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2000 Bonus Flybuys Points on $50+ The Restaurant Choice, Gourmet Traveller, Ultimate Eats or Celebration Gift Cards @ Coles

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While shopping for a pressure washer I came across this deal where you can get 2000 bonus Flybuys points with a $50 and above spend on these selected gift cards at Coles when you swipe your Flybuys card at checkout. Valid on The Restaurant Choice, Gourmet Traveller, Ultimate Eats and Celebration Gift Cards.

Celebration gift cards can now be swapped for Officeworks, Barbeques Galore, City Beach, Cotton On, H&M, JD Sports, Luxury Escapes, T2 and The Iconic.

Note: Physical The Restaurant Choice Gift Card can only be used at specific establishments any establishment with certain Merchant Category Codes (MCC). Please read the FAQ and expand "Where can I use my Restaurant Choice gift card?" to see what types of merchant category locations will accept this.

Terms and conditions

Limit of 5 Gift Cards per customer.

Offer valid only instore at Coles Supermarkets (excluding Coles Online, Coles Express and purchases via giftcards.com.au), subject to store availability. Whilst stocks last, no rain checks. Excludes $30 Ultimate Eats Gift Cards. BONUS POINTS can be awarded more than once for each Gift Card type including different denominations of the same Gift Card but can only be collected up to 5 times per Flybuys account.

Offer valid from 11/01/2023 to 17/01/2023.

Refer to individual gift card for terms and conditions.

Credit to dealbot

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  • BargainsGrabber on 09/01/2023 - 00:28

    Thanks OP, love your while shopping trend

  • RichardL on 09/01/2023 - 00:36
    +3

    Note: Physical 'The Restaurant Choice' Gift Card are still restricted to participating restaurants (As per rep's comment)

    • Clear on 09/01/2023 - 00:38

      Thanks added.

    • WookieMonster on 09/01/2023 - 00:43
      +9

      @AustinBlack is this still the case?

      I’ve noticed clause 3 of the Restaurant Choice physical gift card’s terms and conditions now says:

      This Card is an EFTPOS prepaid gift card that can be used to purchase food and beverages at any restaurant, café, bar or fast-food establishment (that falls into a merchant category detailed in Clause 2.5) within Australia that accepts EFTPOS for payment (an "Accepted Merchant”). Cards cannot be used at any merchant that is not an Accepted Merchant (including those described in Clause 2.6).

      • billy_bob on 10/01/2023 - 16:21

        Looks like Terms have changed slightly again? Now it's clause 2.1 and says: "Each gift card is a physical stored value card (“Gift Card”) and issued for use as payment (up to the value stored on the Gift Card and prior to the expiry date of the Gift Card) at any restaurant, café, bar or fast food establishment (that falls into a merchant category detailed in Clause 2.5) within Australia that accepts EFTPOS (for physical Gift Cards) or Visa (for Digital eGift Cards) for payment (an “Accepted Merchant”)".

      • Abukindah on 15/01/2023 - 18:37

        Is this discount offered by the gift card company or Coles ?

    • sub102 on 09/01/2023 - 03:16

      I recently read that these can even be used for food deliver ie Doordash, Uber eats etc.

    • billy_bob on 09/01/2023 - 16:10

      Hi Clear, Rep's comment about the physical Restaurant Choice gift card was from 2-Dec-2022 and it appears the Terms and Conditions have now been updated for the physical card to be the same as the electronic card. See comment from WookieMonster.

      Hopefully Rep can confirm, I sent them a DM.

      • MiscOzB on 10/01/2023 - 11:44

        A couple of things - you've replied to RichardL here, not Clear. And you've linked Wookie's profile not one of their comments.

        • billy_bob on 10/01/2023 - 16:30

          Yes, I meant to reply to RichardL's comment as that is the one that Clear used to update the original post, but I think that info is wrong anyway, so I am asking Clear to update with the latest Terms, which say that even the physical Restaurant Choice' Gift Card can be used at any restaurant that accepts eftpos. I am just not sure whether the physical gift card can be saved to mobile wallet?

          FAQ section says it can but not sure if this is for the electronic gift card only?:
          "Restaurant Gift Cards can be added to your Apple, Samsung, or Google mobile wallet.
          To add your Restaurant Choice Gift Card to your mobile wallet please download the My Prepaid Centre app from the Google Play or Apple App store and follow the prompts."

          And yes, apologies, I used the wrong link for WookieMonster's comment, should be this

    • haha45 on 14/01/2023 - 13:22
      +3

      I bought a couple of physical 'The Restaurant Choice' cards in September 2022, at which time they were restricted to specific participating restaurants. An error on my part which I was quite annoyed that I'd done.

      I tried using one of these cards today at a non-participating restaurant and this was successful.

      Luckily it seems that they are now usable in any restaurant/cafe with the correct merchant category, and that it is a backdated change applying to previously purchased physical cards.

  • WookieMonster on 09/01/2023 - 00:48
    +3

    FYI you do not have to “swap” a Celebration gift card in order to use it at some participating retailers.

    • Some participating retailers accept it in their physical stores.

    • Some participating retailers accept it on their online stores.

    • Some participating retailers allow you to exchange part or the full balance of the gift card for the retailer’s own digital gift card via Blackhawk Network.

    Last time I checked (which was before Christmas), you cannot exchange a Celebration gift card for an Officeworks gift card through Blackhawk Network themselves.

    • cloudy on 09/01/2023 - 07:16

      Is officeworks one of the retailers that accepts it in store? Without swapping

      • WookieMonster on 09/01/2023 - 07:23
        +2

        Yes

        • Davelovesdealz on 09/01/2023 - 16:13

          Is BBQs galore one of the retailers that accepts online?

          • WookieMonster on 09/01/2023 - 16:24

            @Davelovesdealz: I think so.

            The Celebration gift card page stupidly does not tell you whether a participating retailer accepts a Celebration gift card instore or online or appear on the exchange facility.

            However, considering that a Celebration gift card really is just a special type of Ultimate gift card that is only sold at Coles, I had a look at the Ultimate Home gift card and it mentions that Barbeques Galore accepts Ultimate gift cards in their physical stores and their online store, and also appears on the exchange facility. That means that Barbeques Galore should accept Celebration gift cards in their physical and their online store. It should also appear on the exchange facility, as I saw it there a few weeks ago.

  • nightelves on 09/01/2023 - 01:30

    Does Officeworks allow you to buy itunes giftcards?

  • Thranrond on 09/01/2023 - 03:37

    Am I understanding the deal correctly? Buy a $50 gift card and get 2000 points worth $10 (20% discount)? You can buy 5 different $50 gift cards but each Flybuys account is limited to 5 cards?

    • MiscOzB on 09/01/2023 - 04:51
      +1

      That's correct (plus you'd also get the base points, so an extra 250 points for 5 x $50 cards for a total of 10250 points).

      For those wondering, it seems there is no $50 denomination for the Celebration cards.

      • Thranrond on 09/01/2023 - 04:55

        Oh bummer about the no $50 celebration card

      • cloudy on 09/01/2023 - 07:19

        Just to confirm, 5 x the same type of gift card is ok? I’m looking g to get 5 ultimate eats, I’d get 50,000 points bonus

        • lgacb08 on 09/01/2023 - 07:28

          Last time I did with this type of offer each type of card were counted in separate quota. But that has been over a year since.

        • MiscOzB on 09/01/2023 - 07:29

          Just to confirm, 5 x the same type of gift card is ok?

          Yes

          I’m looking g to get 5 ultimate eats, I’d get 50,000 points bonus

          You mean 10,000? Or 5 each on 5 seperate Flybuys accounts for 50,000 total?

        • SnoozeAndLose on 09/01/2023 - 07:30

          Same type is fine,issue is it won't give you 50,000 points for 5 cards only 10,000

  • Turtletaub on 09/01/2023 - 06:36

    For those who want to double dip with hsbc 2% cashback by split paying the balance, this didn’t work for me yesterday at coles clempton park self-serve checkout when buying Apple gift cards for 20x points. Gave an error when choosing split pay with card and staff had to fix, said it wasn’t allowed.

    Didn’t think in the moment to stop and go to a staff checkout to ask them to do it, does anyone know if they will? Can’t remember if coles self serve has always worked but it definitely has worked at woolies self serve for me in the past.

    • lgacb08 on 09/01/2023 - 07:29
      +2

      You're late to the party, coles has been restricting split payment on giftcard purchases for years and doing so requires manual override from staff.

    • WookieMonster on 09/01/2023 - 08:08
      +8

      The only type of split payments you can do at a Coles self checkout when purchasing gift cards is to pay in cash first, then pay the remaining amount owed on one card. You cannot specify the amount of cash you want to spend, so you would need to insert the exact amount of cash you want to spend.

      If you go to a Coles standard checkout (one operated by a dedicated staff member, including the ones with conveyor belts for people doing their massive grocery shops), you are able to do split payments when purchasing gift cards, but this is at the discretion of the staff member operating the checkout and is reliant on the staff member knowing how to do split payments. I got stuck at a Coles standard checkout for nearly five minutes a few weeks ago, because the staff member did not actually know how to do split payments across two Coles gift cards and was trying to figure it out on the spot…

      Whilst we are talking about this topic:

      • You can do split payments at Woolworths and BIG W self checkouts when purchasing gift cards. (No idea about staff-assisted checkouts, but I presume you can do it there too.)

      • You cannot do split payments at any Kmart checkouts when purchasing gift cards. I discovered this the hard way and wasted ten minutes trying to do split payments at a self checkout and then at staff-assisted checkouts. (Yep, even staff are not allowed to do split payments at staff-operated checkouts if you are purchasing a gift card.) Not even the cash + one card trick works at Kmart, because as soon as you leave the cash screen, you will have your cash refunded to you!

      • You cannot do split payments at Target self checkouts when purchasing gift cards. (No idea about staff-assisted checkouts.)

      • Turtletaub on 09/01/2023 - 08:30
        +1

        Amazing, thank you.

      • truetypezk on 09/01/2023 - 13:38

        You can do cash (first)+card(excluding egc) at Target self checkout for gc purchases.
        Are you saying those self serve checkout with a conveyor belt at Coles allows you to split? I have always been assuming those behave like self serves:) Does it require staff intervention between payments?

        • WookieMonster on 09/01/2023 - 13:52

          You can do cash (first)+card(excluding egc) at Target self checkout for gc purchases.

          Ahhh very handy to know! I was using a card-only Target self checkout! To be fair, nearly all self checkouts at the last Target I visited were card only.

          Are you saying those self serve checkout with a conveyor belt at Coles allows you to split?

          No. Those are not operated by a dedicated staff member, so no split payments are possible. (I see where the confusion has come from!)

          The only Coles checkouts where you can do split payments on purchases of gift cards are:

          • The service desk (i.e. where tobacco is sold).

          • The express checkouts where the checkout is operated by a dedicated staff member and the staff member packs your groceries for you.

          • The checkouts with the conveyor belts where the checkout is operated by a dedicated staff member and the staff member packs your groceries for you.

          Not all staff are aware that you cannot do split payments at Coles self checkouts, so be prepared for the occasional staff member who questions why you are not going through a self checkout!

          • truetypezk on 09/01/2023 - 13:58
            +1

            @WookieMonster: Ah I see, you are talking about the most common staffed conveyor belt ones. Thought you were referring to those new self serve conveyor belts which I havent had much chance to try yet.

            For target when buying gift cards, card payment must be the final payment type, i.e. for the full amount. You cant do a partial payment with card and a modal window will pop up telling you so.

          • JIMB0 on 09/01/2023 - 15:54
            +1

            @WookieMonster: So basically any checkout that is operated by a staff member.

            • WookieMonster on 09/01/2023 - 16:12

              @JIMB0: Yes (and probably should have just explained it that way!)

              The reason I point this out is that the error message you get on the self checkout when you attempt split payments for purchases of gift cards strongly indicates that you can only go to the service desk to split payments, when in reality any checkout operated by a dedicated staff member can handle split payments.

      • tajid on 09/01/2023 - 14:43
        +1

        Just to answer your uncertainty:

        You can do split pay at woolworths staff checkout .

        You can't at Target.

      • MiscOzB on 10/01/2023 - 12:05

        You can do split payments at Woolworths and BIG W self checkouts when purchasing gift cards.

        This wouldn't include being able to use multiple prepaid gift cards, right? I think someone said previously that it's not possible (at least at Woolies that is).

        • Trance N Dance on 10/01/2023 - 12:15

          Depends on the prepaid card, if it's an Active/Only1, Perfect EFTPOS or Westfield EFTPOS they've been BIN blocked to not be allowed for transactions including giftcards.

          • MiscOzB on 10/01/2023 - 12:26

            @Trance N Dance: Specifically either Vanilla Visa or Coles Mastercard. I might just try it myself tonight (with the latter) to confirm when I buy more TCN Gift cards (assuming my local still have stock).

            • WookieMonster on 10/01/2023 - 13:32
              +1

              @MiscOzB: You should be able to use multiple Vanilla Visa gift cards and/or Coles Mastercard gift cards to purchase any gift cards at Woolworths or BIG W.

              Woolworths have only BIN-blocked gift cards sold in their stores from being able to purchase some other gift cards in their stores.

              Considering that Woolworths does not sell Vanilla Visa gift cards or Coles Mastercard gift cards, you should be fine to use them to purchase TCN GIFT gift cards later today.

            • Trance N Dance on 10/01/2023 - 18:53

              @MiscOzB: You will be fine with Vanilla Visa and Coles Mastercard.

      • georgedn on 12/01/2023 - 10:49
        +2

        And further on the topic - I've been able to purchase GCs at Target using Coles Myer GCs and Flybuys dollars last year. Coles system does not allow this.

  • jellykingdom on 09/01/2023 - 08:42
    +1

    Celebration Gift Cards…what a bizarre collection of vendors. T2, Bbqs Galore, Officeworks, H&M…

  • Bettyboo on 09/01/2023 - 09:00

    some restaurants do not accept pay by card and pay by cash. E.g I had dinner for $120. I said I have a card for $100 and remain pay by cash. They do not accept that. I wonder why, has to pay in full of either.

    • Trance N Dance on 09/01/2023 - 11:33

      Book keeping and consolidation. They just don't want to enable split payments.

  • ldcan on 09/01/2023 - 09:33

    slightly confused by "can only be collected up to 5 times per Flybuys account" - does this mean we are able to buy 5x GC in one transaction up to 5 times per Flybuys account?

    Appears to be a change to their normal T&Cs for bonus points gift card offers for Coles/Flybuys

    • Yola on 09/01/2023 - 09:58
      +3

      I believe that this is a standard condition for this type of deal.
      You can purchase 5 in one go or over the week but a maximum of 5 cards to get the bonus points.

  • Bettyboo on 09/01/2023 - 11:26

    Can anyone confirm about spending $ 50 by restaurant giftcard remaining by cash, does restaurants accept that. Mine does not

    • Trance N Dance on 09/01/2023 - 11:35
      +1

      That's dependent on each restaurant. They're free to choose to accept any method payments they wish as long as it includes legal tender (unless it's payment up font as you're not in debt).

  • Smile on 09/01/2023 - 12:35
    +2

    Is there anyone really tried to use the physical Restaurant Card in fast food stores successfully?

  • Lancerx on 09/01/2023 - 12:45
    +1

    Bought few ultimate eats card, but annoyed most places won't do split payment. Whe is you're down to last few dollars, but tricky to spend them.. Any idea of getting around it?

    • Craze on 09/01/2023 - 13:14

      From previous threads people managed split payments at Grill'd and Nando's, but YMMV.

    • souths123 on 09/01/2023 - 15:59

      Hogs breath do split payments, I just rang to confirm as I have a $50 one I need to use so thought I had better double check

    • ivyholmes on 09/01/2023 - 16:03

      Guzmany Gomez, you can do split payment with multiple cards.. Maccas KFC can do split payment cash & card

      • Lancerx on 09/01/2023 - 21:46

        Ultimate eats work on KFC, macca?

        • ivyholmes on 10/01/2023 - 09:35

          As per the new T&C of The Restaurant Choice, you can use it at KFC and Macca, absolutely not Ultimate Eats

        • Craze on 10/01/2023 - 10:22
          +1

          No, UE card will not work at KFC and Macca's

    • CheapBrah on 14/01/2023 - 01:10

      Can swap for Subway gift card online with $10 minimum

  • Jstrrrr on 09/01/2023 - 12:56

    Can I confirm if this is true: these giftcards are NOT Coles Group giftcards, therefore they would earn standard Flybuys points on purchase, and they will qualify you for the usual Flybuys offers like "spend $50/60/70/80 in one shop at Coles, get 2000/3000 bonus points" if you have one activated in the FB app? (regardless of whether there is a separate FB deal on these cards like this one here)

    • WookieMonster on 09/01/2023 - 13:27
      +2

      these giftcards are NOT Coles Group giftcards,

      Correct.

      All the gift cards in this deal are not issued by Coles Group.

      they would earn standard Flybuys points on purchase

      Correct.

      You will earn 1x Flybuys point per $1 when purchasing third-party gift cards at Coles. If you purchase one of the gift cards in this deal during the offer period, you will earn 1x Flybuys point per $1 spent on top of the bonus points (up to 5 gift cards).

      they will qualify you for the usual Flybuys offers like "spend $50/60/70/80 in one shop at Coles, get 2000/3000 bonus points" if you have one activated in the FB app? (regardless of whether there is a separate FB deal on these cards like this one here)

      Incorrect.

      Those “usual” Flybuys offers specifically exclude the purchase of gift cards in the fine print. I have been trying for a few years and have not been able to get those offers to be triggered by the purchase of gift cards.

      • Jstrrrr on 10/01/2023 - 18:44
        +1

        Thank you for the very clear reply. Can I ask one more: if I buy not just the same type but also the same denomination card 5 times, let’s say five $50 Restaurant Choice cards, I would get 10000 FB in total? The T&C talks about the same type but then goes on to illustrate different denominations.

        • WookieMonster on 10/01/2023 - 18:55
          +3

          If you buy 5x $50 Restaurant Choice gift cards through this deal, you will earn 10,000 bonus Flybuys points (on top of the 250 standard Flybuys points you earn everyday).

          The terms and conditions is trying to say that you can purchase different denominations of the same gift card type or different gift card and you will still earn bonus Flybuys points on the first five eligible gift cards purchased during this deal.

          • If you buy 3x $100 Restaurant Choice gift cards and 2x $50 Restaurant Choice gift cards through this deal, you will earn 10,000 bonus Flybuys points (on top of the 400 standard Flybuys points you earn everyday).

          • If you buy 1x $100 Restaurant Choice gift card, 2x $50 Restaurant Choice gift cards and 2x $200 Celebration gift cards through this deal, you will earn 10,000 bonus Flybuys points (on top of the 600 standard Flybuys points you earn everyday).

    • AssociatedR n b @ Coles on 09/01/2023 - 15:34

      I wish what u said. But never happened and I don’t think it gonna happen in future as well.

      • Abukindah on 15/01/2023 - 18:39

        Is this discount offered by Coles or the gift card issuing company?

  • jackking on 09/01/2023 - 14:00

    to confirm, is it 20% saving? pretty good if it can be used for officeworks

    • JordanM on 09/01/2023 - 14:13
      +1

      Will only be 10% if purchasing a $100 card.

      Celebrations only comes in $100 and $200

    • WookieMonster on 09/01/2023 - 14:14
      +1

      Celebration gift cards are only sold in $100 and $200 denominations, so keep that in mind. (And yes, they work at Officeworks instore… I used a couple instore at Officeworks last week. It should also work on Officeworks’ online store, but I have not tried this myself.)

      The reasons for the “$50 and above” language is that Ultimate Eats gift cards are sold in $30 and $50 denominations at Coles, so Coles is trying to ensure that customers know that the $30 Ultimate Eats gift card is not part of this deal.

      • Craze on 16/01/2023 - 11:54
        +1

        Looks like Celebration GC works online as well as tried by Vantage 😉

        • WookieMonster on 16/01/2023 - 12:30

          The reason I wrote my comment above is that I had a couple of people PM me with issues using Ultimate and Celebration gift cards on the Officeworks store just before Christmas.

          One of them reached out to BHN, but BHN could not see any of the ten attempted purchases on the gift card at all, which indicates that Officeworks was declining the transaction, not BHN. Officeworks did later tell them the transaction was blocked for “security” reasons, which to me sounds like Officeworks saw a prepaid gift card being used as a payment method and then deciding to stop the transaction. Keep in mind this person was actually trying to buy a printer, not a gift card…

          • Craze on 16/01/2023 - 12:46

            @WookieMonster: Is it too simplistic to think that the Celebration GC should work in store if it works through online store…

            • WookieMonster on 16/01/2023 - 12:56

              @Craze: Oops, I meant Officeworks online store, not physical store!

  • Davelovesdealz on 09/01/2023 - 14:37

    Is this the best "discount" for bbqs galore giftcards? 2000 points on $100 is 10% off (min)

    • WookieMonster on 09/01/2023 - 15:51
      +4

      At the moment, it’s a good “discount”. However, I will note that at least one discounted gift card portal sells Barbeques Galore gift cards at a 10% discount everyday.

      Historically, it is not the best “discount”.

      • Celebration gift cards were 15% off a few weeks ago.

      • Ultimate gift cards were 15% off one and two months ago. (Ultimate Everyone, Him and Home gift cards feature Barbeques Galore as a participating retailer.)

      • Selected $50 Ultimate gift cards were sold with 2,000 bonus Flybuys points over a year ago.

      If you were wondering, those 15% discounts usually only coincide with Black Friday and Christmas.

  • Davelovesdealz on 09/01/2023 - 15:58
    +1

    Awesome response! I was hoping you'd pick this up.

    Pretty happy that this is a good deal given your answer - even more so given I have some business class tickets to book soon on velocity points :)

    I'm looking forward to the next round of Coles MC in a month - pity I cant wait till then for the BBQ stuff I need….

    • WookieMonster on 09/01/2023 - 16:16
      +1

      I hope there is a next round!

      Don’t forget the Feb 2022 prepaid gift card deal at Coles was Vanilla Visa gift cards, and that deal was restricted to NSW and ACT stores.

  • Poor Ass on 09/01/2023 - 23:06

    Can the physical restaurant choice card be converted to digital or be added to phone wallet?

    • ivyholmes on 10/01/2023 - 09:36

      I don't think so

      • sniffingforabargain on 10/01/2023 - 11:09
        +1

        Could be completely wrong, as I've never tried it (someone will have to take one for the team), but I believe it may be possible if one contacts customer service? In their FAQs, one of the questions is:

        Is the physical Card required to be used at the EFTPOS pin pad to authorise my purchase when using a Restaurant Choice Gift Card?

        The restaurant must use the pin pad provided when redeeming a Restaurant Choice Gift Card for goods or services as directed by the POS terminal.
        If you’ve already added your Restaurant Choice Gift Card to your mobile wallet or exchange it for an eGift card, then you will not require your physical card.

  • trashcan on 11/01/2023 - 09:24
    +9

    I just bought the Restaurant Choice Gift Card from Coles and used the card at one of the local coffee shop and it worked just fine. Looks like they have removed the restriction on participating restaurants and replaced it with restrictions on Merchant Category groups as reflected in clause 2.5 in their updated terms and conditions. (https://www.restaurantchoice.com.au/Terms)

    • Jstrrrr on 11/01/2023 - 14:12

      I just bought a bunch of these myself. Hopefully get all the FB points as advertised.

      I am puzzled how they make money from this - if all merchants in the restaurant category accepts this card, then there is no individual agreement with each merchant. And there is no surcharge to purchase. So obviously Coles get these at some discount, and Coles profits on top. How do the restaurants then not lose money? If the restaurants get the full amount on the bill, and Coles already profited, how do the GC creators make money?

      • t25 on 11/01/2023 - 16:10
        +3

        Those odd balances you can never clear is probably how they make the money. Also any unused/forgotten/expired balances go straight into the pocket of the operator.

      • trashcan on 11/01/2023 - 16:21
        +4

        This is pure speculation on my part but I will take a stab.

        • The promotion is partly funded by Coles as a loss leader to get people through the door in the hope that they end up buying other things at the store.

        • The promotion is partly funded by the card issuer. The card issuer ends up making money on unused card / lost cards / merchant fees / interest on the funds etc. They rely on past patterns to estimate each of the above components to come up with the profitabilty in aggrgate that then enables them to fund the promotion.

        I think that is the reason why a lot of visa/mastercard gift card providers have stopped ato payments due to the low merchant fees and the fact that most people end up using all the value of the card when making tax payments.

        Pehaps someone in the industry can throw some more light on this

        • JIMB0 on 11/01/2023 - 20:44
          +1

          You're on the right track. When they had the discounted MasterCard I seen a staff memo that outlined they had secured a deal with the card issuer to sell these at a discount to help boost sales.

      • Ladideeda on 15/01/2023 - 13:07

        Have anyone received the bonus points yet? Mine is not showing any bonus points

        • tajid on 15/01/2023 - 16:51

          Yup 2 days lagging normally.

  • Alinnia on 11/01/2023 - 17:30

    Can the physical The Restaurant Choice gift cards be used for placing online orders at Menulog or Doordash?

    • trashcan on 11/01/2023 - 18:05
      +1

      The physical cards are EFTPOS cards and cannot be used online.

      • hoyanikon on 11/01/2023 - 18:43

        can the physical cards be converted to digital or added to mobile wallets?

        • trashcan on 11/01/2023 - 18:44

          Not that I am aware of.

        • Poor Ass on 11/01/2023 - 22:11

          Yes they can

          • JordanM on 11/01/2023 - 22:25

            @Poor Ass: Doesn’t appear so… how do you do so?

            Unlike Ultimate cards they are eftpos based so cannot simply be added to Apple Pay with the card number ect.

            • Poor Ass on 12/01/2023 - 06:57

              @JordanM: The old style physical card you are restricted, I agree

              The new style you can exchange to egift add to wallet to tap or you can swipe to pay with the physical card as long as it's on the list of MCCs

  • Poor Ass on 11/01/2023 - 22:12
    +1

    Restaurant Choice are good… I have used them at hotels and motels couple of times as they are on the MCCs

    Also worked for swimming pool entry… Sports club mcc

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