The community currency
Compound Points
We track points for a living, so naturally the community runs on them. Compound Points are earned by contributing: sharing data, rating cards, and above all using the offer links that keep this site independent. Points climb a ladder, and the ladder is the cabin. Everyone boards in Basic Economy. The Private Jet is waiting.
How to Earn
The biggest points go to the action that funds the site: applying through our links.
Start an application through a View Offer button
once per card
Start a forum thread
per thread
Reply in a forum thread
once per thread
Comment on a card review
once per card
Rate a card
once per card
Create your profile
once
Daily visit
once per day
Keep a login streak alive
every 7th day, bigger at 30, 100 and 365
Points currently track on this device and migrate to your cloud account when community accounts launch. No points for lurking. Some points for taste. Big points for action.
The Cabin: Community Ranks
Your rank emblem rides next to your username in the forums and on your profile.
- Basic EconomyStart
Middle seat, no changes, no refunds. Everyone boards here.
Perk: Your boarding pass: a spot on the leaderboard
- Main Cabin500 pts
A real seat assignment. People are starting to quote your posts.
Perk: Main Cabin emblem + leaderboard placement
- Comfort+2,500 pts
Extra legroom and early boarding. Your data points carry threads.
Perk: Comfort+ emblem + rising leaderboard standing
- Premium Select10,000 pts
The seat reclines. The community leans on you.
Perk: Premium Select emblem + early access to new tools
- First Class50,000 pts
Champagne before takeoff. The forum knows your name.
Perk: First Class emblem + featured spot on the leaderboard
- Private Jet250,000 pts
No boarding group. The schedule is yours.
Perk: Private Jet emblem + the top of the leaderboard
The other ladder: Supporter Emblems
Ranks are earned with activity. Supporter emblems are earned with donations, from Cardholder all the way to Centurion, and stack next to your rank. One username, two emblems, zero ambiguity about who carries the community.