Here are some of the latest offers to get you money off gift cards
When you buy gift cards for yourself or as a present, it’s really important you make a note of the expiration date and don’t forget about them at the bottom of the drawer! There are more details on what to watch for in our article five things you need to know about gift cards.
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Gift card special offers
Amazon: up to 15% off gift cards, including Lastminute, One4All and Odeon
Update: 19/12/2024 – if you’re coming from our newsletter, sadly this offer has now ended!
Amazon is currently offering a number of discounted gift cards, including:
- Lastminute
- One4All
- Odeon
- Roblox
Some offers are for digital cards, while others are for physical ones.
Amazon gift card bonuses
Over on our Amazon deals page, we’ve got a couple of deals where you get extra money when topping up your account or buying a gift card. These offers tend to run most of the year, though they are normally only for people who haven’t done either of these in the last three years.
Amazon also offers discounts on some retailer gift cards, especially in the run-up to Christmas and during shopping promotions like Cyber Monday and Black Friday.
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Cashback on gift cards
JamDoughnut: Cashback when you buy gift cards
With JamDoughnut, you can buy gift cards both as gifts and for everyday purchases and earn cashback on them. Plus, if you’re a new JamDoughnut user, you can get a £4 welcome bonus using our link (double what you’d usually get).
Retailers on the app include supermarkets like Asda, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and M&S.
TopCashback: Get cashback on gift cards
TopCashback has a spin-off site called TopGiftCards with money back on brands including Asda, Ticketmaster, Uber, Costa and Clarks. You need to click through from TopCashback and choose your gift card.
These are all digital gift cards but check the individual retailer terms to see if it can be spent in-store, online or both. Cashback is then paid back to your TopCashback account.
Remember, if you’re new to TopCashback you can also get a bonus of £20 when you sign up and spend £15. This counts when you buy gift cards too, but excludes takeaways.
The value of the gift cards on offer varies from 2% through to 10%, though most are less than 5%. Brands include (values correct as of 22/11/2023):
- Asda – 1.6%
- Morrisons – 2.5%
- Asos – 6.1%
- B&Q – 2.5%
- Costa – 7%
- Halfords – 6%
- National Book Tokens – 7%
- New Look – 5.2%
- Pizza Hut – 7%
- Primark – 4.3%
- Ticketmaster – 3.4%
- TK Maxx – 7%
- Uber – 2.5%
- Just Eat – 5.2%
HyperJar: earn cashback on gift cards
As with JamDoughnut, you can buy gift cards through the app and earn cashback on them with HyperJar.
There are more than 60 retailers on the app, including some supermarkets like Morrisons and Asda.
Cheddar: cashback on gift cards and spending
You can earn cashback in two ways with Cheddar: buying gift cards through the app, earning instant cashback, as well as by spending at specific retailers with a linked account.
There are more than 80 brands in the app, and once again, you can get cashback from supermarkets like Tesco, Asda and Morrisons. Use the code CLEVER4 when signing up to get £4 welcome cashback.
Discounted “work-perk” gift card trick, including John Lewis
We’ve written in detail about how you can get access to discounted gift cards, including John Lewis and Marks & Spencer, if you open up a Scottish Friendly ISA.
Expired offers
Tesco: 15% off cinema gift cards (ended)
Until 27 October you can get 15% off ODEON, Vue or Cineworld gift cards at Tesco.
You can get gift cards between £10 and £100 in the offer.
One4All: £5 Amazon extra (ended)
You can get a £5 Amazon voucher if you buy a £50 One4All card from Amazon between 3 and 9 October 2024.
Lego: £10 Amazon extra (ended)
You can get a £10 Amazon voucher if you buy a £100 Lego card from Amazon between 3 and 9 October 2024.
Uber: £5 bonus with £50 gift card (ended)
If you buy a £50 Uber gift card at Amazon and use the discount code UBERPDAY24 at checkout, you’ll get a £5 bonus into your Amazon account.
This is part of Amazon Prime Day, so it’ll end on 17 July 2024.
Asda: 10% cashback in Asda Pounds with EVERYWISH gift card (ended)
Asda’s offering members of its loyalty scheme a 10% back in Asda Pounds when they buy an EVERYWISH gift card in store.
The Asda Pounds can then be converted into vouchers to be spent at Asda, in store or online.
If you’re not yet a member of Asda Rewards, you’ll need to register first and download the app to be eligible for the offer.
The EVERYWISH gift card can be redeemed at over 200 brands including IKEA, Amazon and M&S.
The deal ends on 3 July 2024.
Apple: £10 bonus with £100 gift card (ended)
If you buy a £100 Apple gift card at Amazon, you get a £10 Amazon bonus. Use the discount code APPLELSPRI24 at checkout.
This will end on 25 March 2024.
Tesco: £5 boost on £25 gift cards (ended)
Tesco is currently offering £30 gift cards for £25 in-store only, getting you more than 16% off. You can buy up to 5 at a time, so you can potentially get £25 free from a £125 spend. There’s a limited number of cards available.
You’ll have to look out for the cards in store that say “A festive treat” on the front, with “£25 + £5 free treat from Tesco” underneath.
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WARNING! I have been caught out with gift cards before. Some retailers do not let you use any discount codes when you use credit or gift cards, e.g. Uber Eats. So if you have for example a 5% off gift card you wont be able to use your 20% off voucher, losing out big time!
Hi Andy, great blog. Do you know if Monese will offer the Giftcards at all this year. I upgraded 2 months ago because they said if I upgrade I will get the Giftcard offers and then nothing. Did I miss the Giftcard offers?
Cheers
On latest Monese one (22April) the GROC50 doesn’t work for the £50 but instead you need to have £90 in the account and it gives you a £100 gift card instead…go figure! Foxed me for a while. I guess by now there won’t be any codes left anyway.
as always sold out – no point!
Yeah it’s frustrating as you’ve got to be quick! I shared it on social media as soon as I spotted the email in my inbox and I think it stuck around for a good 5 hours before expiring.
Cheers Andy, the code worked nicely for me. Nice to get little bonuses like this for following your blog, always an interesting read.
It didn’t work for me, said the code was for new customers only!
It should work now. Let me know if it goes through when you try again
Code is NOT working for current customers and says
Sorry! This code is only for new shoppers
Shame!
It should work now. Can you try again and let me know?
Was too late Andy! Maybe next time?
Hi Andy. Unfortunately the iTunes code for today (7 Dec) at Zeek is “only for new shoppers” so does not work for me when I put in a £50 iTunes voucher 🙁
I tried it this afternoon and it worked. Thanks Andy.
Very misleading title, Zeek do not offer Amazon as a retailer
They do!! There’s often no discount, but when you add in these codes you can make a saving
Its bonkers to get 10% discount you have to spend £100 but you might want anything else then
great blog as usual. worth pointing out that tesco gift card require £1.50 for postage, so only really worth doing in store in my opinion