RebateMango: Shop online and earn KrisFlyer miles, Asia Miles, UPGREAT points (and more)

If you’re looking to earn rebates on online shopping, you typically have two options: a cashback site, or an airline miles shopping portal. But what if there were a way to earn both, and more?

That’s RebateMango’s pitch: an online shopping platform that lets you earn not just plain vanilla cashback, but miles and points with eight different loyalty programs. 

RebateMango is now available in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, and has more than 500 merchants, including Qoo10, Shopee, Lazada, AliExpress, iHerb, ZALORA, Agoda, Hotels.com, and Deliveroo. 

Customers can earn points with frequent flyer programs like KrisFlyer and Asia Miles, as well as unique partners like UPGREAT and GrabRewards (the only opportunity to earn them outside the Grab platform). The full list of partners can be found below:

Regardless of which program you fancy, Milelion readers who sign up through the link below will get 1,000 KrisFlyer miles with their first RebateMango transaction of any amount. 

Get 1,000 KrisFlyer miles with your first transaction via RebateMango

Let’s take a closer look at the rewards on offer, and how RebateMango measures up to the competition. 

Cashback

Even though RebateMango is much more than just cashback, it still offers very competitive rates in this area. Here’s how cashback rates on RebateMango compare to ShopBack:

	Earning cashback
	8%	6%
	Up to 8%	Up to 7%
	5%	5%
	5%	Up to 4%
	Up to 12%	Up to 10%
	Up to 8%	Up to 6%
	2.25%	Up to 5.5%
	5%	Up to 5%
	6%	3%
	5%	3%
	Up to 5%	Up to 3.5%
	Up to 13%	Up to 10%
	Up to 3%	Up to 2%
	Up to 10%	Up to 8%
	3%	Up to 9%

As the table above shows, cashback rates on RebateMango are very competitive with ShopBack. Cashback sites hold frequent sales, so it’s always best practice to comparison shop beforehand. 

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Miles

But of course, the whole value proposition of RebateMango goes beyond just cashback. Customers can also choose to earn KrisFlyer miles, simply by clicking on the drop down menu at the top of the page. 

Once you’ve changed your preferred reward, reload the page and the earning rates will automatically be updated. 

RebateMango offers a hybrid of KrisFlyer miles and cashback, and earning rates are expressed in miles per US$10 (just like KrisFlyer Spree). 

I realise that may not be terribly intuitive for most people, so I’ve taken the liberty of converting it into a more familiar metric- miles per S$1, based on a rate of US$10= S$13.90. 

Here’s how KrisFlyer earning rates on RebateMango compare to KrisFlyer Spree:

	Earning cashback + KrisFlyer Miles
	4% + 0.9 mpd	N/A
	Up to 4% + 0.9 mpd	Up to 1.5 mpd
	2.5% + 0.5 mpd	1.4 mpd
	Up to 2.5% + 0.5 mpd	2.0 mpd
	Up to 6%+ 1.3 mpd	N/A
	Up to 4% + 0.9 mpd	2.2 mpd (hotel bookings only)
	1.1% + 0.2 mpd	N/A
	2.5% + 0.5 mpd	0.8 mpd
	3% + 0.6 mpd	1.9 mpd
	2.5% + 0.5 mpd	1.4 mpd
	Up to 2.5% + 0.5 mpd	Up to 1.4 mpd
	Up to 6.5% + 1.4 mpd	N/A
	Up to 1.5% + 0.3 mpd	N/A
	Up to 5% + 1.1 mpd	N/A
	1.5% + 0.3 mpd	N/A

Even before adjusting for a like-to-like comparison, we can already see that the merchant selection on RebateMango is significantly wider than KrisFlyer Spree. Indeed, one of the issues that KrisFlyer Spree users face is the lack of localized options- major retailers like FairpriceOn, Lazada, Qoo10, and Shopee aren’t available for Singapore-based customers. 

If we assign a value of 1.8 cents per KrisFlyer mile, then the overall return through RebateMango is typically as good, if not better than KrisFlyer Spree.

Just like KrisFlyer Spree, miles earned through RebateMango will be deposited directly into your KrisFlyer account with no conversion fees. 

UPGREAT Points

However, if it’s KrisFlyer miles you really want to earn, then my advice is that you select UPGREAT points instead, which allows you to earn even more KrisFlyer miles. 

UPGREAT is Great Eastern’s new loyalty platform. UPGREAT points can be earned by completing wellness challenges, but you don’t need to be a Great Eastern customer to open an account or earn points. That’s a good thing, because UPGREAT and RebateMango are quite possibly the best combination to earn KrisFlyer miles online. 

How does that work? Look at the redemption chart below. Note that 1,000 UPGREAT Points= 330 KrisFlyer miles.

So when you pick UPGREAT points on RebateMango, you’re effectively earning the following rates:

	Earning UPGREAT Points, converted to KrisFlyer miles
	2.6 mpd	N/A
	Up to 2.6 mpd	Up to 1.5 mpd
	1.7 mpd	1.4 mpd
	Up to 1.7 mpd	2.0 mpd
	Up to 4.0 mpd	N/A
	Up to 2.6 mpd	2.2 mpd (hotel bookings only)
	0.7 mpd	N/A
	1.7 mpd	0.8 mpd
	2.0 mpd	1.9 mpd
	1.7 mpd	1.4 mpd
	Up to 1.7 mpd	Up to 1.4 mpd
	Up to 4.3 mpd	N/A
	Up to 1 mpd	N/A
	Up to 3.3 mpd	N/A
	1 mpd	N/A

UPGREAT points can be converted to KrisFlyer miles for free, and each transfer takes approximately 5-7 working days. 

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles

If you prefer flying with oneworld over Star Alliance, you’ll be pleased to know that Asia Miles can also be earned through RebateMango. Although Asia Miles imposes fuel surcharges on redemptions, there are still some very good sweet spots to look at, such as the multi-carrier award chart. 

Asia Miles has its own version of KrisFlyer Spree called iShop, and here’s how it compares to RebateMango. Both iShop and RebateMango express earn rates in terms of miles per USD. 

	Earning Asia Miles
	4 mpd	N/A
	Up to 4 mpd	Up to 2.75 mpd
	2.5 mpd*	2.5 mpd
	2.5 mpd*	3.75 mpd
	Up to 6 mpd	N/A
	Up to 4 mpd	N/A
	1 mpd	N/A
	2.5 mpd*	1.5 mpd
	3 mpd	N/A
	2.5 mpd*	2.5 mpd
	Up to 2 mpd	N/A
	Up to 6 mpd	N/A
	Up to 1 mpd	N/A
	Up to 5 mpd	N/A
	1 mpd	3.0 mpd

The story is quite similar to KrisFlyer Spree- RebateMango has a wider selection, and with the exception of ZALORA and Book Depository, better earning rates. 

Final points to note

Shopping through RebateMango works just like shopping through any other cashback portal where you click through to the merchant and make payment on the merchant’s site. This means that you’ll be able to double dip on your credit card rewards points as well.

Be sure to use the following cards for the highest returns on your spending:

• Citi Rewards Visa/ Citi Rewards Mastercard: 4 mpd, capped at S$1K per month. Excludes travel expenditure
• DBS Woman’s World Card: 4 mpd, capped at S$2K per month
• OCBC Titanium Rewards: 4 mpd, capped  at S$12K per year, for selected online merchants
• OCBC 90N Card ( if transaction is in foreign currency): 4 mpd, no cap

Bookings made from clicking through the RebateMango site will also be eligible to earn the usual elite status credit and points, provided you book through a hotel’s official channel. For example, you could access Marriott.com via RebateMango, and earn Marriott Bonvoy points and elite status credit on your stays. 

Conclusion

RebateMango offers additional opportunities to earn rewards on online shopping, and is definitely something you should check out. It’s especially useful for earning KrisFlyer miles, particularly if you choose UPGREAT points as your rewards option. 

Once again, remember that new RebateMango customers can earn 1,000 bonus KrisFlyer miles with their first transaction of any amount- sign up with the link below to get your bonus!

Get 1,000 KrisFlyer miles with your first transaction via RebateMango