Rakuten is once again offering 15% cashback or 15x Membership Rewards for many retailers. This latest list has many that could be of interest, as travel sites like Viator and Hotels.com are included, as are retailers where you can redeem Amex Platinum and Business Platinum credits like Dell and Saks Fifth Avenue. Be sure to check your Rakuten account as some people are seeing even higher rates of 20%/20x instead.
The Deal
- Earn 15% cashback or 15x Membership Rewards (or more) from Rakuten at retailers including:
- Dell
- Saks Fifth Avenue
- Hotels.com
- Best Western
- Choice Hotels
- Viator
- Expedia
- Hertz
- Groupon
- Direct link to offer.
Key Terms
- Expires May 12, 2025.
Quick Thoughts
Earning 15x (or 20x if you’re targeted) is an excellent return, especially considering it comes in the form of valuable Membership Rewards if you’ve set that up as your earning preference with Rakuten.
There’s a massive range of eligible retailers for this elevated rate. On the travel front, there’s Choice Hotels, Best Western, Radisson, Hotels.com, Viator, Expedia, Sixt, Hertz and even Etihad. Check the terms though because some of these sites are listed as ‘up to’ 15x. For example, you’ll earn 15x at Hotels.com only for bookings in New York City, Las Vegas and Orlando; hotel bookings everywhere else get 10x.
Saks Fifth Avenue is also at 15x for those who have Amex Platinum credits to burn, as is Dell for those with the twice-annual credits to redeem on Amex Business Platinum cards.
Rakuten is listing this 15x sale as ending on May 12. However, if you’re interested in making any bookings/purchases then it could be worth doing that sooner rather than later. Although the 15x sale will be on for another week, there’s no guarantee that all of these brands will still be available at the higher rate. With past promos such as these, Dell and Saks have only been at an increased rate for a day or two.
SoFi Banking is also listed at $300 or 30,000 Membership Rewards which is a great return. It seems like those who are targeted for 20%/20x are seeing a $375 or 37,500 Membership Rewards offer for SoFi instead.
Also be sure to check Capital One Shopping because that portal often has rates well exceeding 15%/15x.
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Anyone have some items with high resale vaule at Dell? All the thing’s I’ve bought with credits the last 2 years are gone.
Too bad IHG basically ceased making Rakuten payments 18-24 months ago. Rakuten used to be so dependable. I stopped bothering with IHG, which was generating about $2,500 per year for us. Oh, well. All good things must end.