Aeroplan Miles Question? Cash or Gift Cards.

[Fever]

So I can get $500 Cash with my Aeroplan miles through points.com/paypal. This would cost me 71,566 miles. If I redeemed right through the Aeroplan website I can get $500 in Gift cards for 65,000. SO a difference of 6,566. This difference is equal to a $50 Gift card. If I were to redeem for Gift Cards it would be for Grocery and Gas to cut my expenditures. But the cash sounds good, which I can just put onto my debt (Student line of credit). What would you guys do. Would you get the cash or the Gift cards?

[Shwa Girl]

If you choose to redeem for grocery store and gas store gift cards, you can put your regular earnings toward reducing your student debt.

[Poirot]

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[FallenPixels]

If you choose to redeem for grocery store and gas store gift cards, you can put your regular earnings toward reducing your student debt.

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If you use the GCs as you would the cash you earn, you can use that cash for the student debt instead

[Fever]

Thanks for your responses. I think when I found out about the cash offer it was an "ooo" moment, something that I would see a lot faster on the debt than the gift cards. But the gift cards are the logical choice. $50 is a big difference.
I redeemed so far for 2 $50 M&M meats and $100 SportsCheck (I need new shoes) so far.