Amazon gift cards from Microsoft Rewards: do they work?
Buying other gift cards with Amazon gift cards is illegal.
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Key notes
- A Reddit user had their account banned after buying a Best Buy gift card.
- The purchase was made with Amazon gift cards, which is illegal.
- However, their account was restored.
It seems that buying anything using Amazon gift cards from Microsoft Rewards can get your account banned. It happened to this Reddit user who was trying to buy a Best Buy Gift card using Amazon gift cards.
Amazon then sent an e-mail to the user, stating that their account is closed, but there are ways to get it back. As frustrating as this sounds, no one saw it coming, though. Officially, you can buy gift cards on Amazon using Microsoft Rewards points.
However, in situations like these, you need to ask: do Amazon gift cards really work? It is a tricky question considering only last week Microsoft Cashback was having problems. So maybe Microsoft Rewards is going through some problems as well.
Do Amazon gift cards from Microsoft Rewards work?
Well, according to Reddit users, they do work. In the thread we mentioned earlier, there are countless examples of users who managed to spend their points on Amazon gift cards. Some of them bought Amazon gift cards, right after the original Reddit made their post, and it worked.
Here’s what the users say
I purchased over $200 dollars worth of Xbox gift cards on Amazon this year and had no issues. My most recent Xbox gift card purchase was just a week ago and it went through just fine. And yes I used my Amazon gift card balance.
After reading OP, I just did the same thing last night for a $100 Xbox GC, and so far, no ban. I will continually start draining down my Amazon GC balance to the Xbox GC and redeem them as soon as I earn them just in case it becomes a problem in the future. It’s better to lose $10 than $200.
Update: I went ahead and bought a 10 dollar Xbox gift card code with my Amazon gift card balance and It went through and I got the code instantly and redeemed it no problem. Might just be retail cards that aren’t able to be paid with Amazon gift cards just Xbox/PSN Since they’re sold by Amazon LLC.
You can use the points from Microsoft Rewards to buy Amazon gift cards, Xbox goodies, and many other things. However, some users agree that if you spend too much too fast, the system might deem it suspicious. And you end up automatically flagged.
People been saying that if you reload using too many high value gift card that also could have trigger the flag. Honestly, it’s weird that you can use the balance to pay for things on Amazon, but you have to be careful about it.
And you should know that it’s against Amazon’s terms of service to buy other gift cards with your Amazon gift cards.
Ultimately, the user got their account back, but their Best Buy gift card order was canceled.
Have you experienced something similar? Let us know in the comments section below.
