tatt2ed Posted May 8, 2017 #2226 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Wow, I had lots of fun getting the AARP gift cards. Had 3 of the $500 gift cards in my cart on Saturday morning. Kept declining my CapitalOne credit card (get an extra 1.5% back on that card). Finally called their customer service when they opened at 10am EST. Of course they had sold out of the $500 cards at that time. I got AARP and the CapitalOne rep on the phone together. Neither could figure out why the credit card would not work. Finally was able to use another card to get 5 of the $100 cards (max allowed). So will keep watch for another offer. Apparently AARP has updated their security and even extra spaces in address or anything that is not exactly the same as the credit card has for your account will kick it out. However, we checked all of that for the CapitalOne card and no luck. Nice ! Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doxycycline Posted May 9, 2017 #2227 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Replying just to subscribe, don't mind me... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolly1952 Posted May 9, 2017 #2228 Share Posted May 9, 2017 I keep missing the sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmwmarmstrong Posted May 10, 2017 #2229 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I keep missing the sales. It is almost 1 AM Pacific time and the $100's are available! All you night owls GO GO GO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizinisthebest Posted May 10, 2017 #2230 Share Posted May 10, 2017 It is almost 1 AM Pacific time and the $100's are available! All you night owls GO GO GO! That's the spirit. If you want them, you gotta look at all times very often. Just brought one adding to my stack. Thanks!! Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewliana Posted May 10, 2017 #2231 Share Posted May 10, 2017 That's the spirit. If you want them, you gotta look at all times very often. Just brought one adding to my stack. Thanks!! Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk YAY!!! For once I am happy I couldnt sleep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engrdad Posted May 10, 2017 #2232 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Need ~ $1500 worth of cards. Any disadvantage to getting 15 - $100 cards versus 3 - $500 cards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizinisthebest Posted May 10, 2017 #2233 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Need ~ $1500 worth of cards. Any disadvantage to getting 15 - $100 cards versus 3 - $500 cards? Go for the 3, $500 cards. It will be cheaper in shipping. And besides, unless you have multiple accounts then there's no way to buy 15 in a day. The max per account is 5 no matter the denomination. Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
engrdad Posted May 10, 2017 #2234 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Go for the 3, $500 cards. It will be cheaper in shipping. And besides, unless you have multiple accounts then there's no way to buy 15 in a day. The max per account is 5 no matter the denomination. Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk Thanks for the quick response. Reason for my question is that they only have $100 cards available at the moment. I will wait on the $500 cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolly1952 Posted May 10, 2017 #2235 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Just picked up 5 $100 cards for our Horizon TA adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizinisthebest Posted May 10, 2017 #2236 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Thanks for the quick response. Reason for my question is that they only have $100 cards available at the moment. I will wait on the $500 cards. I would go ahead and get 5 right now. Then you can get 2, $500 cards tomorrow or whatever when they show up. That way at least you have those. Plus you can make sure you don't run into the issues you did last week with that security crap, which also happened to me the first few times I got these cards. Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatt2ed Posted May 10, 2017 #2237 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I would do 15 100s but thats me, and i would do 15 separate purchases. That way you get 15 1000 pt promo code slips. Yes shipping is more but the time it takes to earn 15k pts is much more time consuming for me. A few extra bucks shipping is nothing. My time is way more valuable by far. Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizinisthebest Posted May 10, 2017 #2238 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I would go ahead and get 5 right now. Then you can get 2, $500 cards tomorrow or whatever when they show up. That way at least you have those. Plus you can make sure you don't run into the issues you did last week with that security crap, which also happened to me the first few times I got these cards. Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk Sorry I meant to say go ahead and get 5, $100 cards now. Duhh... Sorry. Lol Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmwmarmstrong Posted May 10, 2017 #2239 Share Posted May 10, 2017 That's the spirit. If you want them, you gotta look at all times very often. Just brought one adding to my stack. Thanks!! Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk Your very welcome. Got a nice gift card stack myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nychad10 Posted May 10, 2017 #2240 Share Posted May 10, 2017 shipping is the 59 per $100. no matter what amount you get... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisetodayteachtomorrow Posted May 10, 2017 #2241 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Can someone post a current link to where they are? I have not been able to find them. I can find them on Verizon just fine when they are available. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bUU Posted May 10, 2017 #2242 Share Posted May 10, 2017 shipping is the 59 per $100. no matter what amount you get... . Verizon charged me $1.18 for 2 x $500 = $1000 in gift cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmwmarmstrong Posted May 10, 2017 #2243 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Verizon charged me $1.18 for 2 x $500 = $1000 in gift cards. I ordered 2 cards from AARP last week and was charged $1.18 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatt2ed Posted May 10, 2017 #2244 Share Posted May 10, 2017 shipping is the 59 per $100. no matter what amount you get... . Incorrect ! 59 cents per card not per hundred Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organized Chaos Posted May 11, 2017 #2245 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Can someone post a current link to where they are? I have not been able to find them. I can find them on Verizon just fine when they are available. Go to http://rewards.aarp.org and log in (or register if you haven't already). Once logged in, you can either hover your cursor over the "Travel" tab, then click "Travel Gift Cards" from the menu or hover over the "Gift Cards" tab, then click "Travel" from the menu. On that page, choose Carnival from the left sidebar. If you don't see Carnival, they're not available. And for that matter, sometimes it appears but they'll be sold out. If you happen to be logged in from http://www.aarp.org, just click on "Redeem My Points" to get to the Rewards for Good site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisetodayteachtomorrow Posted May 11, 2017 #2246 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Go to http://rewards.aarp.org and log in (or register if you haven't already). Once logged in, you can either hover your cursor over the "Travel" tab, then click "Travel Gift Cards" from the menu or hover over the "Gift Cards" tab, then click "Travel" from the menu. On that page, choose Carnival from the left sidebar. If you don't see Carnival, they're not available. And for that matter, sometimes it appears but they'll be sold out. If you happen to be logged in from http://www.aarp.org, just click on "Redeem My Points" to get to the Rewards for Good site. Thank you! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organized Chaos Posted May 11, 2017 #2247 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Thank you! Sent from my iPhone using Forums No problem. It can get a little confusing because their AARP homepage and Rewards for Good homepage are two separate sites, but you can access one from the other. If you're logged into aarp.org, you can earn points by clicking on Rewards for Good in the red header bar at the top of the page and then click Start Earning Points. That's where you can take a bunch of their quizzes for points. I'm not positive, but I think the amount of points you earn is based on how you do on the quiz. I've gotten 400 pts. from a quiz for getting all of them right (or all but one), but then yesterday I only got one question right on one of them and it didn't give me any points at all. Another little tip: when you're on the aarp.org homepage, on the left side of the red header bar, click the Menu button. It'll open a sidebar. Click the drop down arrow next to your name, then click Newsletters. Here you can sign up to receive their email newsletters. This is where a junk email address comes in handy. The ones that give you points will be marked "Rewards for Good." You can always go back and uncheck them later, but it'll give you a lot of points just for signing up to receive them. I think I got 2,050 pts. Some of those newsletters contain promo codes to earn more points. You enter those at the top of rewards.aarp.org. Some of those newsletters contained online magazines that gave points for reading. I would just quickly click through to the end and it'd give me the points. Not always, though. You also get 50 pts. for logging in every day. If you have a FitBit, you can sync it to the AARP account and earn points for reaching milestones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisetodayteachtomorrow Posted May 12, 2017 #2248 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Wow ! I am not quite "old" enough for AARP but my mom has it and I was trying to use her account. No wonder so many people have AARP! No problem. It can get a little confusing because their AARP homepage and Rewards for Good homepage are two separate sites, but you can access one from the other. If you're logged into aarp.org, you can earn points by clicking on Rewards for Good in the red header bar at the top of the page and then click Start Earning Points. That's where you can take a bunch of their quizzes for points. I'm not positive, but I think the amount of points you earn is based on how you do on the quiz. I've gotten 400 pts. from a quiz for getting all of them right (or all but one), but then yesterday I only got one question right on one of them and it didn't give me any points at all. Another little tip: when you're on the aarp.org homepage, on the left side of the red header bar, click the Menu button. It'll open a sidebar. Click the drop down arrow next to your name, then click Newsletters. Here you can sign up to receive their email newsletters. This is where a junk email address comes in handy. The ones that give you points will be marked "Rewards for Good." You can always go back and uncheck them later, but it'll give you a lot of points just for signing up to receive them. I think I got 2,050 pts. Some of those newsletters contain promo codes to earn more points. You enter those at the top of rewards.aarp.org. Some of those newsletters contained online magazines that gave points for reading. I would just quickly click through to the end and it'd give me the points. Not always, though. You also get 50 pts. for logging in every day. If you have a FitBit, you can sync it to the AARP account and earn points for reaching milestones. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemanbobswife Posted May 12, 2017 #2249 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Wow ! I am not quite "old" enough for AARP but my mom has it and I was trying to use her account. No wonder so many people have AARP!Sent from my iPhone using Forums I'm nowhere near "old enough" either. You don't need to be a member or a certain age. Just sign up for the online part and not the paid membership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizinisthebest Posted May 12, 2017 #2250 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I'm nowhere near "old enough" either. You don't need to be a member or a certain age. Just sign up for the online part and not the paid membership. Anyone can join AARP. Although my husband is definitely "near." It's just a mature adult advocacy and awareness organization. Both my husband and I are members and love the discounts. My friends laugh at me when I pull out my AARP card but I have the last laugh. Lol[emoji14] Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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