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$500 Gift Cards Arrived!!!

September 13th, 2013 at 07:05 pm

A large white envelope was dropped in our door by UPS this morning. I wasn't sure what it was and it was address to my husband. I texted to see if he knew what it was. He didn't but said I could open it.

Gift cards!!



These are the gift cards we redeemed from our Southwest Rapids Rewards credit card bonus. We received the following:

$25 Panera
$100 Walmart
$200 Kohl's
$200 Amazon.com

Why do I now feel like shopping?! Anything thing I use these for will need to be backed up by cash I send in to the mortgage to pay down the principal.

When I drove by Walmart earlier today, I realized I may be able to use the gift cards there for gas. Maybe. Haven't done this before, so it may or not work. Anyone used a gift card at Walmart to purchase fuel?

I'll keep you updated on the progress of using these rewards. It could take months, or not. We'll see.

18 Responses to “$500 Gift Cards Arrived!!!”

  1. rachel021406 Says:
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    I'm pretty sure I have used a walmart card for gas. It has to have a pin # I think on the back and I am pretty sure if you use a gc you get .03 off. Its been a while though.

  2. starfishy Says:
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    good idea to use the gift cards to for normal purchases and send the $500 to the mortgage. Smile

  3. ceejay74 Says:
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    Woo hoo! And good plan to send equivalent to mortgage. I'm thinking about the Barclays travel reward Visas -- if you spend $1000, you get $400 to spend on hotels, airfare and car rentals! We could each spend one up this winter and use them to book our spring vacation for much cheaper -- but I must resist the temptation to just use the extra $1200 to make the vacation more lavish. I'm going to make sure my family is on board with using the $1200 savings to further our big-picture goals instead.

  4. beawealthywarrior Says:
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    Friday the 13th is a good day for you Smile

  5. North Georgia Gal Says:
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    At the walmart near me, you get a discount when you use a gift card.

  6. Miz Pat Says:
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    Congrats - tax free pressies!!! Gotta love it.

  7. PatientSaver Says:
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    Save some to buy Xmas presents....

  8. creditcardfree Says:
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    Interesting about the discount at Walmart for gas! I will definitely check into that.

    @PS, Might save them for Christmas, but I did already snowflake our savings for Christmas. It was on my sidebar, but recently disappeared.

  9. val Says:
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    I have 43000 points on southwest visa and closed my account. I didn't know I could redeem the points for gift cards. Not sure if I can still redeem them for gift cards. Do you happen to know?

  10. creditcardfree Says:
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    @val, you probably can still redeem them. The points get transferred to your Rapids Rewards account, which is where the redemption actually takes place. My husband had to contact Chase Southwest to get his Rapid Rewards account number as we didn't have one prior to opening the card. Hopefully, you already have that information.

  11. val Says:
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    Thanks I do have that number. I hope I can redeem them still. That would help us out a lot. Thanks I really enjoy reading your blog!

  12. creditcardfree Says:
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    @val, Thanks for your kind words. I hope you can redeem them as well. I noticed the $50 gift cards are the best deal. You likely can redeem them for about $425! That's huge, especially if you are in a tight place.

  13. rob62521 Says:
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    Wow, what a haul! I am sure you will shop wisely!

  14. PNW Mom Says:
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    Awesome!

  15. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    When I lived in Richardson (suburb of Dallas), I'd buy Walmart gift cards and put my gas money on them for the month. Walmart usually had the cheapest gas price anyway, and then when you added in the 3 cent discount ... Smile
    Neither of the Walmarts in big G or little G here have gas stations, otherwise I'd probably still be doing that!

  16. scfr Says:
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    Hope it works out with the Walmart gift cards for gas. Can't imagine why it wouldn't. I purchase grocery store gift cards (6% cash back from cc company)and use them to buy gas.

  17. Banker Gurl Says:
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    Excited just looking at that pic!

  18. imarunner Says:
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    fantastic. i feel like shopping and it's not even my money. lol

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