On my Hilton Aspire card i bought 2 AA gift cards for $100 on same day next day bought one for $50 all credits posted in 4 days from purchase date.
@Anonymous wrote:I just got my Platinum Amex so its my first time utilizing the $200 credit. I am looking to get the Delta gift cards. Is there a reason you are waiting until the 19th to buy them? Anything I should be aware of or tips when buying them to get the credit? I heard I should be buying them from a desktop.
Welcome to the forums @Anonymous! For Delta, make sure you go to delta.com on a desktop as buying them on mobile will have them charged by a 3rd party rather than Delta. Buy four $50 eGift Certificates in a single transaction. You'll have a pending transaction for a day or two, then they will all settle and you'll have four $50 transactions. All four should receive the airline credit in 1-3 days. This has worked again and again, but keep in mind that gift certificates are specifically excluded from the credit, so there's no recourse if for some reason it didn't work.
@K-in-Boston wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:I just got my Platinum Amex so its my first time utilizing the $200 credit. I am looking to get the Delta gift cards. Is there a reason you are waiting until the 19th to buy them? Anything I should be aware of or tips when buying them to get the credit? I heard I should be buying them from a desktop.
Welcome to the forums @Anonymous! For Delta, make sure you go to delta.com on a desktop as buying them on mobile will have them charged by a 3rd party rather than Delta. Buy four $50 eGift Certificates in a single transaction. You'll have a pending transaction for a day or two, then they will all settle and you'll have four $50 transactions. All four should receive the airline credit in 1-3 days. This has worked again and again, but keep in mind that gift certificates are specifically excluded from the credit, so there's no recourse if for some reason it didn't work.
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The 'no recourse' part of the above is why I buy one to begin with, then wait for the credit to post before I buy another. That way in the event they "fix" the loophole I'm only stuck dealing with a single GC instead of multiples. 