Is your favorite
portal #1?
We score 29 cash back, airline and card portals on one thing: how often they pay the most. Loyalty to one portal is a habit, not a strategy.
- saved in a Pro member’s first 6 months
- $400+
- average earned on each purchase
- 7x
- stores supported on Savewise
- 70,000
- rating out of 5 stars
- 4.8
Best Buy: #1 BeFrugal, 15% cash back; #2 Top Cash Back, 14% cash back; #3 Rakuten (Amex/Bilt), 8x points per $1; #4 Chase Freedom, 7x points per $1; #5 ShopBack, 9% cash back.
Every store. Its best portal. Side by side.
The top portals for every store, best payout on the left. The spread is bigger than you think.
Walmart portal rates, best: BeFrugal 12% cash back, #2: Price.com 12% cash back, #3: Top Cash Back 8% cash back, #4: Capital One Offers 3x points per $1, #5: Swagbucks 4x points per $1.
lululemon portal rates, best: JetBlue 8x miles per $1, #2: British Airways 8x miles per $1, #3: Capital One Offers 4x points per $1, #4: Virgin Atlantic 4x miles per $1, #5: Flying Blue 3.4x miles per $1.
Best Buy portal rates, best: BeFrugal 15% cash back, #2: Top Cash Back 14% cash back, #3: Rakuten (Amex/Bilt) 8x points per $1, #4: Chase Freedom 7x points per $1, #5: ShopBack 9% cash back.
Viator portal rates, best: Rakuten (Amex/Bilt) 13x points per $1, #2: Capital One Offers 11x points per $1, #3: Top Cash Back 15% cash back, #4: Rakuten 13% cash back, #5: Swagbucks 12x points per $1.
The Home Depot portal rates, best: Top Cash Back 15% cash back, #2: BeFrugal 10.1% cash back, #3: Price.com 8% cash back, #4: Swagbucks 8x points per $1, #5: Rove Miles 5x miles per $1.
Lowe's portal rates, best: RetailMeNot 6% cash back, #2: Capital One Offers 2x points per $1, #3: Price.com 1.6% cash back, #4: Rakuten (Amex/Bilt) 1x points per $1, #5: ShopBack 1.5% cash back.
Macy's portal rates, best: Top Cash Back 15% cash back, #2: RetailMeNot 12% cash back, #3: Price.com 10% cash back, #4: Rove Miles 6x miles per $1, #5: Rakuten (Amex/Bilt) 4x points per $1.
Nike portal rates, best: Capital One Offers 8x points per $1, #2: Price.com 10% cash back, #3: Rakuten (Amex/Bilt) 6x points per $1, #4: Active Junky 8% cash back, #5: BeFrugal 8% cash back.
Target portal rates, best: ShopBack 10% cash back, #2: Capital One Offers 2x points per $1, #3: Top Cash Back 2% cash back, #4: Rakuten (Amex/Bilt) 1x points per $1, #5: Rakuten 1% cash back.
Apple portal rates, best: Top Cash Back 6.06% cash back, #2: JetBlue 3x miles per $1, #3: British Airways 3x miles per $1, #4: Rakuten (Amex/Bilt) 2x points per $1, #5: Chase Freedom 2x points per $1.
StubHub portal rates, best: ShopBack 10% cash back, #2: Rove Miles 7x miles per $1, #3: Active Junky 9% cash back, #4: Capital One Offers 6x points per $1, #5: Top Cash Back 8% cash back.
Sephora portal rates, best: Capital One Offers 6x points per $1, #2: British Airways 5x miles per $1, #3: BeFrugal 5% cash back, #4: Price.com 5% cash back, #5: Rove Miles 3x miles per $1.
eBay portal rates, best: Capital One Offers 8x points per $1, #2: Top Cash Back 10% cash back, #3: Swagbucks 5x points per $1, #4: RetailMeNot 4% cash back, #5: ShopBack 1.6% cash back.
Newegg portal rates, best: Active Junky 2% cash back, #2: Rakuten (Amex/Bilt) 1x points per $1, #3: Chase Freedom 1x points per $1, #4: Chase Ink 1x points per $1, #5: Chase Sapphire 1x points per $1.
PetSmart portal rates, best: RetailMeNot 12% cash back, #2: Kudos 6.4% cash back, #3: Capital One Offers 3x points per $1, #4: Rove Miles 3x miles per $1, #5: Top Cash Back 4% cash back.
Chewy portal rates, best: Price.com 10% cash back, #2: Capital One Offers 4x points per $1, #3: Active Junky 5% cash back, #4: Rakuten (Amex/Bilt) 2x points per $1, #5: ShopBack 3% cash back.
Dell portal rates, best: British Airways 7x miles per $1, #2: JetBlue 4x miles per $1, #3: Capital One Offers 3x points per $1, #4: Virgin Atlantic 3x miles per $1, #5: ShopBack 4% cash back.
GiftCards.com portal rates, best: Chase Freedom 4x points per $1, #2: Rakuten (Amex/Bilt) 3x points per $1, #3: Alaska Airlines 3x miles per $1, #4: Chase Ink 3x points per $1, #5: Chase Sapphire 3x points per $1.
Quince portal rates, best: Rove Miles 3x miles per $1, #2: British Airways 3x miles per $1, #3: Chase Freedom 2x points per $1, #4: Barclays RewardBoost 2x points per $1, #5: JetBlue 1.5x miles per $1.
CVS portal rates, best: RetailMeNot 20% cash back, #2: Capital One Offers 13x points per $1, #3: BeFrugal 12% cash back, #4: Top Cash Back 8% cash back, #5: British Airways 6x miles per $1.
The leaderboard is for fun. Savewise helps you pick the best rate when you shop.
- Compare every shopping portal’s rate for a store, side by side
- Get notified when a store’s rate goes up
- Know which card earns the most, with card offers from Amex, Chase, Citi and more activated for you
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How the leaderboard works
The rates
We regularly pull every shopping portal’s current rate at each of the 200 stores, the same data behind each store’s page on Savewise.
One unit: cents per $1
Cash back counts at face value (5% = 5¢). Points and miles are multiplied by the valuations below, so 4x United miles × 1.3¢ = 5.2¢ per $1.
The rankings
“By store” sorts each store’s portals by that value. “By portal” counts how often each portal finishes in a store’s top 3, with #1 finishes breaking ties.
What’s included
The 200 most-viewed stores on Savewise with at least 5 portals. Flat-amount offers, sign-up bonuses, caps and card-linked offers aren’t counted, so confirm terms on the portal before you buy.
Valuations we use
Cents per point or mile, for every currency on the leaderboard.
Based on Frequent Miler’s Reasonable Redemption Values, a conservative estimate of what you can typically get when redeeming. Your redemptions may be worth more or less.
- %Cash back1¢ per 1% back
Amex Membership Rewards / Bilt1.55¢ per pointAtmos Rewards (Alaska)1.5¢ per point
Chase Ultimate Rewards1.5¢ per point
Capital One miles1.45¢ per mile
American AAdvantage1.4¢ per mile
Rove Miles1.4¢ per mile
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club1.4¢ per point
Air France-KLM Flying Blue1.3¢ per mile
JetBlue TrueBlue1.3¢ per point
Southwest Rapid Rewards1.3¢ per point
United MileagePlus1.3¢ per mile
Emirates Skywards1.2¢ per mile
Delta SkyMiles1.15¢ per mile
British Airways Avios1.1¢ per Avios
Cathay Asia Miles1.1¢ per mile
Barclays points1¢ per point
Swagbucks SB points1¢ per point
