This morning I detailed how to maximize savings and rewards with eBates’ Birthday Week 15% cash back. See: eBates 15% Cash Back Extreme Stacking game plan.
In that post, I mentioned the possibility of stacking portal rewards with Amex Offers. So, today I combed through my Amex Offers to see which ones were also available on eBates this week for 15% cash back.
Amex Offers + 15% cash back via eBates
Here are the options I found that were available via my Amex Offers and via eBates for 15% cash back. For each merchant, the Amex Offer is described:
- 1800Flowers: Spend $50, Get $15
- 7 For All Mankind: Spend $250, Get $75
- Ashford: Spend $250, Get $50
- Birthday In a Box: Spend $50, Get $10
- eBags: Spend $75, Get $15
- Eve’s Addiction: Spend $100, Get $20
- Ghirardelli: Spend $50, Get $10
- Orvis: Spend $50, Get $10
- Puritan’s Pride: Spend $30, Get $10
- Rag & Bone: Spend $350, Get $75
- Samsonite: Spend $150, Get $30
11 opportunities is pretty good, right? Not so fast…
Is 15% Cash Back a good deal?
Also in this morning’s post, I suggested checking Cash Back Monitor to see if 15% was actually a good deal. Using CashBackMonitor, I looked at the best available portal rate for each store. Here are the stores in which eBates is not the best current portal:
- 1800Flowers. Best alternative rate: 20%
- Ashford. Best alternative rate: 17%
- Birthday In a Box. Best alternative rate: 23%
- eBags. Best alternative rate: 20%
- Eve’s Addiction. Best alternative rate: 25%
Next, I looked at historic best rates to see if 15% or better is common. For these stores, 15% cash back is fine, but it is not remarkable:
- Ghirardelli. Best alternative rate: 13% (historic best 15%)
- Orvis. Best alternative rate: 8% (often available for 16% cash back)
- Puritan’s Pride. Best alternative rate: 13% (often available for 15% or more)
That leaves us with only three stores which are available through Amex Offers and where 15% is a particularly good portal rate:
- 7 For All Mankind. Best alternative rate: 7% (historic best 10%)
- Rag & Bone. Best alternative rate: 6% (historic best 10%)
- Samsonite. Best alternative rate: 5% (historic best 10%)
Unfortunately, the combo of Amex Offers plus eBates 15% doesn’t yield as many great double-dips as I had hoped.
| Name / Link | Offer | Frequent Miler Notes |
|---|---|---|
| EBates | You'll earn $10, and I'll get a $5 bonus when you make your first purchase of $25 or more. I may earn additional bonuses when EBates runs special refer-a-friend promotions | This is a well-established and reliable cash back portal. |
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