Luckily, a variety of promo codes can help remove shipping and purchasing fees. Always check with sites like Retailmenot and Giving Assistant for updated codes. PROMO codes are not guaranteed to work, but try them and see which work.
Most American Express gift cards will come ready to use. In some cases, gift cards may require activation and instructions should have been provided. Personally, I think online activation is the easiest route. The American Express balance checking page also doubles for card activation.
Visit the American Express Balance page to sign in and activate your card. You can call the phone number on the back of the card to activate your AMEX gift card. Otherwise, call customer service at or You should have the card in hand to provide the card number, valid thru date, Card ID, security number, and your home address.
Once your gift card is activated, it can be used like any other debit or credit card. When making a purchase online, use your personal address and zip code. You may find some restrictions if you use your gift card for hotel purchases, subscriptions, car rentals, or foreign transactions. Stores that accept American Express include:. American Express is widely accepted. Luckily, Finder. Unfortunately, you are not able to add money to an American Express gift card. Cards are purchased in set amounts and cannot be reloaded.
However, you can add money to an AMEX prepaid debit card. You can contact American Express at the following for gift card related questions. American Express also has a Frequently Asked Questions page to answer all of your gift card related questions. The funds on your AMEX gift card do not expire. This company is useless! Get buying tips about Prepaid Cards delivered to your inbox. Thank you, you have successfully subscribed to our newsletter!
Enjoy reading our tips and recommendations. Do not purchase these cards. Purchased a gift card on Dec. I could not get a person on the phone to find out what happened to the card. Finally called the credit card company I used to purchase the card and they were able to get someone on the phone who told me they would open up a case and within 6 days someone would contact me and then send me the card. This means I will not have the card for Christmas. This is the last time I will purchase an Amex gift card.
Avoid them like the plaque. I'm not sure why American Express continues to do business with the company that is handling their gift cards. They should be embarrassed by the amount of poor reviews they receive! Avoid American Express gift cards like the plague. I purchased several dozen gift cards for my employees to distribute as Christmas bonuses.
The cards were received from AMEX in sealed envelopes, and this is how they were distributed to employees Employees went to use the cards and learned that the cards were "compromised" that's AMEX's word for it. Now, AMEX is doing very little to help.
It is obvious that the "compromise" occurred at the point of origin shipment. I have pissed off employees. Can anyone recommend a good class action attorney to haul AMEX into court?
Amex takes NO responsibility for fraud. The card did not leave my home. Their policy is I have to deal with the merchants, but they cannot provide contact information, or any information beyond the day time and amount. Give people cash, or a check Otherwise, the money can be stolen remotely and you will have no recourse.
Amex allowed fraudulent transactions to take place and does not take responsibility or provide enough information for you to try and attempt to get the money back from the merchant. How this is legal, I cannot understand. Of course your well-meaning family member wants to get a gift card for your kids. They never expire, so when you finally get around to checking a balance, surprise! Except you have to buy an Amazon card with it first.
And you have to use the chat help to figure out how to do that on Amazon. And only one of three cards work. So you escalate and an Amazon human on the telephone tells you it was declined. Yeah, duh? She tells you to enter it again so you do. Then it turns out you have to call the same Amex number you started with, and find out why it was declined. I asked if Amex would also like my blood type and my firstborn as well. I guess they know better. Modern day piracy, perhaps? I received 4 of these cards from a well-meaning relative.
Unfortunately, these cards cannot be used online. I called gift card customer service and was told the cards read as "anonymous" to online retailers, so they have the right to decline the card.
Unlike other gift cards Visa, etc. When processing online transactions, merchants verify the card is connected to a valid name and mailing address; that's why other gift cards are useable for online purchases and bill-paying. These cards are possibly the most useless waste of plastic. I am not able to make in-person purchases due to the pandemic. Don't even bother using these at the gas pump; they'll be rejected. These cards are so pointless not even the online gift card buy-back services will take them.
I don't have the heart to tell the person who gave these cards to me they're useless, but AMEX gift cards are useless garbage. Do not give these during the holidays unless you hate the recipient. I bought a few of these cards to give to my employees and clients as gifts.
As I tried to use one of them to test them, the card number had been compromised and instead of getting the face value, I only got a fraction.
Someone had stolen the card number from the issuer and used it.
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