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Reposting my comment from the last time they had this deal:
The BIN on these cards last time was 451129, but that may have changed over the past couple of months. Staples processes their own gift card purchases, so paying with a card that earns well at office supply stores is the best way to get rewards off of these.
The limit is 5 in theory, but 4 in practice; the fee is present in cart as part of the subtotal before the discount kicks in, and Staples will not sell more than a $1,000 subtotal of gift cards in a single transaction. As such, throwing five $200s into your cart will show a message from Staples asking you to remove items from your cart before you can continue.
The limit on this deal is 5x $200 gift cards. With the Chase Ink Business card, we can get 5,000 points. It only takes as little as 25,000 points to travel one way to Asia on a ticket class that is about $650 cash price. So, the 5,000 points is worth as much as $130 to me.
I can use these Visa gift cards at Costco, to pay for my kids activities, etc.
There is always a line on Sunday at opening at Staples whenever there's these no activation fee deals on Visa and Mastercard gift cards. Every one of these folks carry the Chase Ink Business card. It's like Pokemon cards, haha.
How can you use 25000 points to travel one way to Asia? I think for UA, I need 35000 points.
Last edited by lepton_ytht December 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM.
I think that's impossible. I use them to pay all kinds of things online (utilities, insurance, etc.) and most of all, taxes (fed, state, property). I pay quarterly estimated taxes so it's always nice to get a few percent back (after fees). It's still a pretty decent return on my time, but worse now with chase UR devaluation for CSR holders.
In store physical cards are easier to spend (daily spend) but ordering online is super convenient and no 9x limit per day (don't have to visit multiple times over the week)
That said, I guess there might be someone out there who knows how to liquidate these since my staples sells out pretty quickly every month.
I tried using this visa card to buy starbucks $25 gc online, I see "something went wrong". tried a few times. such a hassle to use this card. Glad i did not buy multiple $200s.
Anyone know what's going on here?
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The BIN on these cards last time was 451129, but that may have changed over the past couple of months. Staples processes their own gift card purchases, so paying with a card that earns well at office supply stores is the best way to get rewards off of these.
The limit is 5 in theory, but 4 in practice; the fee is present in cart as part of the subtotal before the discount kicks in, and Staples will not sell more than a $1,000 subtotal of gift cards in a single transaction. As such, throwing five $200s into your cart will show a message from Staples asking you to remove items from your cart before you can continue.
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I can use these Visa gift cards at Costco, to pay for my kids activities, etc.
There is always a line on Sunday at opening at Staples whenever there's these no activation fee deals on Visa and Mastercard gift cards. Every one of these folks carry the Chase Ink Business card. It's like Pokemon cards, haha.
In store physical cards are easier to spend (daily spend) but ordering online is super convenient and no 9x limit per day (don't have to visit multiple times over the week)
That said, I guess there might be someone out there who knows how to liquidate these since my staples sells out pretty quickly every month.
Anyone know what's going on here?
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