Activating Gift or Loyalty Cards and Loading Value on Gift Cards

Follow the procedure below to activate a new Moneris gift or loyalty card.

For gift cards, the procedure is also used to load an initial balance on a new gift card or increase the balance on an existing gift card.

 

To activate or load additional value on a Moneris gift or loyalty card:

  1. On the applications menu, select GIFT & LOYALTY.
    The message "Activating App..." is displayed, then the GIFT & LOYALTY transactions menu appears.

  2. Select Activate/Load.
    The "Swipe or Enter Card" prompt appears.

  3. Swipe the gift or loyalty card OR key in the loyalty card number and press the green OK key.
    The terminal displays the last four digits of the card number.

The terminal displays first displays "Approved" and then the "Activate/Load another card?" prompt appears.

  1. Do one of the following:

OR

For loyalty cards, the card is activated and the procedure is complete. For gift cards, the terminal displays "Balance Due" and then the "Press OK Key" prompt appears.

  1. For gift cards, follow the Gift or Loyalty Transaction With a Balance Due instructions to complete the transaction.