Amex to Visa Payment

Batesy1976

Matchbook said:

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but this came up on a google search so not worth adding a new thread. Might I say, Im shocked at how negative most of the posts on this thread have been, it was pretty obvious to me from the OP that they thought that an answer was unlikely but were asking on the off chance. Personally I would like to use my amex on a particular site which offers me discounted gift cards (a work perk) and they only accept Visa and Mastercard. In fact one of the things i can buy on there is a pre paid MasterCard which is what gave me the idea. Its a shame there doesn't seem to be an answer because for me, for certain purchases, it means i will need to decide between a 7% gift card or adding to the Amex balance. @Nick_C appreciate the reminder about buying gift cards for shops, I use this to get discount on Netflix! forgot to use it for Amex spend

Are we reading the same thread?  Where are all these negative posts you're talking about then?

Fingerbobs

Matchbook said:

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but this came up on a google search so not worth adding a new thread. Might I say, Im shocked at how negative most of the posts on this thread have been, it was pretty obvious to me from the OP that they thought that an answer was unlikely but were asking on the off chance. Personally I would like to use my amex on a particular site which offers me discounted gift cards (a work perk) and they only accept Visa and Mastercard. In fact one of the things i can buy on there is a pre paid MasterCard which is what gave me the idea. Its a shame there doesn't seem to be an answer because for me, for certain purchases, it means i will need to decide between a 7% gift card or adding to the Amex balance. @Nick_C appreciate the reminder about buying gift cards for shops, I use this to get discount on Netflix! forgot to use it for Amex spend

If this is the same "perks" site I'm on (it sounds like it is) - are you aware that you can use the prepaid MasterCard to purchase another prepaid MasterCard, and trouser the 1% discount each time? I'm amazed they forgot to block this!