Staples Mastercard Gift Card Deal
There is a new Staples Mastercard gift card deal running this week. This is a good way to rack up some bonus points earning without taking on any cost. You can then use the gift cards elsewhere for a better earning rate, or there are other options as well.
The Deal
- Get a $200 Mastercard gift card at Staples with the $6.95 activation fee waived.
- Limit of 9 per customer, per store, per day.
- Although you may find a willing employee. You can also bring in player 2 with you.
- You may also run into stores that won’t allow you to go to the limit as well.
The deal this week seems to be unadvertised (HT DoC)
Key Terms
- Deal valid from 3/1/26 through 3/7/26.
- In-store only.
If you would like to see the full terms, the deal is advertised in this week’s ad.
Maximizing the Deal
These deals are a great way to rack up some office store spend without incurring a fee. Depending on which credit card you use, that could offer better earning elsewhere. There are also other uses for these Mastercard gift cards.
About the Mastercard Gift Cards
Mastercard gift cards sold by Staples have the PIN in the packaging. You can also reset the PIN by calling the number on the back. These can be used as PIN-enabled debit cards at various grocery stores, etc., but using them at Walmart can be tricky since the POS system recognizes them as credit. To get around that you need to quickly change the payment type on the POS screen, but newer versions of the system make it difficult. If you plan to use them at Walmart, YMMV.
History Of Staples Mastercard Gift Card Deals
I will start adding previous Staples Mastercard gift card deals here so you can see patterns and plan accordingly.
Fee Free Points Earning
These Staples Mastercard gift card deals are always popular. Maybe not as popular as the Staples Visa sale, but Mastercard gift cards do have uses that Visa gift cards do not (and vice versa). Some of you ability to grab them will depend on your local store’s stock and willingness to sell them. Good luck out there this week!
Had too much trouble with MC and not much need for Staples GC so will pass on this one.
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As Mark just wrote, the Mastercards are much more prone to hacking. Also, the Visa cards have no fee to replace them if they get lost while the Mastercards do. (As long as you have the original receipt, you can call up and have the card replaced with the visa cards for free – as long as no one found them and used them in the interim.)
They also sometimes work at USPS – but it is very YMMV
There is a lot of fraud when dealing with MasterCard gift cards too so drain them quickly.
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