Shopping portal Rakuten is offering most people 15% back / 15x Membership Rewards points per dollar spent at many stores today. Some users have been targeted for an even-better 20% back / 20x Membership Rewards points per dollar spent at some popular stores. In my account, I’m seeing 15x on Dell and Saks, 20x on Viator, and many others that may be of interest.
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The Deal
- Shopping portal Rakuten is offering increased rates at many stores through Monday night, 5/6/24
- Direct link to this deal
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Key Terms
- Increased payouts scheduled to be offered through 5/6/24
Quick Thoughts
As noted at the top, the publicly-available rate here is 15% or 15 Membership Rewards points per dollar spent. That’s a great return at stores like Dell or Saks Fifth Avenue, particularly if you have credit card credits to use at those stores.
I see some 20x / 20% offers in my account listed as a “VIP” offer, including Viator. I’m of two minds about Viator, but I had been meaning to look up a couple of specific things for upcoming trips and this will push me to take a closer look since I value Amex Membership Rewards points at more than 1c per point.
Rates like 20x at Carters and Lego are also big enough to get me to take a look today (whether or not I ultimately buy).
As always, be sure to shop around as you may find better rates for some stores through other portals. Use a tool like cashbackmonitor.com to check payouts across various portals. Also be sure to check portal terms carefully. For example, Dell sometimes offers different payouts by category, though today it seems to be 15X in all categories. However, hotels dot com is showing up to 15X and as it turns out that payout is only available in three or four hotel markets.
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