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New Members get $20 after $20 purchase + $20 Rakuten Refferals ( or choose 2k Amex points )
First off, $40 is the best deal we have EVER seen from Rakuten on both sides, the normal referral offer is just $10, and prior to this we had seen a $30 referrals as well. This new deal is very straight forward: Spend $20 and you will get $20 cashback, or if you’ve chosen to Amex points, 2k Membership Rewards. The latter is my preference btw.
I’ve written extensively about Rakuten and using how using the Rakuten shopping portal is an easy way to rack up serious amounts of Amex points. I’ve earned nearly 150k Amex Points in the past year from Rakuten alone. One of the best ways to earns loads of Rakuten points is to refer your friends and family. Well, Rakuten has stepped it up, and is currently offering its highest new member bonus AND Rakuten referral bonus. Through the rest of the year, if you use our Rakuten referral, as long as you spend $20, you can get either $20 cashback, or 2k American Express Membership Rewards. Let me explain.
One thing to note – in order to get the $20 rebate ( or 2k Amex points ), you need to spend $20 within 90 days of signing up.
Choosing between 2k Membership Rewards or $20 after spending $20 in 90 days with Rakuten.
I would highly recommend you read our guide to using Rakuten, but essentially, Rakuten works like any other shopping portal except it gives you the option to earn your savings in the form of cashback or Amex Points. In my opinion, this is a massive leg up on competition because I value Amex Points at roughly 2 cents, meaning I’m getting double the value by choosing Amex points vs cashback. Now, you should take into consideration I also travel a lot, and I’m quite adept at using Amex points, but at the very minimum Amex points are worth 1.5 cents.
Does Rakuten work like any other portal?
Yep. After you sign up via Rakuten, you’ll be taken to their portal. The portal is filled with various retailers and when you click on one, you will generate a link to your desired merchant, and the rest is all behind the scenes. In fact, I just used Rakuten last week to make some amazing purchases at J. Crew. It looks like my deal of 50% off already reduced prices is now 40%, but I was able to get many items at 70-80% off retail. J Crew’s debt has dropped to junk and who knows what the future holds with retailers being closed for such a long time, but the deals are insane. I got a few t-shirts for $8 a piece. Nuts.
This promo runs until 12/31/20
You have 90 days to make your purchase, and you have until 12/31/2020 to get the deal.
What’s a quick way to take advantage of Rakuten?
Personally, I think it’s pretty hard to beat stacking a Rakuten referral, or new member bonus, with the Dell credits from Amex Platinum or Amex business Platinum. You can get up to $340 worth of free stuff.
Currently Amex Platinum card holders are getting a spend $100, get $100 statement credit
Amex Business Platinum cardholders are receiving promotional $200 statement credits until year end.
That means if you buy anything with those cards ( don’t forget you can split payment ) you’ll earn those statement credits alongside the Rakuten new member bonus AND you’ll also earn your normal Rakuten cashback.
Leaving Referrals in the comments section
Obviously, we’d love it if you’d use our referral since there is no limit to how many you can earn, but we also like to share the love. Earning points this way is how we are able keep in the air, but it’s also how you can take the trips of your dreams. So leave them below if you’d like.
How we use Referrals…
I have never, not once, had Rakuten give me all of the bonus I earned. They always mess up these bonuses, in their favor, and give lip service when the customer contacts them.
https://www.rakuten.com/r/CPREST135?eeid=28187
Any help is greatly appreciated. I’ve never had a referral before so here goes nothing.
Thanks for letting us leave our link for a free $30 from Rakuten!
https://www.rakuten.com/r/WILLIA26121?eeid=28187
Join Rakuten (Ebates) and receive $30 free + Earn highest cashback for shopping (Online and Instore).
Sign Up here https://www.rakuten.com/r/KVNSSA?eeid=28187
To earn this bonus, make qualifying purchases totaling $25 or more within 90 days of becoming a new member.
You can get paid through Check, Paypal or American Express Membership Rewards. The value of Amex Reward points are much more worth when you use it for travel.
Note that bonus offer is extended till May 11th. Thanks
https://www.rakuten.com/r/BLEH34
Thanks for allowing us to leave our referral link:
https://www.rakuten.com/r/PRCARL5?eeid=28187
Click the link below then navigate to https://www.rakuten.com/american-express in the same browser. This will preserve the cookies from the referral while allowing you to sign up for the 3k MR offer. Thank you!
https://www.rakuten.com/r/NATHAN22088?eeid=28187
https://www.rakuten.com/r/LILMSB3?eeid=44749
Earn cashback or American Express Membership Rewards on hundreds of online retailers. Thank you
Have you signed up with Rakuten yet? It’s the best site for earning Cash Back. Get a $30 bonus when you sign up with my invite link and spend $30. It’s free! 🤩 https://www.rakuten.com/r/ARIZCO7?eeid=6991100
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Join Rakuten (Ebates) and receive $30 free + Earn highest cashback for shopping.
If you see $10 bonus, then close and reopen the link in a new browser or incognito window to see $30 sign up bonus.
Sign Up here https://www.rakuten.com/r/KVNSSA?eeid=28187
To earn this bonus, make qualifying purchases totaling $30 or more within 90 days of becoming a new member. You can get paid through Check, Paypal or American Express Membership Rewards. The value of Amex Reward points are much more worth when you use it for travel.
Thank You for allowing us to share the referrals.
Just a note about $40 bonus with the above referral.
Thanks Monkey Miles for allowing this. I’d be grateful if you used my link!
https://www.rakuten.com/r/SOURAV234?eeid=28187
$30 if someone wants
https://www.rakuten.com/r/DC9163
https://www.rakuten.com/r/BOS502?eeid=44753
$40 dollar link. Sign up, spend $40, we both get $40. Thank you!
$40
https://www.rakuten.com/r/DC9163
$40 Super stoked if somebody uses it (1st time doing a referral link)
https://www.rakuten.com/r/MOJOSH13?eeid=28187
Would greatly appreciate anyone using my link! Thanks for letting us post here.
https://www.rakuten.com/r/JDSCOT29?eeid=44971
$40 referral bonus or 4000 Amex MR points bonus at link below!
https://www.rakuten.com/r/SVADLE2?eeid=28187
Fresh $40 link here! https://www.rakuten.com/r/HALFMA61?eeid=44971
Join Rakuten with this Referral Link and Earn USD$ 40
https://www.rakuten.com/r/SHYAMS82?eeid=28187
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These $40 links are now popping up as $20 offers. 🙁 Incognito window or anything I need to do to get the $40 offer?
Here is my referral link. Thanks for using.
https://www.rakuten.com/r/MYNEMO8?eeid=28187
https://www.rakuten.com/r/JOHNSO14145?utm_campaign=RAF&utm_medium=RAF%20share&eeid=45830