Upside: Cash Back - Gas & Food

Upside Services Inc.

About this app

Unlock Cash Back with the free Upside App!


Upside gets you cash back on daily essentials like gas, groceries, and dining. It's designed to reward you for simply being yourself, allowing you to indulge in more of what you love. With over 50,000 participating gas stations, grocery stores, and restaurants, cash back opportunities are always just around the corner.


Users earn an average of 8% cash back on groceries and dining—that’s on TOP of your current credit card rewards - even on debit card purchases!


And yes — it’s real cash back. No confusing rewards, points, or credits. Just actual money you can transfer straight to your bank account or PayPal. You can also cash out your earnings as an e-gift card to retailers you love, like Amazon, Walmart, and so many more.


With Upside, you can earn up to 25¢/gal cash back on gas, up to 45% back at restaurants, and up to 30% back at grocery stores. These earnings add up quickly — frequent users earn an average of $340 per year just for adding Upside to their normal routine.


HOW IT WORKS
(1) Claim your offer through the app
(2) Pay as usual with any credit or debit card
(3) Either Check In, or scan receipts
(4) Cash out whenever you want!


Here are a few places where you can earn cash back with Upside:


GAS
Phillips 66, Shell, Valero, Circle K, Marathon, Chevron, Exxon, Mobil, TA, 7-Eleven, Love’s, BP, Casey’s, Sunoco, and more




RESTAURANTS
Papa John’s, Dairy Queen, Domino's, Marco's, Arby's, Checkers, KFC, Popeyes, Rally's
Taco Bell, Primanti Bros, Wendy’s, and more




GROCERY STORES
Cardenas, Carlie C's, Coborn's, Gelson's, Piggly Wiggly, Price Chopper, Save A Lot, Schnucks, Fresh Foods IGA, Geissler's, Acme, and more


Download Upside to earn cash back on your essentials.

Ratings and reviews

It's pretty good. It definitely takes some getting used to for the restaurants. Make sure you get the full receipts, and you won't have an issue at all. Definitely opt into paying at the store with your card, versus online, I've had issues getting the receipt to show my card, typically just says online payment. Other than that, it's 1 minute per fill-up, works with work fleet cards, and it adds up pretty quick if you're on the road a lot. If anything, it can be a food splurge fund!

Notifications pop up about special offers, but when you tap them to see what it is they go away and you can't find them again. Map function should integrate better with Google maps especially when moving. Doesn't help to pull up offers that are 10 miles in the opposite direction I'm going. Still like the concept. Over $850 earned so far.

From 5 to 1 star. Didn't get to use the app much. Initial couple of transactions went ok, but started seeing processing delays and discovered account was put on hold / lock by Upside. After exchanging some emails about the account (the only one I created), they basically indicated there was nothing they could do to unlock it. Cash accumulated is now theirs. My recommendation is to not use this service, it's not worth the hassle, and the gas discounts are really very minimal.

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