Many companies offer discounts and deals on Labor Day weekends, and the shopping portal is no exception.
Perennial favorite Rakuten will celebrate three-day cashback (or American Express membership bonus points) at various travel brands and other retailers.
This is the low point of the Rakuten Labor Day deal, so you can start planning your purchases.
Related: How to Earn Bonus Cash Back or Amex Points on Rakuten’s Online Shopping Purchase
Rakuten’s Labor Day deal
From August 30 to September 1, you can earn triple cashback or Amex points on many popular brands when you shop through Rakuten.
Several travel brands are participating:
- Hotel Collection: 22.5% Cash Back or 22.5 Amex Points per USD
- TripAdvisor: Up to 12% cash back or 12% Amex points per dollar
- Six: 12% cash back or 12 amex points per dollar
- Hotel Select: 10.5% Cash Back or 10.5 Amex Points per USD
- InterContinental Hotel Group: 9% cash back or 9 Amex points per dollar
- Samsonite: 7.5% cash back or 7.5 Amex points per dollar
- VIATOR: 6% cash back or 6 amex points per dollar
Labor Day promotions are more than just travel brands. Here are some other retailers that you can earn triple cashback (or AMEX points) between August 30 and September 1:
- Beauty: Tatcha, Fenty Beauty and Elf Cosmetics
- Fashion: North, Converse, Hollister, Nike and Birkenstock
- Lifestyle: Brooklinen, Petsmart, Temu and Petco
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If you are new to Rakuten, consider signing up with a friend’s recommendation link – If you are already a devotee of Rakuten, please recommend your loved ones. Either way, you can earn a $30 cash bonus when the referee joins Rakuten and makes a $30 qualified purchase within the first 90 days.
Maximize your purchases
Don’t forget that you can stack your Rakuten income with discounts offered by merchants – many retailers trade on Labor Day weekends. Just make sure you only apply the coupon code you found on Rakuten, as others may invalidate your reward.
You can also stack Rakuten revenues through car rental and hotel rewards programs as long as you book directly. For example, if you plan to select a hotel accommodation by clicking on the Rakuten Booking, be sure to add the privilege loyalty program number of your choice to your reservation to earn rewards through the hotel in addition to the Rakuten income.
This is not the only way to maximize your purchase. Once you click Rakuten arrives at the merchant page, enhance your revenue by using the right credit card to pay.
For travel sites, this means a card that earns bonuses when traveling, e.g. Chase Sapphire Priority® Card (See rates and fees) or Wells Fargo Aproumph® Card (See rates and fees). Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card and Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card (spending 2 miles per dollar) will also serve you well. Or, if you have added a new Rakuten American Express® card to your wallet, you can get an extra 4% cashback (or Amex points per dollar) on all Rakuten purchases when you pay with the card.
Information on the Rakuten American Express card has been collected independently by Points Guy. The card details on this page have not been reviewed or provided by the card issuer.
Finally, check out your AMEX offers and other credit card offers – you may find targeted offers with the ones you purchased.
For example, when I currently spend $500 or more before September 30, I currently prefer a 15% return in Chase Sapphire. If I click on Rakuten to Sixt to Sixt to Saver Day Toing toeking to toperage day Tovernew toverayweeking to saper Day and use my sapphires to tend to prepay my rent, I get a $60 reward (or 6,000 Amex Mission Rewards) (or 6,000 Amex Mission Points)) and $75 as a statement credit, thanks to my chase offer, and the 2 chase ultimate reward points spent on travel purchases per dollar.
However, make sure to check Rakuten’s terms for your specific businessman. For example, at the time of writing, Rakuten’s Viator terminology states: “Using card connections, discount codes or employee and student discount codes will not be available.” However, Sixt’s exclusion does not mention the card-related quotes.
Bottom line
Shopping portals are a great way to buy cash or valuable points you want to buy anyway, and Rakuten’s Labor Day deals can make your online shopping trip even more meaningful. If you are thinking about travel bookings or other purchases carefully at one of the above retailers, it is worth buying time between August 30 and September 1 to maximize your rewards.
Other shopping portals may also run Labor Day or Back to School specialties, so it’s worth checking out the shopping portal’s aggregator to make sure you get the best deal.
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