Has anyone done the FT method to load one RC with a bunch of GCs?
The point of the FT method is to swipe your cc once, minimizing the chance of the cc denying the charge or finding it funny that you have so many large swipes at the same store one after the other.
Using GCs does't have any of those problems/ possibilities.
So you tell the cashier you want to load 1K. You swipe the GC, tell her the last 4 digits, she'll tell you $800 lsft to pay, repeat until paid. Keep in mind that she has to input the last 4 digits, so don't get carried away using 25 $100 GCs. (Unless she's got no customers waiting and plenty of patience.)