Amex Offers Discussion Thread

[TimT]

I have a couple of Airbnb offers that I'm not using if anyone is a bit short...

+1

http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=57204.0

[MarkR]

Look for this
Its best buy branded. But its a visa card

Wow! Never seen that at any BB I've been to. And, believe me, I scour the entire store for VGCs, including in the back where they have the gaming GCs. Maybe they have them behind the counter somewhere? I've asked at a few BBs if they have VGC behind the counter and they've all looked at me like I'm crazy. The one in CA has two guys helping me and they pretty much said "What dude?" :-)

[MarkR]

Do you folks really all use airbnb, or is there some sort of grand mehalech to cash out? 

[benjie1305]

Do you folks really all use airbnb, or is there some sort of grand mehalech to cash out? 

People use Airbnb a lot. I know many with positive experiences that use them every so often.

[Geshmak25]

Do you folks really all use airbnb, or is there some sort of grand mehalech to cash out? 

Never used airbnb but was already planning a trip and 50% off is pretty sweet.

[coralsnake]

Never used airbnb but was already planning a trip and 50% off is pretty sweet.

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[DaveInLA]

ok here goes. long story short......i got a respectful email back from them saying my account was flagged by the system in error.

Account is back active. and gift card balance is there! woooohooooo!!!

What about your stay?

[Buruch]

Do you folks really all use airbnb, or is there some sort of grand mehalech to cash out? 

I use it and love it. E.g. I get a condo in maui for a week for 800, rather than getting 2 nights at andaz (opportunity cost of  500). True, it's not as fancy, but It's more comfortable,  and I like bringing my own food and having a full kitchen to use.

With this offer, I get it for 400 - that's a crazy good deal!

[DaveInLA]

I use it and love it. E.g. I get a condo in maui for a week for 800, rather than getting 2 nights at andaz (opportunity cost of  500). True, it's not as fancy, but It's more comfortable,  and I like bringing my own food and having a full kitchen to use.

With this offer, I get it for 400 - that's a crazy good deal!

I don't remember seeing any successful reports of using multiple gift cards together in a stay. One guy here bought $1500 but said the stay was canceled and account flagged. He said the hold was released, but he hasn't confirmed if the booking is good.

[coralsnake]

I don't remember seeing any successful reports of using multiple gift cards together in a stay. One guy here bought $1500 but said the stay was canceled and account flagged. He said the hold was released, but he hasn't confirmed if the booking is good.

Its not "using multiple gift cards together in a stay". You load them into your account as credit. Same as StubHub.

[tzifanya54]

I don't remember seeing any successful reports of using multiple gift cards together in a stay. One guy here bought $1500 but said the stay was canceled and account flagged. He said the hold was released, but he hasn't confirmed if the booking is good.

He did say the booking was fine.

[DealChaser]

Wow! Never seen that at any BB I've been to. And, believe me, I scour the entire store for VGCs, including in the back where they have the gaming GCs. Maybe they have them behind the counter somewhere? I've asked at a few BBs if they have VGC behind the counter and they've all looked at me like I'm crazy. The one in CA has two guys helping me and they pretty much said "What dude?" :-)

With the help of 3 CSRs I found one of these lying on a cabinet at my local BB but the POS wouldn't process it. They looked up the SKU and said they couldn't sell it until 12/19. On the bright side, they said there would be 83 available on that day.

[bznt]

With the help of 3 CSRs I found one of these lying on a cabinet at my local BB but the POS wouldn't process it. They looked up the SKU and said they couldn't sell it until 12/19. On the bright side, they said there would be 83 available on that day.

The way to activate these. They have to remove the strip of paper in the back. It reveals a barcode this barcode they have to scan . then either scan the outside barcode or enter manually the $5.95 fee

[AharonInIsrael]

I don't remember seeing any successful reports of using multiple gift cards together in a stay. One guy here bought $1500 but said the stay was canceled and account flagged. He said the hold was released, but he hasn't confirmed if the booking is good.

Just returned from a stay over shabbat. Great saving $150

[Dan]

Anyone get credited for Airbnb GCs?

And what's the deal with the merchant description?

[YossieW]

Anyone get credited for Airbnb GCs?

And what's the deal with the merchant description?

it seems like they use a service to operate their gift card department  and while eventually you will get the credit you are right you probably will have to contact them to get the credit
i have yet to hear of anyone who received an email confirming that they took advantage of the Amex deal as we commonly see on amex deals

[coralsnake]

Really not sure what the big deal is here. Per the T&C:

"Offer valid for approved bookings and gift cards purchased on Airbnb.com and the Airbnb mobile app.

[Yehuda25]

Really not sure what the big deal is here. Per the T&C:

"Offer valid for approved bookings and gift cards purchased on Airbnb.com and the Airbnb mobile app.

+1000

[D93]

Anyone get credited for Airbnb GCs?

And what's the deal with the merchant description?

Anyone get credited for booked reservations yet?

[Yehuda25]

Do you folks really all use airbnb, or is there some sort of grand mehalech to cash out? 

From Reddit:

Here are the fees you have to pay: (1) income tax ~25$ based on 25% tax rate (2) airbnb fee ~10$ (3) transaction fee ~3$ (4) extra taxes depending on the city.
I think you would come out positive at the end. You'd probably make 10-15$ including the value of the credit card points and you can write yourself a nice review! Plus if you are a starter, you'd get some bonuses for signing up, referral and hosting for the first time. Each of those could be 25$ or so.
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[–]PoopWatch 3 points 4 days ago
Commission is 3%, let's say sales/VAT tax is 7%, and 25% income tax. If you have 5 cards with this deal, that would be $250 - ($500 * 0.30) = $100 profit. So 40% return on capital. Seems worth it to me. I'm sure it violates some user agreement though.
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[–]phoenix7 4 points 4 days ago
I'm actually an airbnb host. My numbers are more realistic. 3% is the amount that host pays. 10% is the amount that the guest pays. The former is credit card processing fees. The latter is airbnb's profit.