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DO THEY COUNT AS PURCHASES?
It is confirmed that Citi will consider these as a Cash Advance. They will hit you with a fee AND won't count them toward spending.

HOW TO CASH OUT?
Blue Bird: Amex gift cards cannot be used to load bluebird.
Money Orders: Many locations require a debit card with a PIN; Amex GC don't have a PIN.
Try Amazon Payments, Target Amex or MC/VS GC's from many places.
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #620 on: January 16, 2014, 04:51:26 AM »
Seems like a no brainer for those that need to meet a spending threshold but otherwise not...

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #621 on: January 16, 2014, 04:53:25 AM »
Unless we find a way to cash out these cards.

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #622 on: January 16, 2014, 05:41:05 AM »
Unless we find a way to cash out these cards.
If we all work together maybe we can figure something out.
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #623 on: January 16, 2014, 10:05:52 AM »
If we all work together maybe we can figure something out.
So far the 2 ways I could think of: 1. Empty via Amazon Payments (over 5 months), which is only worth it if you need to reach a threshold, otherwise you might as well just do the same thing on directly on your CC and skip the fees... 2. Empty via Money Order, now that is a bis more difficult since many places won't take GC/CC, and Money Orders have an Additional fee (so calculate if its worth it including the additional fee of emptying them)...
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #624 on: January 16, 2014, 10:14:15 AM »
If we all work together maybe we can figure something out.

Sarcasm? I'm sure you've got a host of ways to liquidate them, and you're mocking all the poor souls here with 10 AP accounts...

Anyways, I'm still trying to figure this one out completely. Buying and reselling on ebay- not so much for profit, just to cash out the GC's
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #625 on: January 16, 2014, 10:46:21 AM »
Sarcasm? I'm sure you've got a host of ways to liquidate them, and you're mocking all the poor souls here with 10 AP accounts...
Sarcasm is just part of me but mocking, na. These don't have PIN's so that is a problem but on the other hand they work like CC's. How do we put spend on CC's?
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #626 on: January 16, 2014, 10:56:05 AM »
But it's not just about spending. If the point is just  to spend- then spend directly on the cc. The point is to spend the GC on things that you are sure will get you the full amount of the cash value.
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #627 on: January 16, 2014, 11:52:47 AM »
My fault. I should have asked "How do we put MS on a CC?"
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #628 on: January 16, 2014, 05:30:13 PM »
My fault. I should have asked "How do we put MS on a CC?"

That's what I'm trying to figure out. Aside from gift cards and balance transfers and money orders, I don't know of any sure methods.

Canadian mint?
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #629 on: January 17, 2014, 01:58:27 AM »
My fault. I should have asked "How do we put MS on a CC?"

What does MS stand for? Sorry, but I didnt find it in the acronym list.

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #630 on: January 17, 2014, 02:07:57 AM »
MS = Manufactured Spend
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #631 on: January 17, 2014, 02:20:04 AM »
Got it! Thanks!  ;)

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #632 on: January 27, 2014, 07:32:44 PM »
$0 PURCHASE FEE:
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #633 on: February 11, 2014, 07:31:43 PM »
did anyone try buying amex gift cards with CITI recently? does it register as a regular purchase or cash advance?

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #634 on: February 13, 2014, 03:16:09 PM »
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #636 on: February 13, 2014, 06:44:48 PM »
I still can never seem to get amex gift cards to go through for me. So frustrating... they first block them and then after enough attempts they just say I exceeded my limit. Mind you this is while attempting to purchase using Amex cards and matching the billing and shipping letter to letter as I have it on my card.

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #637 on: February 13, 2014, 07:16:18 PM »
I lowered my cash advance limit to $0 and the cards wouldn't go through

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #638 on: February 13, 2014, 07:33:02 PM »
"We're sorry, but we are unable to process your payment at this time. Please verify that the payment information is correct and resubmit your order. If you see this message again, please contact the Credit Card Company or consider another form of payment. After three attempts, you will need to restart your order."
this is whats showing up on the amex page, I called CITI to see if there was a fraud alert on my card and they told me no, the reason why it the purchase wont go through is because its a cash advance and my cash advance limit was lowered to $0

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« Reply #639 on: February 16, 2014, 08:16:02 PM »
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