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Got a Mastercard gift card that is only valid in the US. I’m in Canada. What can I do with it?
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How do we gift visa or mastercard giftcards to a friend based in Canada, but the senders are all based abroad (so needs to be done online)
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We are a group of friends that met in grad school, currently spread out across 5 continents.
One of our friend's mom has stage 4 cancer and our friend is traveling back and forth between Toronto and China quite often. We just received work his mom is in her final days.
We want to help our friend with his travel expenses, but he doesn't fly with a particular airline. It's more who is the cheapest at the moment kind of thing. We're figuring out a way how to send money over to him.
Is Paypal the only option we have? Will multiple $300-$500 deposits over a short period of time trigger some sort of hold in his account?
UPDATE: I figured out a way to use it in Canada!! Details at bottom
Hi!
As stated - got a Mastercard prepaid debit card that says in bold letters on the front “this card is only valid in the United States.” I’m in Canada. I tested out online and at my local McDonald’s and it indeed is not working here 🥲
Any idea on what I can do with it?
I’d love to use it online, but it didn’t work on my last purchase (which was my latest CapCut Pro subscription payment, I’m pretty sure they’re China-based so that might be why).
I’m not very smart haha so any advice anyone has would be cool :) I know there’s websites I can sell it on (at a loss) but it’s 2025, I’m not the first person to encounter this issue haha there’s gotta be a better way. I hope. TIA 😊
UPDATE: I figured out a way to use the card! Amazon.ca let me use the US debit gift card to buy a $50 Amazon Canada gift card and a $50 a&w gift card 😂 Looks like Amazon is the only online place that will do this with US-only gift cards. (I tried adding the US gift card to my PayPal, I tried buying a Canadian Visa or Mastercard prepaid card, I tried everything I could think of lol. This is the only thing that worked. As much as I hate supporting Amazon lmao).