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SereneSeagull
Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
December 10, 2025

Eureka! Use Search Operators to FILTER FOR Gift Cards!

  • December 10, 2025
  • 21 replies
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I don’t know why I hadn’t done this before, as I used it in my old computer days.
 

Boolean Search Operators.

 

Im still tinkering with it, but wanted to see if it would work if I filtered out Greeting cards, guides, and subscriptions, coloring books.  So far so good.  Trying to see if other strings will work for say New, or Points with plus operator after.

 

Try this this

  1.Once in Redeem for all Rewards

 

  2. Go to Sort  area and you’ll see the SEARCH  box next to it it. ( where it gives an example you can put in like restaurant)

 

3 Put this below in that box which is what you are going to search. No spaces between the minus and word you want to exclude from your search, but space between next word 


-Subscription -Guide -Coloring -Greeting

 

 I’m still tinkering but so far works the way I want.  Hoping something doesn’t fall through the cracks. Next up will be if I can do just Points only or New.  With plus sign. 

    21 replies

    Conversationalist ⭐⭐
    December 11, 2025

    some gift cards still show up when you filter all but gift cards, also hearing even with filters some gift cards do not show up and you have to check other ways to find them.

    SereneSeagull
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    December 11, 2025

    What were you using as the operator and search string?

    Contributor ⭐⭐
    December 11, 2025

    I’m glad this post makes sense to some people. I am 72, with very little computer experience. This makes absolutely no sense to me. I guess I’m just dumb and ignorant. 

    rednexsrus
    Conversationalist ⭐
    December 11, 2025

    Hi SereneSeagull

    it has been quite a few months ago that I posted my search string

     

    POINTS -GREETING -COLORING  -STREAMING -BUNDLE -SWEEPSTAKES -BEAUTY -CINEMARK -CALENDAR -TRUST  -CONTRIBUTION -SUBSCRIPTION -INSTANT -NFLShop -LEGACY -HOLIDAY

     

    this string has worked fine in the past and I played around with other scenarios but had trouble with the + sign. IDK but this string has started missing some gift cards ever since we had that long maintenance shutdown a few months ago.

    In my post I had ask for some assistance with using the + sign in my string but was told the Boolean Search Operators would not work with AARP’s search filter, yet as you can see the - minus works ???
    Keep trying, you may hit on something we can all use since AARP’s search filter doesn’t work and it appears they are in no hurry to fix it.

    Regardless the outcome let me hear from you on your findings, either post a reply or you can private message me.

    Thanks. lucyp

     

    lucyp061351
    SereneSeagull
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    December 11, 2025

    Thank you so much, I’ll look for your past post.  Yes have not had luck with + sign.  But have enjoyed the process of noodling. I appreciate seeing your string, thank you. Appreciate it. 

    rednexsrus
    Conversationalist ⭐
    December 12, 2025

    Hi SereneSeagull

    well, this morning my old faithful search string really put me down. It was not finding very many “points only gift cards” which was the reason I constructed my string.

    as someone had posted earlier (which I think was you) just do a search with DINING & RETAIL FOR POINTS.

    That seams to find most of the points only gift cards, which is all I am interested in anyway. 
    Maybe some day support will fix the search thingy.

    i do suspect that admin has deliberately caused the search to go “Wonky” because they do not want us finding the points only cards, and give up searching and go purchase them.

    It’s all about the $$$$$$$$

     

    lucyp061351