For the first time ever, Coles will be offering 4,000 bonus Flybuys points on $250 Mastercard gift cards that can be used almost anywhere.
Each $250 Mastercard you buy has a $7 purchase fee but for that you’ll earn 4,257 points worth either $20+ in Flybuys Dollars or 2,000+ Velocity points. It’s a cheap and simple way to either save some money or boost your Velocity balance.
Here are the details:
- Available from Wed 4 Sep to Tue 10 Sep 2024.
- Only available in-store at Coles.
- Limit of five gift cards per Flybuys account.
- $7 purchase fee on $250 card.
- Excludes $50 and $100 Coles Mastercards.
- This offer is open to everyone and does not require activation.
How it works
All you have to do is scan your Flybuys card when buying the $250 Mastercard gift cards at Coles between 4 Sep and 10 Sep 2024. You won’t know that that you’ve earned the points until they appear in your account a day or two later at around 5pm.
The $50 and $100 Mastercards are excluded. You can buy up to five of the $250 cards in total per Flybuys account (not five per day, five for the entire duration of the offer).
This promotion won’t be advertised in your Flybuys app as it comes from the Coles catalogue. All Flybuys member are eligible to earn the 4,000 points and you don’t need to activate anything.
It’s generally a good idea to use these sorts of gift cards as soon as possible as all prepaid Mastercard and Visa cards are susceptible to BIN attacks where criminals brute-force card number combinations until they figure out ones that work.
The odds of this happening to you are relatively low but the longer you leave a card sitting, the higher the chance it could happen. You can get a replacement card if yours is compromised but it can be a slow and time consuming process.
The popularity of these Mastercard promotions means that they’re likely to sell out very quickly, especially for stores in the CBD or inner suburbs. Try to go Wednesday morning or visit a Coles in a less populous area if you don’t want to miss out.
Points calculator
More information
If you’re new to these promotions, check out our step-by-step guide on how to earn points by buying gift cards.
If you want to know how often certain gift cards are included in these offers, see our Gift Card Promotion History tool.
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54 Responses
Is it possible to buy next week’s Woolies Gift Card (Vanilla Visa) and then use it to buy this Coles Gift Card? Or do the opposite (buy the Coles one and then the Woolies one)?
It won’t work, unfortunately.
Can these be used for ATO bills?
Yes.
Is there another way to see the balance on the card cause the website keeps saying error every time i try to log in
Call the number on the back of the card.
Has anyone had recent success using this on DEFT payment website to pay?
works for me paying strata for a long time.
Hey, If i pay with this card for my strata, does it classified as debit or credit card pmt ? Thanks
Yes, both vanilla and Coles Mastercard work at DEFT
if my husband and myself are two members on the same account – is it still only 5 cards per account or 5 cards per member?
The limit is per account.
should not share an account – there is no benefit doing that
I am half way through a $60 per week shop for 10,000 points. If I do this week’s shop before I buy the Mastercards, will it invalidate the 1st promo?
The two offers are entirely separate.
Would I be able to use these to purchase different gift cards in the future? Eg the luxury escapes gift cards or TCN gift cards?
Most likely yes but there’s always a risk that could change by the time the next offer on those cards rolls around.
Which deal with credit card points is better – the woolies or this one with coles?
These Coles Mastercards will likely be much easier to find than the Vanilla Visas at Woolworths. That alone makes this offer the winner for me.
My FlyBuys account has updated from yesterday’s purchase of the gift cards, but only 1 pt per dollar, not the 4000 pts. per card. Still coming?
Mine did the same, did you find out when the bonus points will come in?
For a couple of months now Flybuys points have been a bit slower to credit. You’ll likely see them in your account tomorrow at around 5pm, though it could potentially take a bit longer than that.
Can you do 5 in 1 transaction or do you need to do 5 transactions?
It doesn’t matter.
Can you use it for split payments at an Aus post or to pay regos?
Not in QLD, no. I tried that this morning – both at Australia Post and in person at QLD Tpt. The split payments were not the problem, the cards were not authorised to be used for the transaction. Was a bummer.
None of the coles have this advertised. Is that offer atill there
Not all stores put the posters up. The important thing is that it’s advertised in the Coles catalogue for that week which it clearly is.
The check balance website for them is down it seems. Really frustrating.
Opening the website in an incognito or private browsing window usually works. Failing that, the number on the back of the card will read out your balance if you call it.
At my local store they had the cards stashed near the service desk. After scanning the 5th one on a self checkout the staff member said I could only buy 2 and took the rest away from me 😢
How long does it take for the points to show in your Flybuys account?
Nevermind, I can see the answer above
I spoke to my local store, the lady said they have boxes of these cards, but there is an oversupply.
No wonder there is a 4k bonus on these.
Happy to say I was able to get 10 of these across 2 accounts with no effort.
May I ask… if I can use coles Mastercard gift card to pay for my car rego bill online? Is it possible to pay with 2 cards online? I can’t afford buy 2 cards but only one can be use….
I couldn’t tell you as the process of paying registration varies by state and territory.
Thank you , I found my answer, I can only do it with the AU post .
If you’re in QLD it probably won’t work at Aust Post either. I tried this morning, both at Aust Post and in person at QLD Transport. The split payments were not a problem, the cards just weren’t accepted for the transaction. I’ve heard they work at NSW Transport though.
Anyone had bonus points posted? I have the points from the purchase showing but no bonus points.
Just checked all 4 accounts, none had bonus points
Same. Purchased on Wed and still not showing points as of now.
Same, points for the purchase amount received. No bonus
Bought 2 of these on Wednesday and the points still aren’t showing in flybuys. Has this happened to anyone else? 🙁
Yes, i have received the amount spent flybuys but bonus is still missing
Ah, frustrating but comforting knowing it’s not just me. Sure they’ll turn up soon. 👍
It’s come through
Anyone else had trouble checking the balance on these cards?
Do you get 4,000 points per gift card, or 4,000 points regardless of whether you by 1 or 5 gift cards? Is there any benefit in buying them in separate transactions?
Per card. No need for separate transactions.
Does anyone know if the australian post office allows split payments? use cards to pay for passports etc?
I am half way rhrough a bonus offer over 4 weeks of spend $180 for 20000 points, If I buy a $250 card first can I use credit on the card to purchase the next $180 shop and stlll get the points on the shop
The two offers are completely separate. You could use one of these cards to pay for your grocery shop and still qualify.
Can you use these Coles Mastercard and the Vanilla Visa cards overseas
Should be able to but there’s a forex fee