Free Tools to Earn More Rewards Points on Online Shopping, Dining, and Rideshares
About this episode
This episode discusses how to maximize rewards points through various online shopping and dining programs.
Learn how to earn more points and miles on everyday shopping using portals, dining programs, and partner apps. In a special holiday episode of Smart Money, we're bringing you our friends from the Smart Travel podcast, Sally French and Meghan Coyle, as they dig into online shopping portals, explaining how tools like Rakuten, airline-specific portals, hotel booking platforms like Gondola, and the up-and-coming Rove Miles program could help you stack rewards on top of your credit card earnings. They also cover airline dining programs, brand partnerships with Uber, Lyft, and Starbucks, and the aggregator Cashback Monitor so you can see at a glance which portal offers the best rate for any retailer. Card benefits, terms and fees can change. For the most up-to-date information about cards mentioned in this episode, read our reviews: Bilt Blue Card: Complex Housing Rewards, Modest Everyday Ones Bilt Obsidian Card: Fine for Foodies, Complex for Housing Bilt Palladium Card: Rewards on Housing Are Almost Secondary American Express Platinum Review: Top-Notch Lounge Access, Big Credits American Express Gold Card Review: Friendly for Foodies, Families Resources discussed in this episode…
People in this episode
Guests: Sally French, Meghan Coyle
Topics covered
- rewards points
- online shopping
- dining programs
- credit card earnings
- travel
- cashback
Keywords
- rewards
- miles
- shopping portals
- dining programs
- cashback
- credit cards
- travel
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NerdWallet, Rakuten, Gondola, Rove Miles, Uber, Lyft, Starbucks, Cashback Monitor
Products: Bilt Blue Card, Bilt Obsidian Card, Bilt Palladium Card, American Express Platinum, American Express Gold Card
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