Ah, the holidays. The perfect time for many restaurants to roll out their gift card deals. There are some great ones available. Case in point:
Applebees: Spend $50 on gift cards, get $10 bonus gift card
Benihana: Spend $50 on gift cards, get a $10 rewards card
Buffalo Wild Wings: Spend $25 on gift cards, get $5 gift certificate
California Pizza Kitchen: Spend $100 on gift cards, get a $20 rewards card
Carrabba’s Italian Grill: Spend $100 on gift cards, get a $20 bonus card
Cheesecake Factory: Spend $25 on a gift card, receive a free slice of cheesecake on your next visit
Chili’s: Buy $100 in gift cards, get 10% off
Chuck E. Cheese: Buy $25 in gift cards, get 20 free tokens
Claim Jumper: Spend $50 on gift cards, get a $10 bonus card & a card for a free slice of Chocolate Motherlode Cake
Del Taco: Buy a $15 gift card, get 2 free Chicken Soft Tacos
Fazoli’s: Buy a $20 gift card, get a $5 off coupon for yourself
Flat Top Grill: Spend $100 on gift cards, get $25 bonus gift card
Joe’s Crab Shack: Spend $25 on gift cards, get $5 in bonus bucks
Penn Station Subs: Buy $30 worth of gift certificates and get a card for a free 8 inch sub on your next visit.
Pappadeaux: Spend $50 on gift cards, get a $10 reward card
Romano’s Macaroni Grill: Buy a $25 gift card, get a $5 bonus card
Stir Crazy: Spend $100 on gift cards, get a $25 bonus card
Sweet Tomatoes/Souplantation: Buy a $50 gift card, get a free meal pass
Texas Corral: Spend $25 on gift cards, get $5 in bonus bucks
Uno Grill: Spend $25 on gift cards, get a $5 voucher
Sometimes we have purchased gift cards for ourselves to stretch our money further (because we also get the bonus card). I have also seen others suggest purchasing the gift card for yourself and using the bonus or reward card as a gift for a teacher, mail carrier, etc.
I will continue to update this list as I find more deals.
Melissa, a mom to three little ones (ages 7, 3 and 1), blogs at both Mom’s Plans where she writes about living a fulfilling life on less and paying down debt, and Fiscal Phoenix where she writes about rising from the ashes of your financial mistakes.