powerball.

-RooFlyer88

 

[VantageXL]

Does this mean that I could use the card to pay for accomodation at a hotel or must it be used on food at the restaurant in the hotel? Similar thing for Motels & Resorts. If you don't know, that's fine, maybe I'll just use the card at a Fortune Teller to find this out along with the numbers for next week's Powerball.

They should work for accommodation but I've only seen a few reports of people doing this and the results were mixed, mainly because staff didn't like the idea of a guest using gift cards – especially a stack of them – to pay for a hotel stay.

I'd definitely have a backup plan for the gift cards if you do try to use them for this purpose.

 

[chrispy3276]

20x points on City Beach and Lorna Jane gift cards bought through the Woolies Gift Card website until 10 May 11.59pm AEST (or until sold out). Needs to be purchased directly through the Gift Card website (i.e. no visiting via a third party), and only one purchase is eligible for points.

Offers page: https://giftcards.woolworths.com.au/offers

 

[bussyboy]

I have just read that they have shut the portal due to hacking.

Source??
Seems to have been an issue a few weeks now, but no comms seen from the ER or WE teams??



I'm finding it annoying that you can't just prescan the QR code on the reader from the ER app / wallet and pay using gift cards effortlessly.

Not so interested in gift cards if inconvenient to use at the checkout. Took 10 minutes today to load card details and pay at BigW due to poor mobile signal.

 

[jkbaus]

Source??
Seems to have been an issue a few weeks now, but no comms seen from the ER or WE teams??

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I'm finding it annoying that you can't just prescan the QR code on the reader from the ER app / wallet and pay using gift cards effortlessly.

Not so interested in gift cards if inconvenient to use at the checkout. Took 10 minutes today to load card details and pay at BigW due to poor mobile signal.

Source was

Woolworths shuts down system after Everyday Rewards members are hit by scammers

A supermarket spokesperson has confirmed the incident in a new statement.

7news.com.au