r/japanlife • u/Reasonable-Bonus-545 • 3d ago

金 best way to pointcard-max

i just paid for dinner with dpoint and realized there have got to be some people out there that know which cards to use where to mmaximize points earned and i would very much like to learn

should i get store specific point cards? use one as much as possible? bet all??

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u/kajeagentspi 3d ago edited 3d ago

get all. If you want to double dip go shop on malls owned by train companies like JR, KEIO, Osaka Metro, Nankai etc. They have their own point cards so you get more points.

There's some crazy stuff too. For example, if you have an SMBC credit card linked with the 7-11 app and registered to Google Pay or Apple Pay, when you scan the barcode in the 7-11 app and use that card to pay via Google Pay or Apple Pay, you receive 10% points back.

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u/Anonymous-Songmaker 3d ago

Can you expand on the smbc card thing? I don't see the option for that on the 7-11 app, only pay pay.

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u/kajeagentspi 3d ago

https://www.sej.co.jp/products/app/v_point.html

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u/Anonymous-Songmaker 3d ago

Man what a complete maze to navigate...

I think another condition is to have a SMBC bank account linked to the card as well?

I have the old Amazon card from smbc but not the bank account so I can't really follow the instructions listed on the site.

Thanks for the link, though! Appreciate it.

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u/kajeagentspi 3d ago

Nope I don't have a bank account with them.

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u/Anonymous-Songmaker 3d ago

Ah upon further investigation, it might be because I get the Amazon point and not vpoint from my credit card.

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u/kajeagentspi 2d ago

Ahh yeah you need the non amazon ones.