Details – There is an upcoming giftcard deal at Giant. You’ll get 4x Extra Bonus Points with the your gift card purchases. This means for every $100.00 spent, you’ll get $.40 off per gallon, up to 3o gallons. These deals are valid 11/17/13 to 12/7/13. Please check your store for participating gift cards – however, Giant and Martins gift cards are EXCLUDED.
You can buy a Visa Gift Card but will have to pay an activation fee. The best bet is to buy a Visa gift card at the highest amount your store has. This will mean you will only pay ONE activation fee. You can fill up to 30 gallons, but if you do not get the full 30 gallons, you can calculate your deal here on the FTM Gas Deal Calculator.
If your store has the $500 Visa Cards, you can do this deal:
Visa Giftcard Deal:
Buy Visa Card $500.00 + $5.95 Activation Fee
Pay $505.95
Get $60.00 in gas ($2.00 off in gas x 30 gallons)
$54.05 Moneymaker
They also have store cards like Gap, Macys, etc. These cards typically do not require a activation fee (check the back of the card to be sure). I have not seen the denomination higher than $100.00 in stores, but since there is no activation fee, that is not a concern in this scenario.
Other Gift Card Deals:
Buy (1) $100 Gift Card $100.00
Get $12.00 in Gas ($.40 x 30)
$12.00 moneymaker per giftcard
Use the Gas Deal Calculator here to figure out your deals!
* The ad does not state a limit, so not sure if it is limit 1 or not
Lesa says
I just did this! I bought a $500 card (2,000 pts) and then used that one to purchase a $300 card (1,200 pts), giving me an additional 3,200 pts. Added to what I already had, we now have $3.40 off per gallon! Best part is this: we used part of our “emergency fund” to do this, so we essentially just transferred our fund from savings to these gift cards, so we lost NO money. We paid $11.90 to activate, but we got 30 free gallons of gas! :)
Able says
Not sure how Giants or any other food store enforces the ‘2nd vehicle, rule. But, my wife has a land rover and I have a celica. One vehicle takes 20 gallons and the other takes 13 gallons. I usually drag her w/ me to shell and park back to back so we are able to fill both cars at once. Haven’t had a issue yet (except being given the evil eye every time I ask her to do this).
Bridget I says
I believe it says you can apply your ‘discount’ from your points to up to 30 gallons and does not specify it must only go into one container. I have on occasion brought gas tanks and filled my car and then the tanks when I had lots of points as my car only takes 15 gals. So I can’t see It being a problem.
veronica says
lol.. i take evil eye over savings…:)
Wendy says
Does anyone know if you have to pay cash for the visa card because last year when I got one as a gift at Walgreens they said I had to pay cash for it. I could not use my debit or other credit card to pay for it. I guess because theoretically you could dispute the bill and get a “free” gift card?
Shannon says
I did the deal last week with my credit card.
Bridget I says
I always use my credit card.
veronica says
i did deal on monday,but they give my hard time,they said i can’t pay with my credit card..what?.manager check my DL and cr card,only after that i got it. :)
Lainey B says
How do you fill your lawn mower? Do you push it to the gas station to fill it up? Of course you can put gas in a gas can.
Jen says
How do you purchase 30 gallons? Do some cars have 30-gallon tanks?
Debbie says
Hi Jen
You can fill one cars gas tank, and put the rest in gas cans. I do this and fill my car with the gas cans when i need it. I invested in 3 gas cans and do this all the time now. Haven’t had to buy gas for months.
Lori says
Technically, you are not allowed to put gas in cans or in a 2nd vehicle. People doing this is going to eventually be the end of Martin’s offering the gas points altogether. It says this right on the receipts.
Shannon says
Lori,
Actually we have a written response from Giant indicating that we may fill up with gas cans.
The second vehicle is not allowed.
Bridget I says
Doesn’t it say you can apply the discount up to 30 gallons? If they want to keep you from doing it, all they have to do is lower the #.
Debbie says
Yes Lori, i do mine at giant. Didn’t know there is a difference for martins or weis.