There should be a number that you can call on the back of your gift card that tells you the remaining balance.

I add them to my app

Update for everyone: After waiting 30 min in queue, I spoke to a Target rep today. I pushed and argued with the agent until I got the truth… Target corp got a new internal system and is having problems with it. And if you pay your balance, the credit will not become available for 2-3 weeks. Target is not telling cardholders this. I dragged it out of her. Said agent kept trying to put the blame on my bank and said they needed me to call my bank to verify info (I was like what info and why? You already took my money and the balance shows $0). I knew my bank wasn’t the issue. None of the agent’s facts were lining up and she was contradicting her story in an attempt to hide what’s really going on. TARGET EXECS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO NOTIFY CARDHOLDERS AND OWN THIS CRISIS. A public statement needs to be issued!!

I went to log in to see what options are now available since they took away the alerts to tell you your bills not paid. It said my log in was invalid. It keeps telling me I don’t exist when I try doing a forget password option. If I try the forget username, same thing. It gave me a number to call and I tried. I selected keypad options and the system said it didn’t recognize the options I was pressing. I tried a different number option and it finally went through. 55 minute wait time. I hung up. I’m not doing this today.

same here. i can't even change my password. i go through the change password thing, get the temporary PW, and as soon as i do the email verification it says "Oops, something went wrong....." i cancelled my account a while ago and don't have my card anymore so i can't make a new one, but still have an active balance. this has been going on for 3 months now and it's very annoying.

A week-long downtime for upgrade is insane in 2025. And then to not have the site work...you really have to wonder about competence.

It keeps loading for me can’t get in

System is scheduled to be back up tomorrow. This was a week long scheduled maintenance they have emailed several times about and also had a banner on the site.

You can still pay by phone or in store :) hth

Yup. It seems their system was offline for an entire week to make changes, which is crazy. I've been trying to login all day with no success.

Anyone else get charged INTEREST yesterday from not being able to pay their bill??

Yes me too. Kept getting a verification code sent to my phone then back to logon screen

I guess no one pays attention to their emails. They sent out an email back in February that there was going to be a maintenance from March 11 to the 18th 12am CT time. You can still use the card but you won't be able to go on the website

No completely different benefits. Target Circle phone number does not equal RedCard.

Your phone number is for target circle. It’s to earn 1% if you don’t have the RedCard. It’s to get customized offers based on your shopping preferences/habits. Circle is how you find all the offers/sales available in store/online to get more “discounts.” Circle also saves your receipts so if you need to do a return but don’t have the receipt or card, you can look it up in the app.

RedCard is just that, the card (debit or credit). You save 5% every time you shop, have a longer return window, and are eligible for free shipping.

So. Skip the phone number if you like, but don’t go to GuestService yelling at us because you had to cancel your card and get a new one and now we can’t do a return with card look up. Don’t go yelling at us because YOU skipped the phone number at checkout because “you didn’t know,” or “didn’t want to take 6 seconds to type in your number,” and now you’re receipt isn’t in the app.

Do as others have said. Save your card into the app. Scan the barcode to pay.

Here’s a trick for you. Have it ready by time you get to self checkout, and maybe you’ll save the 6 seconds of unlocking your phone and opening the app and you won’t miss the stoplight down the road.

You’d be forgoing target circle. Missing any saved coupons/deals and not having your receipt kept easily viewable by you on the app.

That being said, you don’t miss out on any RedCard benefits.

You don't get the 1% earnings when you use the RedCard. If there aren't any sales you wanna make sure you get, or you don't care to have record of the transaction on the app, then you can skip the number. Otherwise I don't think there are really any benefits to typing it in.

I tell guests to ALWAYS use the app, there are so many sales on the app, there are also manufacturer coupons! Besides what others have told you, Target donated money to your local area. On the app ( if you use it) you earn votes on where that money can be spent!

The one thing I ask my guests, PLEASE scan your items BEFORE you come to the checkout line OR to Self Check Out, if they decide to scan once they get to them it creates a bottleneck and a line quickly forms. Use the Discover button then hit the barcode scanner on the top right hand side of your screen to scan bar codes on products.

Have a good day!

Download the app and link your red card to it. Then you don't have to do anything with the pin pad, Just show the cashier your in app wallet barcode.

A Target debit card is basically just an electronic check card. The way I understand it when you use your Target debit card it's treated basically the same as using a check which is why it takes ~3 days for the transactions to post in your checking account.

I would guess that because of this it may not be link-able since there isn't truly a unique account related to it. If you link the checking account your Redcard charges to with YNAB then the transactions you make with it will be pulled into YNAB when they post in the checking account (with ~3 day delay from purchase).

Don’t think you can. Since it comes out of your checking account, I just log them as purchases on my checking account.

I just use it the same way I would any other purchase, since the amount comes out of my checking account like any other debit.

I just enter it in my checking account, ideally before I forget and have a withdrawal surprise me 2-3 days later.

the red debit card links to your checking account, so I don't link it. It takes ages for transactions to come through, but it works

The card typically takes 7-10 days to come by mail. You should get an email the day it mails out. Once it comes, you'll activate it and set up the ability to check the balance on the website or by texting BAL to the number on the back of the card.

Thanks

I log on to the site directly. The information will come with the card once you receive it.

Sounds like a nice surprise! 😉
Drop me a DM with the account details, and I'll check the balance on my end.

I know the feeling. While what I relate to is not Target, it's the fact that my local grocery store website has a five-step verification for logging in. It's only three steps if you've logged in within the last 7 days. But if it's day eight, you have to enter your phone number, Your email, Your password, verify the private PIN code sent to you in your email, verify the private PIN code sent to you in your text messages, and then you can log in.

Even my bank doesn't have that level of security.

The Target debit card also offers a 5% off discount. It connects to your bank account and you get a PIN number. May be a better idea if you’re looking just for the discount.

Depends on how much you shop at Target. 5% each Target purchase with it does come in handy. We use it and pay it off each month and buy what we can from there.

I have a Target Redcard (debit) and find it to be great. In my case, I live 2 miles from a Target and find myself shopping there out of convenience even though Walmart or grocery stores tend to be cheaper.

You can use your Redcard to get 5% off gift cards, which is why I got the Redcard in the first place.

I love it, but I spend a lot of money at Target. You get 5% off as others have indicated, and it’s always stackable with their other promotions. You also get free shipping and free returns on most items, which is the biggest perk for me.

They ship quickly, and I often find they have comparable if not better deals than Amazon.

Saying that you pay off “most” credit cards in time tells me you’re in credit card debt. Getting a target card for the small 5% discount knowing you have a habit of incurring 15-25% interest on your cards is a bad idea.