Lloyds Club reward - Rakuten best films 8 April 2021 at 7:40PM in Budgeting & bank accounts 26 replies 3.6K views

veryintrigued

Apologies for a thread which is only partly Banking related.

I've searched the forum for all Rakuten related threads but drawn a blank.

The Lloyds offer only allows rental (not purchases) of films (sorry can't abide the 'movie' word) up to a value of £5.49.

Is there a list somewhere of all the decent films with this criteria as we've spent two evenings choosing films on Rakuten using search engines only to find they're either purchase only  or > £5.49.

TIA

born_again

https://rakuten.tv/uk

Is a massive list of films.

Create a account and you should then be able to search for rentals.

No idea what you might consider "Decent" as tastes vary.

veryintrigued

Thanks but that listing has no filter for the two conditions above that we can see - even with an account?

External websites list what they consider to be the best and after reading their reviews we revert to Rakuten and they frequently fail in the two conditions above.

GTR_King

I just search a film I wanna watch if it available to rent i will use voucher code, it should tell you if it will cost more than the code price is 

Zanderman

Agree Rakuten is frustrating in not being to search on costs but we've watched quite a few (via Lloyds) that we wouldn't normally watch because of this.

Basically we've given up having a wish list and we just browse Rakuten app or website, find something that looks interesting, check the price and if it's below the limit watch it.  If it's not we move on.  Sounds silly and is a bit fiddly and time-consuming, but it is horizon-broadening!

Most recent one was Rams, a film about, er, sheep. Or, actually, an absence of sheep.  Sam Neill as you've never seen him before. 

jimbo6977

Zanderman said:

Agree Rakuten is frustrating in not being to search on costs but we've watched quite a few (via Lloyds) that we wouldn't normally watch because of this.

Which is of course the whole point of the supposed "offer" which in reality is just an inducement to spend ££££.

AlwaysLearnin

Does something like this help?

https://www.justwatch.com/uk/provider/rakuten-tv/movies?max_price=5&monetization_types=rent

Also, are you sure the voucher value is £5.49?  I thought I read somewhere that it is £5, backed up by £5.49 films seemingly not being included in the listing linked in the Email Lloyds send with the voucher code

https://rakuten.tv/uk/lists/uk-news2

For example, Tenet is £5.49, and not on the list.  Happy to be proved wrong though. 

pphillips

AlwaysLearnin said:

Does something like this help?

https://www.justwatch.com/uk/provider/rakuten-tv/movies?max_price=5&monetization_types=rent

Also, are you sure the voucher value is £5.49?  I thought I read somewhere that it is £5, backed up by £5.49 films seemingly not being included in the listing linked in the Email Lloyds send with the voucher code

https://rakuten.tv/uk/lists/uk-news2

For example, Tenet is £5.49, and not on the list.  Happy to be proved wrong though. 

The issue is not the price but that Tenet is only UHD.

"Your code is valid for all SD and HD movies but not for UHD movies."

AlwaysLearnin

Thanks, but I'm not sure that's actually the issue, as it's available in SD and HD for £5.49 too. For comparison, 'Unhinged' is UHD, HD and SD for £4.45 and IS listed. 

Hasbeen

I must be doing something wrong.

When I click on the link, there is a limited selection, a few old films and mostly cartoons.

If you look without the link you get a massive amount more, but  you are unable to choose with code?

Not worth anything in my opinion?

pphillips

AlwaysLearnin said:

Thanks, but I'm not sure that's actually the issue, as it's available in SD and HD for £5.49 too. For comparison, 'Unhinged' is UHD, HD and SD for £4.45 and IS listed. 

Sorry, my mistake, Tenet is not included because the rental costs £5.49. I just noticed that the terms and conditions say that the cost of the rental must be less than £5.49.

Unfortunately, they also seem to rule out stacking codes or using them as part payment.