The Deal
- Earn 3% cashback or 3x Membership Rewards points per dollar when buying gift cards from SamsClub.com.
- Direct link to offer.
Key Terms
- Expiry date unknown.
Tips & Ideas
Sam’s Club giveth and Sam’s Club taketh away. The taketh-ing away has come in the form of them no longer allowing you to buy third party gift cards with Walmart gift cards online.
The giveth has been Rakuten offering cashback or Membership Rewards when buying third party gift cards online. That change seemed to come about recently and they were initially offering 2%/2x. Craig at Middle Age Miles noticed that they’re now offering 3%/3x which is a great return – especially if you’re earning Membership Rewards – seeing as other portals still have an exclusion for gift cards.
What would be interesting is if gift card purchases did track through other portals despite the terms stating otherwise. If so, other portals could be a better option. For example, the United MileagePlus portal is offering 5x right now, TopCashback is offering 4% cashback, etc. It’s probably not worth giving up a guaranteed 3%/3x for a large gift card order, but I might test out another portal with a small gift card order just to see what happens.