The holiday gift guide [1] series continues this week with gift card deals!
It’s time for the annual list of the best deals on restaurant and retail gift cards [2]. Buy cards to give as gifts or to lock in a discount on your favorite chain restaurants.
Use credit cards offering cash back [3] on restaurants to increase your savings. And if you use your gift cards yourself, make sure to pair them with coupons for even MORE of a discount on your favorite meals!
Use your bonus cards as an extra inexpensive gift [4] for someone on your list, a coworker or teacher [5], a Secret Santa [6] gift or a special treat for yourself! Make sure to check the fine print on each offer – some restaurants limit the number of bonuses you can earn, and most bonus gift cards can be used for a limited time.
Restaurant Gift Card Deals
- Applebees: Buy $50 [7] and get $10 bonus card.
- Benihana: Receive a $10 Promotional Card with the purchase of $50 in Gift Cards. Buy the card [8] before 12/31/14 and the promotional card is valid through 3/31/15.
- Boston Market: For every $25 in gift cards purchased [9] get a $5 bonus card while supplies last.
- Chili’s: Free $10 Holiday Buck Bonus Card with every $50 in gift cards purchased [10].
- California Pizza Kitchen: Purchase [11] $100 in gift cards, get a $20 rewards card. Rewards card can be used starting January 12, 2015.
- Jamba Juice: Buy $25 in gift cards [12] before 12/31/14 and receive a free juice or smoothie.
- Macaroni Grill: For every $25 in gift cards purchased [13] by 12/31/14, get a $5 Grazie Gift Bonus Coupon valid 1/1/15 – 2/11/15.
- Outback: Buy $100, get $20 free (online [14] or in-store). Purchase by 12/31/14 and use bonus card between 1/1/15 and 2/10/15.
- Red Robin: Get a free movie ticket with the purchase of a $25 gift card [15].
- Taco Cabana: Receive $5 when you buy [16] $25 in gift cards.
- T.G.I. Friday’s: Buy $25 in gift cards [17] and receive a Bonus Bites Card that you will scratch off to reveal a card worth $5, $10 or $25.
- Uno Chicago Grill: Receive a $5 gift card for every $25 in gift cards [18]. Bonus voucher valid 1/2/15 – 2/13/15.
iTunes Card Deals
- iTunes Bonus [19]: Get a $100 iTunes Gift Card for $84.47 at Sam’s Club for a limited time.
Amazon Gift Card Deals
More Places to Find Gift Card Deals
- Discount Gift Card Sites: You can also purchase gift cards at a discount from places like Cardpool [21]. New Cardpool users get $5 off.
- Costco: A reader Shelley also found lots of gift card deals at Costco. She found a $100 gift card to one of her local restaurants for $69.99.
More Holiday Gift Ideas
If you don’t see anything you like, you can always check our list of gift card alternatives [22] or check out more inexpensive gift ideas in our gift guide series:
- 10 Inexpensive Christmas Gifts Under $10 [23]
- Inexpensive Experience Gifts [24]
- 118 Inexpensive Stocking Stuffers and Where to Find Them [25]
- 10 Amazing Frugal Gift Ideas [26]
- Frugal Last Minute Gift Ideas Under $20 [27]
What other gift card deals have you found this holiday season? Feel free to add them to the list below!