(EXPIRED) Rakuten “Triple Cash Back” at 50 stores (increased rates for 1/1/20)

The Rakuten shopping portal is offering triple cash back today only (1/1/20) at “50+ stores”. This brings a number of retailers into double digits to start the year, though not all are particularly high rates.

The Deal

• The Rakuten shopping portal is offering increased cash back rates today (which can be earned in the form of cash back as shown or alternatively be earned in the form of Membership Rewards points)
• Direct link to this promotion

Key Terms

• 1/1/20 only

New to Rakuten?

• Earn Membership Rewards
  • Sign up with this link: www.ebates.com/american-express
    Deal: Sign up with the above link and make $25 in qualifying purchases in 90 days to get 1500 bonus points.
• Earn cash back
  • Sign up with our refer-a-friend link
    Deal: Sign up with a refer-a-friend link and make $25 in qualifying purchases in 90 days to get $10 bonus.

Quick Thoughts

Again, not all of the retailers included are impressively high rates, and missing are some of the usual suspects like IHG, Dell, HP, etc. This time around, the increases look less useful to me than other times, but I suppose it all depends on where you’re shopping.

Those with the personal version of the Amex Platinum may be happy to see 10x at Sak’s, though based on the 15-month best rate history at CashBackMonitor, that doesn’t look all that exciting to me.

Overall, this promo looks like a miss to me unless you happen to be buying something anyway today.

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