{"id":142292,"date":"2025-01-06T14:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/06\/how-i-earned-almost-30000-american-express-membership-rewards-points-with-help-from-rakuten-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T14:00:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T14:00:48","slug":"how-i-earned-almost-30000-american-express-membership-rewards-points-with-help-from-rakuten-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/06\/how-i-earned-almost-30000-american-express-membership-rewards-points-with-help-from-rakuten-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"How I earned almost 30,000 American Express Membership Rewards points with help from Rakuten – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It isn’t often that opportunities to earn a large number of points in one transaction arise. That’s why I was ecstatic when I looked at Rakuten’s Cash Back Unwrap calendar for 2024 and saw it aligned with a TV purchase I had planned. On Nov. 20, 2024, Rakuten<\/a> offered a bonus of 20% cash back (or 20 American Express Membership Rewards points per dollar spent) on LG purchases.<\/p>\n

Here’s how I made the most out of this opportunity and how you can find chances to earn thousands of bonus Membership Rewards<\/a> points yourself.<\/p>\n

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The Rakuten offer<\/h2>\n

Receiving 20% cash back on anything is nothing short of extraordinary, but since I was in the market for a new TV, I knew I was in a really good spot to get tons of rewards. The TV I was looking at was a 65-inch LG C3 that was marked down to $1,299.99 for Black Friday.<\/p>\n

Since Rakuten’s special LG deal only ran for one day, I had to be mindful of timing my purchase right. I charged my new TV to The Platinum Card\u00ae from American Express<\/a><\/span>, a card I recently opened and am working to earn a welcome offer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Through the Rakuten offer, I earned 26,000 Membership Rewards points. According to TPG’s December 2024 valuations<\/a>, Membership Rewards points are worth 2 cents per point. That means those 26,000 points are worth $520 when used with Amex’s hotel and airline transfer partners<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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