Until December 24th, FatWallet is offering $5 cash back for each order of a Chili’s e-gift card. Minimum order is $10.
Important Info
- For maximum savings, order gift cards $10 at a time. Each time, start at FatWallet, click through this deal, and then buy a $10 e-card.
- Each person may order up to 500 cards.
- The purchase is made through chilis.cashstar.com so it probably does not count as a restaurant purchase (for those seeking category bonuses), but it probably does count as an Online Purchase for the Discover card’s 5% quarterly bonus.
- People are reporting that each $10 transaction puts a $12 hold on your credit card (the extra $2 is just a hold that will go away after a few days). This is worth noting because this deal is not then a good way to completely cash out bank gift cards.
- Chili’s gift cards can be used at Chili’s, On The Border, Maggiano’s Little Italy and Romano’s Macaroni Grill. There are no printed rules against using multiple gift cards at once.
If you’re new to FatWallet and would like to help support the Frequent Miler site, please consider signing up for FatWallet with this link. I will receive $5 for each person who signs up and makes a purchase of $25 or more through FatWallet links within 365 days.
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Submitted a customer service request to ebates.com today, had a response in less an hour with the missing $5 credit posted.
PH: That’s good news. I only bought one of these (through FatWallet) and the $5 finally posted recently.
purchased about 12 or 13 and only $5 for me, as well, so far
I noted on 12/19 that one of my two purchases (ebates.com) had shown up in my posted transactions but not the other. The second has still not shown up. 🙁 Not worth calling them about yet, I’ll wait until after New Year’s Day to call if need be.
Purchased 10. Only $5 is showing up as pending. Sure hope the other $45 appears! Any have any luck?
According to FatWallet this deal expired on December 18, not on December 24th. Bummer! 🙁
ebates.com has paid out on the first of my two purchases, but not yet the second purchase. So there’s hope….
Just went to Chilis and paid for lunch with two of these. They are complicated as the number on the print out has to be entered by hand. However I was able to buy a plastic GC with the other print outs I had so I consolidated what I had left to a $27.98 card.
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But I went to plastic jungle and I think a lot of people must be doing this as they are down to just 73.5% for trade in.
russell: Thanks for the update. That’s great news that you were able to consolidate to a single GC. I just hope that FatWallet pays out…
Well I only bought 3 when the deal was going so now I guess just wait and see what happens.
I can’t find it either.
What happened did FW totally drop this. I can’t find it anymore on their site at all. Am I missing something?
Ugh. The deal seems to have disappeared from Ebates as well. Anyone know what’s going on?
PH: FatWallet, not yet
Anybody who uses ebates.com seen their $5 rebate post yet? (Or anybody who uses fatwallet.com, for that matter….)
Too bad that Chili’s is in the same category as other “upscale” fast food joints: TGIF, Applebees, and Houlihans.
Do you need to complete each transaction separately or can you add a bunch of $10 cards in one transaction? Thanks for the tip–used your link.
Jenn. Thanks! Do each transaction separately. Each time, start at FatWallet and click through to buy the gift card.
vxmike: I expect that you simply print them before going to the restaurant, but they might also accept them from your phone
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iahphx: I hope they’re still good for Macaroni Grill. That’s the main place I want to use them.