What are Card-Linked Offers?
Card-linked offers (CLOs) are discounts and cashback deals provided directly by credit card issuers like American Express, Chase, Citi, Capital One, and Bank of America. These offers typically provide 10-30% savings at brands you already shop with, like 4% back at Amazon, 10% off at Whole Foods, $20 back at Sephora, or 15% cashback at Target.
Once activated, these offers automatically apply when you use your linked card at the eligible merchant. No codes or coupons needed.
How does Kudos help with Card-Linked Offers?
Kudos automatically detects and activates all available card-linked offers when you visit your issuer portal with our extension installed. Instead of manually clicking through hundreds of offer tiles across multiple issuer websites, Kudos activates them all with one visit.
At checkout, Kudos:
Surfaces relevant active offers you have
Recommends which card to use based on active offers, baseline rewards, and any welcome bonuses you're tracking
Shows you the total value you'll earn from the purchase
How do I activate Card-Linked Offers with Kudos?
You must have a Kudos Premium subscription to auto-activate your card-linked offers. Here's how:
Visit each of your supported issuer portals while logged in
Kudos will automatically activate all offers across all your cards
Unlimited auto-activations are included
No manual clicking required. We handle the activation automatically.
Other Kudos Premium features:
Reduce bills with our AI bill negotiation tool
Automatically cancel unwanted subscriptions
Full benefits tracking for all cards you have
Advanced AI insights tailored to your spending
2 years of transaction history
Automated welcome bonus tracking
Troubleshooting: Offers Not Activating?
Card-linked offer activation requires the Kudos browser extension and logging in to your issuer directly in a browser, not the issuer's native app.
On iPhone: iOS will sometimes automatically redirect you to the Amex (or Chase, Citi, etc.) app when you tap a login link. Our extension can't activate offers inside a native app. If this happens, open Safari and navigate directly to your issuer's website to log in from there.
Still having trouble? Switching to a desktop browser with the Kudos extension installed will always work reliably.
Note: We're rolling out a fix for the iOS redirect issue next month.
Do you have any questions about this feature? Please feel free to reach out to us anytime at support@joinkudos.com.