Upromise - Rewards Towards College
Here is a reward site I would recommend to anyone who resides in the States or have plans to stay in the States for long.
Here's how it works:
Once you join Upromise®, nearly everything you buy or do can mean more money for college in your Upromise account. Check out all these great program options. Remember: the more you do, the more you can get back. You'll be able to watch your Upromise account accumulate daily with all your eligible purchases.
1. shop online through upromise.com.
Get 1%-25% back from eligible purchases at more than 600 online retailers when you shop through upromise.com.
2. eat at our participating restaurants.
Get up to 8% back from more than 8,000 restaurants as a Preferred Diner when you pay with a registered credit or debit card.
3. go to the grocery store or drug store.
Get 1-3% back on thousands of eligible items when you scan a Upromise registered grocery or drug store card at checkout.
4. live your life and make every purchase count.
Get 10% EXTRA college savings on thousands of items at participating grocery and drug stores and at Upromise Dining restaurants; and 1% college savings everywhere you shop with the Citi® Upromise® World MasterCard® [1]
I use Ebates or other reward programs for online shopping since I can get rewards back faster. However, if you register your grocery membership cards and your credit cards with Upromise, it tracks your purchases automatically for eligible activities, such as grocery from certain brands, oil change at Pepboys, or book through priceline, and it credits your account without you doing anything specific, the rewards will just build up.
Although it's much slower without the online shopping, but if you gonna stay in the States for years to come, it's going to add up. You can either use the fund to pay for college expenses or invest it in a 529 plan for more advanced education for yourself or save early for your kid's future college expenses.