Buying Gift Cards

[LindseyDisney]

I'm planning to buy around $5K in Disney Gift Cards for an upcoming trip and I'm curious about the best ways to purchase them. Which stores typically have the best promotions? I don't have membership, expect for Prime. Additionally, do you have any recommendations for credit cards that would be advantageous for making this purchase?

 

[bmr1591]

Target Red Card (debit or credit) will give you 5% off Disney gift cards. They'll also put Circle deals out that will save you a bit more. For instance, I recently had one that said "Spend $100 4 times, earn $40 cash back." So I spent $125 four times (to make sure the discount on the $100 gift card didn't drop me below the $100 requirement). That got me $500 of gift cards for $475, then I got $40 back as well, so $500 for $435. These deals happen every few weeks. Sometimes the deals aren't great.


There's a thread on a different Disney board that really keeps up with all the gift card deals and what the best ones to grab are. Normally 10% off is the upper echelon we shoot for.

 

[mpaulam]

Many times our local grocery stores run “specials” on gift cards. Like buy so many and get money off gas, or something. It can help.
The best deals I found for our recent trip was at Sam’s Club, but if you don’t have any of those memberships, that won’t help. As suggested above, I would check out the thread on here about savings!

 

[threvester]

Target Red Card (debit or credit) will give you 5% off Disney gift cards. They'll also put Circle deals out that will save you a bit more. For instance, I recently had one that said "Spend $100 4 times, earn $40 cash back." So I spent $125 four times (to make sure the discount on the $100 gift card didn't drop me below the $100 requirement). That got me $500 of gift cards for $475, then I got $40 back as well, so $500 for $435. These deals happen every few weeks. Sometimes the deals aren't great.


There's a thread on a different Disney board that really keeps up with all the gift card deals and what the best ones to grab are. Normally 10% off is the upper echelon we shoot for.

100% its before discount total...if you need to spend $100 a $100 gift card for $95 counts

 

[bmr1591]

Huh. I didn't know that. Thanks!