The Thrifty Traveler Podcast · Tuesday, September 15, 2026
The Thrifty Traveler podcast highlighted Rakuten and Cashback Monitor as essential tools for maximizing credit card rewards on everyday purchases. Cashback Monitor helps identify the best points or cashback offers available through various portals, while Rakuten, as a browser extension, automatically alerts users to these earning opportunities on retail websites.
“Cashback Monitor is a tool to bookmark that just helps you always earn the most points on your everyday purchases.”
“My second shout out here is Rakuten itself. It's just an easy tool. Install it in your web browser as a browser extension. It immediately lets you know once you're on a website if you can earn extra points, either Amex or points in this case, on the purchases that you're already making.”
“I went to Cashback Monitor and told me that the best offer was just to earn two X points on the purchase through Rakuten. Boom. I got two X points on his stupidly expensive dog shampoo.”