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Get 90x at Lifelock via Rakuten ( or 90% off )

Miles November 26, 2021 Rakuten 19 Comments

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Mega Bonus on Lifelock via Rakuten – earn 90x/90%

At the end of 2019, Rakuten created an alliance with American Express which enabled members to earn Membership Rewards in lieu of cashback. For each 1% you see as a cashback you could opt to earn 1x American Express Membership Rewards. As a result, Rakuten has been one of my favorite ways to earn additional American Express Membership Rewards .

The latest deal has to do with cyber security and is featuring LifeLock and it’s insane – get 90% off your order or 90x points. Effectively, you’re buying points for about 1.1c a piece.

If you’re unfamiliar with how to earn Amex points via Rakuten read this article which lays out how to configure your account.

If you don’t have a Rakuten account – now is the best time to use our referral since Rakuten has matched their best ever $40 bonus after you spend $40. Obviously, we would recommend you choose 4k Amex instead of $40, but the choice is yours.

The main reason I advocate choosing Amex points over cashback is how I value Amex Points. At the very minimum I’d peg a 1.5c valuation on every point. This means you’re getting another 50% bonus on each points you earn, and since I typically redeem my Amex points via transfer partners to fly in business or first class, I regularly get in excess of 3 to 5 cents per point.

That means the points earned on a deal like this one for Lifelock, where you earn 26,721 points, you’re actually getting over $400 worth of value on the low side. Not a bad deal for $296 and that doesn’t include the year of lifelock coverage…we’re just talking about the points you earn from it.

If you aren’t a Rakuten member…you can get $40 back after spending $40 by using our Referral Link.

This is hands down the best time to sign up for a Rakuten account. We’ve never seen a better offer and it rewards both of us with $40. Cyber high five.

 If you want to max out the deal…buy the annual subscription

This will bill your credit card that full $296.60. You’ll earn  90x = 26,721 Membership Rewards or 1.11 cents per point. If you alternatively choose monthly billing you’ll only earn the 90x on the first months charge which means you lose out on a major opportunity. Each subsequent month would then earn whatever your cc earns.

A Trick to help with getting an Annual Pricing to populate with 100x if yours won’t work

I’m using the deal I got, which was 90%…so this is why the graphics and earn rate will be different.

When I initially populated the Lifelock deal via Rakuten, it wouldn’t let me go beyond the screen where I filled in my name, address, etc. I tried it 10 times at least. I even tried to go to Norton and populate there, but it would only show monthly subscriptions. Then… I had the idea to see if I could apply the 90% after I got to the annual billing screen.

How do you do that?

The Rakuten plugin for your browser. I’ve been using this for a few months now and it’s pretty awesome. It gives you a pop up anytime you visit a site that you could earn cashback/Membershipr Rewards. It stays populated the entire time you’re on the site until you either select activate or hit activate later. It’s that little “R” icon and the pop up looks like this:

In order to get the 90% to work on the full year subscription I filled out every single piece of information until I got to the screen with billing options. At this point I hit Activate 90% cash back and voila…it did. I got a notification that it had credited as well.

What’s the best ever?

Apparently in 2019 it hit 120x for a day, and we’ve seen flashes of 100x a couple times in 2020.

Usually the earn rate is around 40%/40x, but I took advantage of this deal earlier in 2020 at the 90%/90x level and the points populated my Rakuten account within a day. I earned a quick 26k Membership rewards – 1.1c per point. I was also able to easily cancel the membership later in the year.

Recap + thank you for using our referral links. You keep us flying and staying in style!

Not sure how long this deal will continue, but if you’re needing a little boost to your Amex account and some credit monitoring this is a great deal

 

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19 Comments

  1. tim Reply
    November 26, 2021 at 5:44 pm

    I just did this earlier this afternoon, and it has been nothing short of a disaster. When I got to the purchase screen the Rakuten 90% dropped to 80%. Not a huge deal, but then when you sign in to the link to activate the software you have to download a lot of Norton software, which instantly caused my computer to grind to a halt. Then I went into my Rakuten account to make sure I was getting credit for this, and neither the 80% or 90% ever tracked. After playing around with the Norton portal I gave up trying to make this work, but when you go to their chat service to cancel you get asked a lot of questions about why you want to cancel, followed up by a message that in order to cancel to have to call the phone number on the website because the chat agent doesn’t have access to customer accounts. But there isn’t a phone number posted listed on the Lifelock website. After three hours spent on trying to make this work I’ve realized that I have truly received what I’ve paid for – NOTHING. And I’ve made a not in my phone for next year’s Black Friday to remember to stay away from Lifelock

    • Miles Reply
      November 26, 2021 at 6:05 pm

      Ugh I’m so sorry to hear this… this isn’t anything like what I experience, I didn’t need to download anything, etc. You do have 60 days to cancel for a full refund if you want…

  2. Carl Reply
    November 26, 2021 at 2:47 pm

    I purchased the annual but it hasnt posted to my rakuten yet. It has a check mark next to the shopping trip in rakuten but says $0 on the cash back part. Did I mess up?

    • Miles Reply
      November 26, 2021 at 6:05 pm

      If it doesn’t populate, I would request a refund, you have up to 60 days

  3. gavinmac Reply
    November 26, 2021 at 12:10 pm

    My popup shows as 90% when I go to lifelock.com but when I get to the annual fee billing page and click the desktop Chrome extension it shows 80% activated.

  4. Nate Reply
    November 12, 2020 at 9:44 am

    Are you able to use it more than once for the same SSN? Or do you need to use it for different SSNs?

    • ktc Reply
      November 26, 2020 at 10:26 am

      my question as well, about to run out of house members.

  5. Rick Reply
    March 19, 2020 at 10:09 am

    Ugh. I tried both the app and your work around, nothing works. On the work around, I was at the annual billing portion, but as soon as I activated the offer through the Rakuten Chrome extension, it took me to the monthly billing option.

  6. Deeksha Sharama Reply
    March 19, 2020 at 1:19 am

    This blog is very useful and good writting

  7. Christian Reply
    March 18, 2020 at 5:59 pm

    Is this something you have to get rid of a year after purchasing or is it a one time thing?

    • Allen Reply
      November 12, 2020 at 6:41 am

      You can get this deal yearly-

    • ND Reply
      November 26, 2020 at 12:08 pm

      I already have a LifeLock account. Will this work if I cancel the existing subscription and re-subscribe using this deal? Anyone tried this approach?

  8. Marc Reply
    March 18, 2020 at 5:18 pm

    “Best ever” is simply not true. Last year there was a 120% offer for a day or so (.dropping to 89% which reappears frequently).

    • Miles Reply
      March 18, 2020 at 5:48 pm

      Ahhhh didn’t realize – will update

  9. Roops Reply
    March 2, 2020 at 9:43 pm

    Worked for me by just going through the Rakuten mobile app. My Rakuten account is already reflecting the points earned from the purchase. Great deal! Thanks!

  10. Matty Tailwinds Reply
    March 2, 2020 at 5:51 pm

    has locklife since removed the annual billing option?

    • Miles Reply
      March 2, 2020 at 6:31 pm

      I’m not sure…it worked for me after using the tip I provided at the end of the article. Good luck!

  11. Edward Reply
    March 2, 2020 at 4:25 pm

    Fingers crossed! Hope it works!

    • Edward Reply
      March 2, 2020 at 9:51 pm

      Looks like it did post already. Thanks!

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