1 The Amazon.com Gift Card will be delivered via email by TripAdvisor after your review is published and TripAdvisor has confirmed your stay. â  Only bookings made via âBook on TripAdvisorâ on TripAdvisor.com are eligible. You must make your booking with a valid US address in order to be eligible for the offer.
Reason #2: Another Chance to Check Up on You. âA limited term expiration date of say three years (typical), allows the credit worthiness of cardholders to be revaluated on an ongoing basis â in addition to the normal annual review,â says Bob Hammer, founder and CEO of R.K. Hammer, a bankcard advisory firm.
Expiration date. There is one other significant difference between gift certificates and gift cards: Gift cards expire. Typically, a gift card retains its full value for a year or two. After that, a service charge or maintenance fee kicks in. Each month, the card loses a few dollars or a few percent of its value, until it becomes worthless. It's isn't obvious why companies do this; it hardly seems worth the bad PR.