Took my wife along, so we could get the $10 back on $10 on her cards too- so we had 9 total cards including my Serve.
First stop was my local wine store, where I spent about $130, so received $130 worth of wine for $40. (not that I need any more wine!) However, they did initially object due to the service charges from Amex, but I'm a "good customer", and they did it anyway. That's the first time I've heard that complaint- didn't hear that last year, or later this year.
Second stop was a nice local restaurant, where the manager split the $100 gift card across my 9 cards- $11.11 on 8 cards and $11.12 on one of them. Since it's a restaurant, the POS terminal gave him the option to "split the check", but probably first time he split it across 10 "people".
Third stop was another local restaurant, where I decided to only buy a $50 gift card, and use only 5 of my cards. This was not smooth, as they charged the cards, then voided, then charged the cards again. The problems were unique to their POS, and I assume I'll get the $10 credits in the end.
Last stop was a local wine bar, where the wife and I had some wine and snacks. I was surprised not to see the confirmation emails right after we charged the bill to the 4 remaining cards.
The wine bar was listed on the Small Business Saturday map, but was listed in their previous location. I'm sure I'll have to call Amex and probably only 50/50 chance of getting the credit.
Total savings was $230 (and could be as high as $270). Score!
Update: I never did get the credits for the Wine Bar, so I've done 3 online chats, and hopefully, the third will get me that last $40 credit. Just for the record, the first 2 claimed they would process the credit, so no on objected, they just didn't do it.
First stop was my local wine store, where I spent about $130, so received $130 worth of wine for $40. (not that I need any more wine!) However, they did initially object due to the service charges from Amex, but I'm a "good customer", and they did it anyway. That's the first time I've heard that complaint- didn't hear that last year, or later this year.
Second stop was a nice local restaurant, where the manager split the $100 gift card across my 9 cards- $11.11 on 8 cards and $11.12 on one of them. Since it's a restaurant, the POS terminal gave him the option to "split the check", but probably first time he split it across 10 "people".
Third stop was another local restaurant, where I decided to only buy a $50 gift card, and use only 5 of my cards. This was not smooth, as they charged the cards, then voided, then charged the cards again. The problems were unique to their POS, and I assume I'll get the $10 credits in the end.
Last stop was a local wine bar, where the wife and I had some wine and snacks. I was surprised not to see the confirmation emails right after we charged the bill to the 4 remaining cards.
The wine bar was listed on the Small Business Saturday map, but was listed in their previous location. I'm sure I'll have to call Amex and probably only 50/50 chance of getting the credit.
Total savings was $230 (and could be as high as $270). Score!
Update: I never did get the credits for the Wine Bar, so I've done 3 online chats, and hopefully, the third will get me that last $40 credit. Just for the record, the first 2 claimed they would process the credit, so no on objected, they just didn't do it.
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