Gift Card Dilemma

So curious on others opinions on what to do here.....

Since AARP no longer sells the egift cards, I moved over to Allstate to get a couple of the $100 cards so I can buy bottles for my room. But Allstate only has the $500 cards as e-gift cards right now. The cost for the bottles is under $250, so I don't necessarily need a $500 card. Problem is my cruise leaves next week so I have to get everything ordered this week.

Should I wait it out and keep checking to see if any $100 e-gift cards become available? Buy the $500 and just hope I use the remainder on the ship somehow? Or scrap the whole gift card thing and just pay out of pocket at this point? I don't know of any other ways to get the discounted cards other than allstate or aarp.

They still sell the egift cards but they run out and are back within a day or two. This happened to me before I sailed on the 28th. A week or so out I decided to buy some gift cards to pay for some onboard dining

, Gratuties etc and I opted to wait and see if they've back. They came back the next day! I figured I'd they didn't come back oh well I just add my cc at boarding. No big deal. They did and were instantly emailed.

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They still sell the egift cards but they run out and are back within a day or two. This happened to me before I sailed on the 28th. A week or so out I decided to buy some gift cards to pay for some onboard dining

, Gratuties etc and I opted to wait and see if they've back. They came back the next day! I figured I'd they didn't come back oh well I just add my cc at boarding. No big deal. They did and were instantly emailed.

Thanks! That gives me less anxiety about waiting a few days to see what happens.

As the earlier poster says, AARP still sells the ecard... they just go out of stock quickly. But they replenish it pretty quickly too, I've found. So perhaps just wait a day or two...

In fact I just checked and AARP has both the $100 & $500 cards for sale right now.

In fact I just checked and AARP has both the $100 & $500 cards for sale right now.

Really??? The egift cards? I could've swore I saw a post on here stating AARP was no longer selling them as of recently. But I'll check there now. Thanks!

Those are for mail delivery not e-delivery. Aarp I said they will no longer sell e-giftcards

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Can you explain what benefit there is to purchasing a gift card from aarp or Allstate?

Those are for mail delivery not e-delivery. Aarp I said they will no longer sell e-giftcards

 

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Bought a $500 e-gift card 4 days ago.

Can you explain what benefit there is to purchasing a gift card from aarp or Allstate?

Its 10% off face value of the gift cards. free money!!! You have to earn points from AARP or Allstate first and that can be done in just a few minutes. 1000 points and $90 will get you a $100 carnival gift card and 5000 points and $450 will get you a $500 carnival gift card. you dont have to be a paying member of AARP or a Allstate customer to earn points either.

Bought a $500 e-gift card 4 days ago.

No longer offered. You manage to score one before they stopped.

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Its 10% off face value of the gift cards. free money!!! You have to earn points from AARP or Allstate first and that can be done in just a few minutes. 1000 points and $90 will get you a $100 carnival gift card and 5000 points and $450 will get you a $500 carnival gift card. you dont have to be a paying member of AARP or a Allstate customer to earn points either.

Wow, that's great. Have to check it out.

Bleh. I waited too long. I was going to order one more but I don’t have enough time before our final payment to wait for the ecard. Guess that was a $50 mistake.

I stand corrected to my earlier statement- the cards I saw on AARP are the regular gift cards, not the ecards.

How do you do the Allstate cards without being a customer?

How do you do the Allstate cards without being a customer?

Another suggestion - Target sells physical Carnival gift cards. If you have Target's RED card, you get 5% off - not as great as the AARP or Allstate option, but local and in your hands immediately.

Citibank rewards usually has both types of gift card :)

Go ahead and buy the $500 card. Put the remainder on your S&S account. If you don't use it all, use the casino trick to cash it out at the end of your cruise. Nothing lost!

I haven't done Allstate Rewards Gift Cards for awhile, so I signed on today to look, and they have the physical $100 and $500 cards. Do they still sell ecards and they are just out of them? If they still sell the ecards, I might go back to them, since AARP is just the Physical Cards now.

I have purchased several ecards from aarp but never physical cards. Has anyone had problems with physical cards other than the anxiety of having to wait on snail mail?

I was considering purchasing the AARP cards to finish paying for our cruise in December. Since they no longer have the e-cards can you use the gift cards to pay the balance? Can you purchase the Cheers package with them as well?

I have purchased several ecards from aarp but never physical cards. Has anyone had problems with physical cards other than the anxiety of having to wait on snail mail?

I've ordered them frequently in the past several years-both from Verizon Wireless (no longer offered), and AARP. I never had any problems with the mailed cards.

I ordered two $100 cards last month--never received them in the mail. I called 3-4 times--after 10 days I could file a claim--ended up getting a refund to my credit card.

The customer service during this process was outstanding.

I ordered two this past Saturday--hopefully there will be no issues.

I have purchased several ecards from aarp but never physical cards. Has anyone had problems with physical cards other than the anxiety of having to wait on snail mail?

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