The Offer
Some Paypal users are getting the following offer via email:
- Get an extra 2% cash back on purchases made with Paypal with a max cash back amount of $20
The terms say explicitly that you can use your regular credit card and still get the 2% back, no need to use your Paypal balance specifically:
Pair this offer with existing credit card perks to increase your rewards.
The Fine Print
- Offer begins June 1, 2016, and ends June 24, 2016 (note: offer doesn’t start for a couple days still)
- Excluded transactions from the Offer include but are not limited to the following: gift certificate payments, purchases of gift cards, all send money transactions, PayPal Credit transactions not completed from within the PayPal Wallet and PayPal Extras MasterCard/eBay MasterCard payments not made through your PayPal account
- Max $20 cash back total – spend $1,000 to get the full $20 cash back
- Must activate offer first (click the link in the email and it tracks to your Paypal account)
- Must activate offer by June 24, 2016
- You will receive an email around July 10, 2016, letting you know that the 2% has been transferred into your PayPal account
- Returns will reduce earnings
- Offer valid in the continental U.S. and cannot be transferred or combined with any other promotion code, coupon, Offer or discount
Our Verdict
I got this offer and some others did too, not sure if it’s highly targeted or available for many. Unfortunately, if you weren’t targeted, you probably won’t have luck activating the offer using the landing page. You can certainly try, but it seems that only clicking the activation link in the email is working; others get a message, “We’re sorry, only select PayPal customers are eligible for this offer.”
