Restaurant Freebies for Buying Gift Cards

Many restaurants are offering a free item/meal or a bonus gift card for buying their gift cards.

Applebee's - Free Mystery Value Gift Card with $50 Gift Card Purchase

Benihana - Free $10 with $50 Gift Card Purchase

Buffalo Wild Wings - Free Blazin Bonus with $25 Gift Card Purchase

California Pizza Kitchen - Free $10 with $50 Gift Card Purchase

Cheesecake Factory - Free slice of cheesecake with $25 Gift Card

Children's Place - Free $10 with $40 Gift Card Purchase

Chili's - Free $10 with $50 Gift Card Purchase

The Counter - Free $5 with $25 gift card

Del Taco - Free Meal with $30 Gift Card Purchase

Fleming's - Free $20 with $100 Gift Card Purchase

Golden Corral - Free $5 with $25 Gift Card Purchase

IHOP - Free $5 with $25 Gift Card Purchase

Jamba Juice - Free Smoothie with $25 Gift Card Purchase

Lettuce Entertain You - Free $25 for every $100 gift card purchased

Outback Steakhouse - Free $10 with $50 Gift Card Purchase

P.F. Chang's - Free $20 with $100 Gift Card Purchase

Pei Wei - Free $5 with $25 Gift Card Purchase

Red Lobster - Free appetizer or $10 with $50 gift card

Ruby Tuesday - Free $5 with $25 Purchase or $15 with $50 Gift Card Purchase

Red Robin - Free $5 with $25 Gift Card Purchase
- or free movie ticket with a $40 gift card

Souplantation / Sweet Tomatoes - Free Meal Pass with $50 Gift Card Purchase

Steak n Shake - Free $5 with $20 Gift Card Purchase

Be sure to read the fine print - a lot of the restaurant 'bonus cards' are basically coupons. You can't combine them with other coupons which means they may or may not be a better deal than what you could get anyway.

Brought a $100 QVC eGift card and did not get a bonus. Anyone else bust out on this 'Hot' deal?

Panera says when called that there is no current $20 promo. You don't see it when you buy a card either. Can you remove that or explain how you have it please?

Make sure you buy on-line and use discover or chase freedom to get another 5% back from the credit card companies. All online purchases with those cards get a 5% rebate until Dec 31...

Chase does not give bonus cash back on giftcards

Lettuce Entertain You restaurants offer a $25 gift card for every $100 purchased

I buy all my gift cards at Costco! Any time of the year they are typically $100 worth of gift cards from $64-$80. No limits, no restrictions.