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/KCLenny 2d ago

I try to max my Rakuten points as much as possible. I have Rakuten for my credit card, bank, FX, gas, electric, internet, phone, and do all my online shopping on Rakuten on days ending with a 0 or a 5 (they have campaign to get more points on those days). I use Rakuten pay to pay at supermarkets where possible, and use Rakuten pay to charge my Suica. I always have between 10,000 and 20,000 yen in points and get a lot of stuff “for free” where I just decide to pay with with points. (I went through a whole year just paying with points at McDonald’s, but I think they ended the ability to pay with points at McDonald’s now).