#gift-cards

#gift-cards

During the holiday season, you'll likely be giving and receiving loads of gift cards for your favorite shops, restaurants, and online retailers, but can these cards be recycled once the money is gone? Tossing a single gift card in the trash may not seem like a big deal, but these small bits of polyvinyl chloride (commonly known as PVC, the plastic resin used to make gift cards and other household items like CD cases) can really add up.

Welcome to exhausted America 2025: Most adults are more than a little fine with doling out cash as gifts, and many plan to be asleep before midnight on New Year's Eve, according to a new AP-NORC poll. About 6 in 10 Americans say cash or gift cards are "very" acceptable as holiday presents, but they're much less likely to say that about a gift that was purchased secondhand or re-gifted, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Again this year, restaurants are sweetening the deal for customers who purchase gift cards for those on their holiday lists. Both the recipient and you will benefit. Here's a roundup. Note that most bonus cards are not redeemable the day they are purchased. Know of others we should include? Email us at lzavoral@bayareanewsgroup.com. Applebee's: Buy a $50 gift card, receive a $10 bonus card.

Tiffany writes that they experienced a cybersecurity incident on or around May 12, 2025. "Based on our investigation, we determined on September 9, 2025, that, in connection with this issue, an unauthorized party obtained certain information related to your Tiffany gift card(s)," the letter states, adding, "The affected information included client name, postal address, email address, phone number, sales data, internal client reference number, and Tiffany gift card number and PIN."

As a Snapchat+ subscriber, you can give your friends free access to Snapchat+ using a buddy pass. Each month, three Buddy Passes are available.

Dunkin' gift cards have no expiration date, allowing users to rediscover them months or years later without worrying about them becoming useless.

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is offering a 15% discount on F1 karting gift cards for Father's Day, making it a perfect last-minute gift.

Forever 21's decision to close its stores signals a significant shift in the fast-fashion landscape, exacerbated by competition from online retailers and recent economic challenges.