Many Uses for VISA Gift Cards

VISA Gift Cards have been gaining in popularity because of the many uses of the prepaid cards. Most people think about VISA Gift Cards as a universal gift for the many occasions that take place over the course of a year. Birthdays, graduations, weddings, Christmas gifts, anniversary's, and house warming events are all applicable uses for VISA Gift Cards when given as a gift.

Consumers are beginning to realize the value of VISA Gift cards though for a variety of reasons that can help themselves. More and more travelers are purchasing VISA Gift Cards since the cards are accepted anywhere that accepts VISA. Parents are using these cards as a safety net for children going off to school or being away from home from a short time. These VISA Gift Cards are great for Internet purchases which prevents exposing your own credit or debit card numbers in online data bases. Internet usage of the VISA Gift Cards is available with a simple online registration process for the card. Another growing use of VISA Gift Cards by consumers is using the prepaid cards to prevent unwanted overdraft fees on their checking accounts. If members get into financial trouble with overdrafting their checking accounts with their checkbook or VISA Debit Card, purchasing and using a VISA Gift Card will eliminate overdraft fees since you can only spend what is available on the card. Members who have lost and reordered a new VISA Debit Card can also benefit from a prepaid VISA Gift Card during the interim time it takes to receive the new VISA Debit Card.

There are obviously many beneficial uses of VISA Gift Cards. All offices of North Alabama Educators Credit Union sell VISA Gift Cards for a price of $2 per card. The cards can be loaded with prepaid amounts of $10 up to $500 per card.