Amazon raise mimimum Gift Card Top Up to £5

jay1804

It makes keeping old credit cards active a little more expensive.

Email from Amazon this afternoon;

Hello, 

As a user of the Amazon Gift Card Top Up service, we wanted to update you on some important changes. 

From 30 July 2024 we are introducing a minimum top up amount of £5, meaning that from this date all top-ups must be £5 in value or higher. 

If you have Auto Top Up set-up on your account for less than £5 please update this or set-up a new Auto Top Up for £5 or more. You can do this by visiting the ‘Your Account’ page and clicking on ‘Gift Cards & Top Up’. 

Thank you for using the Amazon Gift Card Top Up service. 

born_again

Why not just cycle cards around & use one a month?

Jami74

I top up £1 a month via credit card in order to create a direct debit for Barclays Blue rewards.

Oh hang, I can cancel that now.

I probably do (or could) spend £60 a year at Amazon though if I still needed it for a direct debit.

crumpet_man

I did not receive any notification from Amazon and my monthly top up still shows £1.

I will have to wait until later in the month to see what happens.

jay1804

born_again said:

Why not just cycle cards around & use one a month?

I Prefer to use my Amex or Barclayard Avios, for the majority of my spending.

The other cards I have a just older cards than can be used for BT offers or spending abroad, so I use don't carry them with me or know the PIN from memory. So using them on Amazon for a £1 top up was useful to keep them ticking over, also so I because I have Direct Debts set up, which you know are useful for banks that require them for rewards/switches.

wiseonesomeofthetime

I used to top mine up with £1pm from my Tesco Credit Card, and Tesco Bank would kindly write that off each month, meaning I could earn a huge £12pa

Seriously though, as I never used it as a means to have an active DD each month, it's no major concern for me and let's be honest, not a lot you can genuinely buy on Amazon for a quid, is there

crumpet_man

wiseonesomeofthetime said:

I used to top mine up with £1pm from my Tesco Credit Card, and Tesco Bank would kindly write that off each month, meaning I could earn a huge £12pa

Seriously though, as I never used it as a means to have an active DD each month, it's no major concern for me and let's be honest, not a lot you can genuinely buy on Amazon for a quid, is there

I have had this running for a few years.  Sometimes I have a free pack of chocolate or let the balance accrue and treat myself to something after a couple of years.

NoodleDoodleMan

Interesting thread. Thanks for flagging it up.

I had never thought of using a Direct Debit to top up my gift card via my Amazon account payment credit card - I need another DD on a Santander current account so I attempted setting one up for £5 monthly.

Rejected - the minimum amount needs to be over a fiver, so I tried £5.01 - and it worked apparently !!!

I purchase a Kindle book roughly once per month, so this seems a convenient deal.

crumpet_man

My long running £1 auto top up was processed today.