[[discounted_egift_cards]]
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Discounted eGift Cards
Definitions
Gift cards are physical prepaid stored-value money cards that can be used as an alternative payment method at a limited number of retailers and multiple times until the balance is depleted.
eGift Cards are similar to a Gift Cards except that they are digital instead of physical.
Vouchers are not the same as Gift Cards or eGift Cards. Vouchers have no stored-value and are one-time use.
Scope
This page compares the discount of eGift Cards which can be purchased online across various platforms. It may mention Gift Cards if the equivalent eGift Card is not offered. It does not include the discount that can be obtained using Vouchers.
Platforms
The known platforms are:
- Secure Parking (finished)
Membership Cost and Requirement | Comments | Last Reviewed | |
---|---|---|---|
AGL Rewards | Free with AGL product; activation within 5 working days | 1% Visa/MC; 0% for EFT. Emailed within 5 working days | 11/03/2018 |
Blatchys Blues Rewards | $19.95/year | 2% CC fee; 0% for EFT | 28/04/2018 |
Cashrewards | Free | “most are being delivered in a few minutes” | 28/04/2018 |
Employment Hero | Free for employees of participating employers | 1.5% Visa/MC; 0% for participating InstaPay employers | 03/12/2018 |
Entertainment Book | $60.00-$70.00/year | 1.25% CC fee. Delivery times may vary. Jetstar cards are delivered instantly despite stating 2 days for “validation”. See this thread for more info. | 07/12/2017 |
Lifestyle Solutions by WorldMark | Free for customers with WorldMark Timeshare | No fee | 29/12/2018 |
Lumo Ameego | Free with Lumo product | 1% CC fee. Accepts AMEX | 12/12/2017 |
Maxxia | Free for employees of participating employers | 1% CC fee | 21/07/2018 |
NIB Rewards | Free with NIB product | 1% CC fee; 0% for EFT. 5 day e-delivery | 11/12/2017 |
Plum Member's Benefits | Free Plum Super | Accepts PayPal (egift fulfilled by At Work); Coles eGift cards take ~1 day | 04/06/2018 |
RACQ Lifestyle | Free with RACQ product or $26.00/year | Pay via Visa/MC; no surcharge. Delivered instantly | 27/11/2018 |
Redeem Your Gift Card | Free for Sunsuper members | $1 per card processing fee, direct debit only. Use promo code “dreamrewards” | 23/10/2018 |
Secure Parking | Free | Finished - promotion ended | ? |
Suncorp Benefits | Available through the Suncorp banking App | Previous platform closed on 30/9/2018. New platform Visa/MC only; no surcharge | 27/09/2018 |
The Good Guys Concierge Rewards | Benefit included with any Concierge purchase | Cost varies depending on item Concierge offering is taken with | |
Wellplan Rewards | Free for customers with Australian Unity private health insurance | 1% CC fee | 21/07/2018 |
Comparison
The availability or the discount of the eGift Card can change.
For consistency, the table below should only show the discount that the platform normally offers and not for a limited time.
Store | AGL | Blatchys Blues | Cashrewards | Entertainment Book | Lumo Ameego | NIB Rewards | RACQ Lifestyle | Suncorp Benefits | Secure Parking | Wellplan | Redeem Your Gift Card | Comments |
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Accor Hotels | - | 10% | 3% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Covers Ibis, Mercure, M Gallery, Novotel, Pullman, Quay West & Sofitel |
Adrenaline | 10% | 6% | - | - | - | - | - | 6% | - | - | 7% | |
Agoda | 5% | - | 5% | - | 7% | - | - | - | - | 7% | - | |
Amart | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6% | - | - | 10% | |
Angus & Coote | - | 7% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
BCF | - | 9% | 3.5% | 10% | 10% | 7.5% | 8% | 9% | 5% | - | 7% | |
BWS | 5% | 4.5% | - | 5% | 5% | - | 5% | 5% | - | 5% | 5% | WISH eGift Cards also work here |
Barbeques Galore | - | 7% | - | - | 10% | - | 6% | 7% | - | - | 8% | |
Betta Home Living | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5% | - | - | - | - | |
Bevilles | - | 14% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
BIG W | 5% | 4.5% | 5% | - | 5% | - | 5% | 5% | - | - | 5% | WISH eGift Cards also work here |
Bonds | - | 9% | - | - | - | - | 8% | 8% | - | - | - | |
Bonds Kids | - | 9% | - | - | - | - | 8% | - | - | - | - | |
Boost Juice | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5% | - | - | - | - | |
Bras N Thing | - | 9% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Caltex Starcash | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5% | - | - | - | Caltex petrol stations ONLY (i.e. does not include Woolworths Caltex petrol stations) |
Caltex Woolworths | 5% | 4.5% | 5% | - | 5% | - | 5% | 5% | - | - | 5% | WISH eGift Cards also work here |
Catch | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6% | - | - | 8% | - | |
Cellarmasters | 5% | 4.5% | - | - | - | - | 5% | - | - | - | - | WISH eGift Cards also work here |
Chemist Warehouse | - | - | - | 10% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
City Beach | - | 8% | - | - | - | - | 6% | - | - | - | 8% | |
Coles | 5% | 4% | - | - | 5% | 5% | 4% | 5% | - | 5% | 4% | |
Coles Express | - | - | - | - | 5% | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Cotton On Group | - | 8%& | 9% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Includes Cotton On, Cotton On Body and Cotton On Kids |
Country Road | - | 9% | - | 10% | - | - | 10% | 9% | - | - | 7% | |
Dan Murphy's | - | 4.5% | 5% | - | 5% | - | 5% | 5% | - | 5% | 5% | WISH eGift Cards also work here |
David Jones | 8% | 6% | 5% | - | 8% | 10% | 6% | 6% | - | - | - | |
Dotti | - | 9%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Drummond Golf | - | 9% | - | 10% | - | - | 8% | 9% | - | - | - | |
Dusk | - | 8% | - | - | - | - | 8% | - | - | - | 9% | |
Dymocks | - | 10% | - | - | 10% | - | 8% | 9% | 5% | - | 8% | |
EB Games | - | 8% | - | - | - | - | | 8% | - | - | 7% | |
Endota Spa | 7% | 6% | - | - | - | 7% | 6.5% | 6% | - | - | - | |
Event Cinemas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6% | |
- | 7% | - | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | - | - | - | ||
First Choice Liquor | - | - | - | - | 5% | - | - | 5% | - | 5% | - | |
Flight Centre | 3% | - | - | - | 3% | 3% | - | 2% | - | - | - | |
Forever New | - | 4%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Freedom | - | 9% | - | 10% | - | - | 7% | 9% | - | - | 7% | |
GiftPAX | 50% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | This looks like an mistake and should be 5%. |
Global Hotel Card | - | 9% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Goldmark | - | 7%& | - | - | - - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Good Food | - | 9%& | - | - | 15% | - | - | 9% | - | 15% | - | |
Grand Mercure | - | 10%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Covered by Accor Hotels |
Harris Scarfe | 5% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Harvey Norman | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7% | |
Hoytts (eGift Card) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8% | - | |
Ibis Hotel | - | 10%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Covered by Accor Hotels |
isubscribe | - | 13% | - | - | - | - | 10% | 10% | - | - | 7% | |
iTunes | - | 6% | - | - | 4% | - | 5% | - | - | - | 5% | |
kikki.K | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7% | 12% | - | - | - | |
JB Hi-Fi | 5% | - | - | 5% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 5% | - | 4% | |
Jacqui E | - | 9%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Jay Jays | - | 9%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Jeanswest | - | 9%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Jetstar | - | - | - | 5% | - | - | 4% | - | - | - | 4% | |
Just Jeans | - | 9%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Kathmandu | - | 8% | - | - | - | - | 7% | 8% | - | - | 7% | |
Kmart | 5% | 5% | - | - | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | - | - | 5% | |
Kmart Tyre & Auto | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5% | - | - | - | |
Laubman & Pank | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8% | - | - | ||
Liquorland | 5% | - | - | - | 5% | - | - | 5% | - | 5% | - | |
Lorna Jane | - | 14% | - | - | - | - | 15% | 15% | - | - | - | |
M Gallery | - | 10%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Covered by Accor Hotels |
Mercure | - | 10%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Covered by Accor Hotels |
Microsoft/Xbox | - | 10%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Includes Windows, Windows Phone and select Xbox stores |
Mimco | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6% | - | - | - | 7% | |
Mitre 10 | - | 4%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Myer | 5% | 6% | - | - | 6% | 5% | 6% | 5% | - | - | 7% | |
Napoleon Perdis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6% | - | - | - | - | |
Novotel Hotels | - | 10%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Covered by Accor Hotels |
Officeworks | - | - | - | - | 5% | - | - | 5% | - | - | - | |
Peter Alexander | - | 9%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Portmans | - | 9%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Priceline | 10% | 5% | - | 10% | - | 12.5% | 5% | 5% | - | 10% | 6% | |
Pullman | - | 10%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Covered by Accor Hotels |
Quay West | - | 10%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Covered by Accor Hotels |
Ray's | 7.5% | 4% | - | - | 10% | 7.5% | 5% | - | - | - | 7% | |
Rebel | 7.5% | 6% | - | 10% | 10% | 10% | 5% | 6% | - | - | 7% | |
RedBalloon | - | 8% | - | - | - | - | - | 8% | - | - | - | |
Repco | - | 2%& | - | - | - | - | 10% | - | - | - | - | |
Rubi Shoes | - | 8%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
San Churro | 10% | - | - | - | - | 10% | 5% | - | - | - | - | |
Sephora | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | - | - | - | |
Sheridan | - | 7% | - | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | - | - | - | |
Smiggle | - | 9%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Snooze | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15% | - | - | - | - | |
Sofitel | - | 10%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Covered by Accor Hotels |
Spa & Wellness | - | - | - | - | 10% | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Spa Collective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5% | - | - | 5% | |
Sportsgirl | - | 9%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Sunglass Hut | - | 9%& | - | - | - | - | - | 9%* | - | - | 10% | * Can only be used in-store |
Supercheap Auto | 7.5% | 8% | - | 10% | 10% | 7.5% | - | 8% | 5% | - | 7% | |
Sussan | - | 9%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Target | 5% | 5% | - | - | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | - | - | 5% | |
The Good Guys | 5% | - | - | - | 6% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 5% | - | - | |
Ticketek | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | - | - | - | |
Ticketmaster | - | - | - | - | 10% | - | - | - | - | 10% | - | |
Trenery | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | - | - | 7% | |
Typo | - | 8%& | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Vintage Cellars | - | - | - | - | 5% | - | - | 5% | - | - | - | |
Virgin | 5% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Webjet | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2% | - | - | 5% | |
Witchery | - | - | - | - | 5% | - | 6% | 6% | - | - | 7% | |
Woolworths | - | 4.5% | 5% | - | 5% | - | 5% | 5% | - | 5% | 5% | WISH eGift Cards also work here |
WISH | - | - | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | - | - | 5% | - | Works at Woolworths Supermarkets / Caltex Woolworths petrol stations / BIG W / Dan Murphy's / BWS / Cellarmasters |
Zone Bowling | - | 14% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
& offers are physical gift cards which incur a minimum $5 delivery fee.
Bold indicates the best value for each store.