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5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

fibi200329 — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:45:02 GMT

Hi All,

I’m not a frequent poster on here, but I came across something which I think is worth sharing with the community.

I have an app called Ampli, which is a cash back app affiliated with RBC and recently saw that Public Mobile is now one of the cash back partner brands and offering 5% cash back on mobile phone plans and add ons. You just need to link the payment card (does not have to be RBC) you use to pay your PM bills to get your 5% cash back. I’ve added a screenshot of the offer from the app with details.

i.e. If you are on the $40 plan, that would be $2 additional back every month!

Even though it’s not much, I hope some will find this helpful. I know we are all going through some stressful times right now.

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

fdrcamb519 — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 03:53:27 GMT

thank you very much for sharing this with all of us, as you said every bit helps. Thank you hope to hear from you again in community.

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

darlicious — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 03:56:29 GMT

@fibi200329

Love this....every little bit helps! $2 so it's doubles your autopay bonus on a $40 plan. Nice find!

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

brettster99 — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 04:00:16 GMT

@fibi200329

That is amazing. If I use the KOHO card with it get an additional 2 or 2.5% so 7% total. Can only get that in a good stock market.

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

Staliger — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 04:03:27 GMT

@fibi200329 That's very sweet. Thank you so much for the info! Every cent counts!

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

Naepalm — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 04:09:55 GMT

@fibi200329 Thank you for sharing. 5% is a decemt number and nothing to look away. Inflation will eat 2.5% of your money each year so any chance to stay ahead of that is good on me.

cheers

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

mpcdesign — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 05:12:08 GMT

@brettster99, I don't know if you can piggy-back on one card, KOHO and then add to Ampli (RBC). That would undoubtedly get a bit confusing especially if you luck out and add it to another card to increase the cashback!

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

Pawprints1986 — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 05:47:56 GMT

Interesting! The card I use now gets 1% cash back on every purchase... So I could add that to this and in effect be getting 6%

I do have an RBC card as well but they're only 0.5% cash back... Unless there's some added bonus using an RBC card with this RBC based app? Hmm...

Does the cash back amount fluctuate like rakuten or stay 5%?

🤔🤔🤔

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

popping — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 06:02:28 GMT

@fibi200329

Will I get 5% back if I pay my PM renewal fee using the available fund in my PM account?

If not, the $40 plan with autopay enabled. %5 of $38 is $1.90 - Not $2.

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

yanzhiqiang — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 05:55:50 GMT

Thank you very much for sharing.

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 06:00:58 GMT

@popping wrote:
@fibi200329
Will I get 5% back if I pay my PM renewal fee using the available fund in my PM account?

Maybe your thinking cap is on the fritz. 🙂

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

popping — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 06:18:53 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@popping wrote:
@fibi200329
Will I get 5% back if I pay my PM renewal fee using the available fund in my PM account?
Maybe your thinking cap is on the fritz. 🙂

What is fritz?

If I enabled autopay on my $40 plan, $2 is added to my account as available fund before paying with my autopay cc. 5% of $38 is $1.9. - Not $2.

Lot of long time PM subscribers with loyalty, refer-a-friend, autopay and community rewards, those subscribers are not paying $40 after the rewards. If paying by available fund is not counted toward the cash back, some subscribers may not getting too much cash back.

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

Pawprints1986 — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 07:16:03 GMT

trying to link my card, but upon trying to it forces you onto the rbc site.... not sure it really will work without an rbc account

actually on a closer look im not seeing public listed in the brands at all, even searching within "all brands"

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

zblackma — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:52:57 GMT

Thankyou @fibi200329 is this like Rakuten then? Will look into it.

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

gblackma — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:10:17 GMT

@fibi200329 thanks will look into this.

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

fibi200329 — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:19:17 GMT

Hi @popping , you are right - I believe it would be however much is charged to the associated payment card. So if you are on autopay and had other discounts it would be 5% x net amount. I was just using the $40 plan to illustrate a simple example.

However, I do see on the PM website that you can choose a one-time top up of any desired amount to keep in your account for future use so you could consider that as an option.

Hope that helps! 🙂

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:23:00 GMT

@popping wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
@popping wrote:
@fibi200329
Will I get 5% back if I pay my PM renewal fee using the available fund in my PM account?
Maybe your thinking cap is on the fritz. 🙂
What is fritz?

If I enabled autopay on my $40 plan, $2 is added to my account as available fund before paying with my autopay cc. 5% of $38 is $1.9. - Not $2.

Lot of long time PM subscribers with loyalty, refer-a-friend, autopay and community rewards, those subscribers are not paying $40 after the rewards. If paying by available fund is not counted toward the cash back, some subscribers may not getting too much cash back.

@popping

Fritz

I had first written a reply that could have been read wrong as text. So I made a joke.

I interpreted your question that you wondered if you would get the cash back when you have available funds. Of course not. There is no transaction.

I am in agreement with the rest of your post here and your questioning the OP how they got $2 instead of $1.90 due to autopay toggled on.

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

fibi200329 — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:28:01 GMT

Hi @Pawprints1986 !

Yes! This would be on top of the cash back you get with your existing card!

I am also a relatively new user on the app so unfortunately I can't confirm if the cashback amount fluctuates for PM. However in regards to your question about whether an RBC Card earns you a bonus, this does depend on the Brand Partner. For example, at Rexall, you do get a bonus 1% back for all purchased made using an RBC card. All the details about each brand's cash back can be found in the app.

Hope this helps!

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

fibi200329 — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:32:31 GMT

Yes and no, with Rakuten I sometimes forget to go through the site and have missed out on cash back. However with this app, you only need to link your card once and any purchases made on that card going forward will automatically get you cash back! 🙂

Re: 5% Cash back on your Public Mobile Bill

brettster99 — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 16:33:55 GMT

@mpcdesign

Yeah I tried to link it but it doesn’t have an option for KOHO. Kinda sucks but still good overall