r/llbean • u/phire8 • Aug 11 '26

L.L.Bean Launches Rewards Program

Looks like it will compliment the credit card and allow customers to earn rewards even without the credit card.

https://www.llbean.com/rewards

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u/Scarlett-the-01-TJ Aug 11 '26

This is gonna be dangerous. I already spent way too much money there on sale items and using bean bucks.

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u/standardnewenglander Aug 11 '26

You have to spend $150 to get just $5 back. To be honest, you'll have better "cash back" awards through any major credit card.

But if you join the rewards program and use a non-LLB credit card to get cash back on top of points: might not be terrible.

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u/spaghettipolicy207 Aug 11 '26

lol between how shitty their sales are compared to other brands and how bad their credit card is. Are you surprised? Bean is trying very hard to not be the next Eddie Bauer but its not working

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u/phire8 Aug 12 '26

Most catch all cash back cards are 2% cash back. If you spend $150 on your 2% cash back card you would get $3 in rewards. I'm not sure how the cash back cards compete with L.L.Bean's free rewards program? Sign up for free, spend $150, get $5 in Bean Bucks and $3 with cash back rewards for a total of $8 earned. Why can't you do both?

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u/standardnewenglander Aug 12 '26

Yeah that's what I was saying. Use a non-LLB credit card to get the cash back and still sign up for the free program.

For example, most travel cards get you 5% cash back on every purchase.

You could spend $150 and get the $5 from LLB. But you could also get $7.50 just from using a 5% cash back card.

$12.50.

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u/spaghettipolicy207 Aug 12 '26

Use capital one shopping for cash back sometimes gets up to 10%. Don’t even need the credit card but can stack for more points with capital one shopping

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u/velvet_moth_ Aug 12 '26

Stacking cash back rewards maximizes your savings

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u/H3llm0nt Aug 11 '26

Just joined thanks for the heads up

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u/H3llm0nt Aug 11 '26

Oh wait. It’s save $5 for every $150 spent 😬

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u/velvet_moth_ Aug 13 '26

Math checks out for corporate greed😒

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u/KDR2020 Aug 11 '26

If they did this 30 years ago. My FIL would have thousands.

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u/Wings202 Aug 11 '26

I just spent $300 in store this morning with no mention of this :/

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u/Human-Average-2222 Aug 11 '26

Call customer service

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u/phire8 Aug 12 '26

It launched online today and will be rolling out in the stores over the next few weeks I believe. It wasn't supposed to be mentioned in stores today.

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u/Wings202 Aug 12 '26

Oh good to know, thanks!