If you’re a Chase Sapphire Reserve® cardholder and haven’t used your second half $150 StubHub credits, now’s a good time: the shopping portal Rakuten is offering 12X on StubHub purchases for today only.
Rewards earned through Rakuten can be redeemed as cashback, but for even more value, they can be earned as American Express Membership Rewards points at a 1:1 ratio, or converted to Bilt Points at up to 1:1, depending on your Bilt elite status.
In addition, most people can check out with Paze when making purchases at StubHub, which can add an additional 10X Ultimate Rewards via the current Paze promo when checking out with an eligible Sapphire or Freedom card.
Combined with your normal rewards, this means you could earn 11X Ultimate Rewards and 12X Amex or Bilt Points, for a total of 23 transferable points per dollar. In addition, you might be able to get another $10 back if you still have capacity on an eligible card from Paze’s other ongoing promotion.
The Deal
- Get 12X back on StubHub purchases through Rakuten
- Rewards can be earned as cash, Bilt points, or Amex Membership Rewards points
- Stack with this Paze promo for a bonus 10X Ultimate Rewards points per dollar
- Stack with this Paze promo for another $10 back
- Rakuten promo is valid today only
- Stack with $150 Chase Sapphire Reserve® StubHub credit
Quick Thoughts
This is a good opportunity to earn valuable rewards while burning StubHub credits. However, we frequently see StubHub offer elevated rewards through portals; we’ve seen up to 40% back via Capital One Shopping (which can only be used toward gift cards).
All things being equal, I’d always choose Rakuten over other portals because the rewards can be converted to either Bilt or Amex points. However, it’s always worth taking a quick look at Cashback Monitor to see what other portals are offering before taking the final plunge on that fancy pair of tickets. Remember that you can stack the Paze promo with any shopping portal, so you should compare the rates to Rakuten only.
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Any advice on getting Paze to show up as a payment option? I’ve tried every browser and on my phone.
The title is misleading, there isn’t a way to get more than 12x via Rakuten (23x from all sources together)
Would this stack with the CFF 5x on select live entertainment this quarter?
If you already used your stubhub credit you can use your freedom or freedom Flex card for 27x since it gives 5x for entertainment category this quarter