(EXPIRED) More easy 5x: Staples fee-free $200 Mastercard gift cards (10/10-10/16/21)

Staples has released its weekly ad and this Sunday will be offering $200 Mastercard Gift Cards with no purchase fee. Note that the limit of five per customer per day stands.

The Deal

• Staples will be offering fee-free Mastercard gift cards from Sunday, 10/10/21 to Saturday, 10/16/21
• Direct link to weekly ad (see page 1 of next week’s ad)

Key Details

• Valid 10/10/21 to 10/16/21
• Valid in-store only
• Limit of 5 per customer per day

Quick Thoughts

Note that Mastercard gift cards have been subject to a higher rate of problems than Visa gift cards in the past. I haven’t kept up with recent data points on that, but if you buy these, I recommend using them as soon as you can. There was a time last year when these were auto-draining at some stores even though the purchase was declined at the register. That eventually got resolved, but it was a headache for those involved.

That said, if you’re buying, make sure you’re using a card that earns one of the best category bonuses at office supply stores. For example, with the Chase Ink Cash card, you’d earn 1,000 Ultimate Rewards points for each $200 Mastercard you buy. If you can buy 5 at a time, that’s potentially 5,000 points per day. Alternatively, this could be an easy way to pick up spend towards a big spend bonus. Note that there is usually a limit of 1 per customer, this week’s ad states 5 per customer per day. I’ve never had trouble buying multiple at the stores I frequent, but in areas where enforcement of 1 per customer on past deals has been strict, I could imagine some pushback on the terms (you may want to have a copy of the ad handy).

See our Current Visa and Mastercard Gift Card deals page for other currently-available deals.

This deal recently ran on the following dates:

Fee-free Visa Gift Cards

• 9/26/21 to 10/2/21 (this turned out to be Mastercards in some areas)
• 8/8/21 to 8/14/21
• 7/11/21 to 7/17/21
• 6/13/21 to 6/19/21
• 5/9/21 to 5/15/21
• 4/11/21-4/17/21 (this was only a reduced fee)
• 2/28/21-3/6/21
• 1/17/21-1/23/21
• 12/26/20-1/2/21
• 12/6/20-12/12/20
• 11/8/20-11/14/20
• 10/18/20-10/24/20
• 10/11/20-10/17/20
• 8/30/20-9/5/20
• 8/2/20-8/8/20
• 7/5/20 – 7/11/20
• 6/7/20 – 6/13/20
• 2/23/20 – 2/29/20
• 1/12/20-1/19/20
• 12/15/19-12/21/19
• 11/3/19 – 11/16/19
• 9/29/19-10/5/19
• 9/1/19-9/7/19
• 8/4/19-8/10-19
• 6/30/19 – 7/6/19
• 5/5/19 – 5/11/19
• 1/13/19 – 1/19/19
• 11/11/18 – 11/17/18

Fee-free Mastercard Gift Cards

• 8/22/21 to 8/28/21
• 7/18-7/24/21
• 6/27-7/3
• 4/25/21 to 5/1/21
• 3/28/21 to 4/3/21
• 10/25/20 to 10/31/20
• 7/19/20-7/25/20
• 6/14/20-6/20-20
• 3/22/20-3/28/20
• 10/20/19-10/26/19
• 7/21/19-7/27/19
• 4/21/19-4/27/19
• 3/24/19-3/30/19

H/T: GC Galore

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