Tools

Shopping Portals

A shopping portal is a free middle step: click through it on your way to a store you were already going to shop, and you earn cash back or airline miles on top of your card rewards. Below are the ones we actually use. Our favorite move: earn cash back with Rakuten and convert it to Amex Membership Rewards points.

Which portal pays the most today?

Rates change daily and vary by store. Search a store to see a live side-by-side of 40+ portals.

Opens a live comparison on Cashback Monitor (a third-party rate tracker). Then shop through your pick below.

Cash & flexible points

Shop through these and earn cash back you can keep or move to points.

Rakuten

Referral

Earns: Cash back, or Amex Membership Rewards points

Take your cash back as a check or PayPal, or send it to Amex points instead.

Read: how to get paid in Amex points→Sign up

Capital One Shopping

Referral

Earns: Cash back

Free tool that auto-applies coupon codes and compares prices at checkout.

Airline miles

Southwest Rapid Rewards Shopping

Earns: Rapid Rewards points

Earn Southwest points on online purchases at hundreds of stores.

Visit portal

United MileagePlus Shopping

Earns: MileagePlus miles

Earn United miles on online purchases at hundreds of stores.

Visit portal

AAdvantage eShopping

Earns: AAdvantage miles

Earn American miles on online purchases at hundreds of stores.

Visit portal

Delta SkyMiles Shopping

Earns: SkyMiles

Earn Delta miles on online purchases at hundreds of stores.

Visit portal

Alaska Mileage Plan Shopping

Earns: Mileage Plan miles

Earn Alaska miles on online purchases at hundreds of stores.

Visit portal

Rows marked "Referral" use our personal referral link and may earn us a reward when you sign up, at no cost to you. Portal earn rates change by store and over time, so check the portal for the current rate before you shop.