I checked my area and like half of the restaurants I regularly use are covered by this for 5% cash back.
Per my understanding, I can get my normal restaurant cash back + this 5%. Is there really no catch here? I’m kicking myself for not enabling this earlier but this seems like a cheat code. I might get an Amex card solely to be able to convert these points to MR points.
Rakuten Dining – What am I missing?
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Posted by StageF1veClinger
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Yep. You simply add your card. You’ll get your usual card cash back multipliers and a few days (2 days to get pending, 2 days after to have it confirmed) later you get the extra 5x points/5% cash back in your rakuten account.
I also made the mistake of not activating this months ago when I signed up for rakuten.
Also, bear in mind that online ordering doesn’t qualify. Other Rewards Network programs (such as airline miles dining programs) do allow for online ordering, so I ultimately went with American Airlines miles at 5x instead of Rakuten because I order online for pickup a lot. Ymmv.
You just gotta activate this in rakuten or something? New to rakuten lol
It’s genuine. Get an Amex Gold, dining there becomes a 9x points earner, which is incredible value.