ah I see, makes sense now. They didn't give you the full discount of $100 for students, but rather $50 of it and gave you a $100 GC. The first $50 off should be already included thanks to their sale they have on-going right now that anyone can utilize.
My brother bought a similar 13" MBA got the $60 off SALE price, then used the $100 off coupon (with .edu address/student ID), no gift card. So $160 total of cash off a 13" MBA. I'd rather take that than $100 off cash and $100 best buy gift card haha. But either way you make out very nicely!
So the price before taxes was $1039 instead of apples back to school deal of 1149+gift card but still in cash is $1149. Making $160 cash off with student coupon is the best deal.
How recent did your brother buy the MBA? Cause I've been doing a lot of research for what's best for my money and this seems like the second to none deal for a student!
Thanks for your input
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