How To Check If There Is Money On A Gift Card

How To Check if a Gift Card Has Money—Find and Retrieve the Leftover Cash Fast

Many popular stores sell gift cards that can be used to get any products or services they offer. Once you use a gift card, you'll likely forget about it and leave it in a drawer. When you come across it next time, you'll need to check its remaining balance before you decide what to do with it.

That's what we're here to show you—how to check if a gift card has money left on it. DoNotPay can also help you get your leftover gift card cash back without a hitch!

How To Check if a Gift Card Has Money On It

Gift cards usually don't have an expiry date. That means you can use them whenever you please, as long there's money on them. You may check the remaining gift card balance by using either of the methods listed below:

Visiting the store in question and checking in person
Using the company's website to check the balance
Calling the customer service hotline
Using DoNotPay's Check Gift Card Balance feature

When opting for any of the mentioned techniques, you'll need to know the gift card ID number and provide your details or email address for confirmation. Want to avoid dealing with customer service, driving to the store, and wasting a lot of time waiting? Then our app is the best choice!

DoNotPay Has the Quickest Solution for Checking a Gift Card Balance

Do you hate waiting around? Use DoNotPay to check your gift card balance in a flash. It only takes three steps to learn about your remaining balance using our app, as you can see below:

Sign up for DoNotPay and click on the Check Gift Card Balance feature
Upload the photos of the front and the back of your gift card
Enter the email address where you want to receive the info

Do you need help with checking the gift card balance of multiple vendors? We have plenty of guides for you! Check the table below and learn the best ways to check if a popular brand gift card has leftover money on it:

General Retailers and Convenience Stores	Fashion and Beauty Stores and Outlets	Home Decor and Renovation	Restaurants and Fast Food Chains	Other Companies
Target	Macy's	Barnes & Noble	Cold Stone Creamery	Disney
Staples	T.J.Maxx	Sears	McDonald's	Fandango
Walgreens	Nordstrom	Bed Bath & Beyond	Panera Bread	AMC
Walmart	Forever 21	Michaels	Olive Garden	Shell
Best Buy	Victoria's Secret	Bath & Body Works	Red Lobster	Southwest Airlines
Sam's Club	Old Navy	Home Depot	Buffalo Wild Wings	American Express
Kroger	Nike	Office Depot	Burger King	iTunes
Giant Eagle	Gap	IKEA	Dunkin' Donuts	Cinemark
Trader Joe's	Williams-Sonoma	Kohl's	The Cheesecake Factory	Dell

How To Use the Remaining Money on Your Gift Card

There are several ways you can use the money left on your card. Check them out below:

Exchange your gift card for a different card if you want to use the money to shop at a specific store. Many websites provide gift card exchange services, but you should be careful not to get scammed
Sell your gift card to an online merchant, but remember that you won't get the full value of your card using this method
Return your gift card to the original store if their policy allows it. Most stores don't take cards back, so you best check their return policies beforehand
Sell your card at a gift card kiosk if you find one near you. Know that these kiosks usually offer up to 75% or 80% of your gift card's value in cash

Note that some U.S. territories allow gift card cash back, while others don't. The locations with cash back policies include Puerto Rico and the following U.S. states:

Oregon
Washington
Maine
New Jersey
California
Massachusetts
Colorado
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Montana
Vermont

DoNotPay Can Help You Get Your Gift Card Cash in a Jiffy!

DoNotPay can help you get some coins from your used gift cards. The amounts we can get for you aren't too crazy, but they add up if you find multiple used cards. You can expect to get from $3.00 to $10.00 cash per card, which usually isn't enough to shop at stores.

Getting the money is the easy part! After you check the balance, all you need to do is:

Sign up for DoNotPay
Enter everything you know about the card in our questionnaire
Provide us with an email address where we can reach you

Once we check if the company has a store in one of the cash back states, we'll request your money back. The cash should be with you within 14 workdays.

Do you need more cash? Read our free gift cards guide for ways to get some nice freebies.

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