I signed up with Full Tilt about a year ago, and at that time I had no idea about rakeback. I think I just saw a referral code on some site and used that – it was only later I realised what I’d done, and it put a big dampener on playing there. I slowly bust my roll and then redeposited elsewhere (Titan I think, just to get the Stox 12 month deal).
Anyway, a while ago I saw posts on 2p2 that it was possible to write to FT and ask to be put on a Rakeback program, so of course I did immediately. FT wrote back to say that the affiliate I’d signed up with offered rakeback and I should ask them about it.
They didn’t tell me who the affiliate was though. So I wrote again asking who they were. FT said they couldn’t tell me due to their privacy policy(!?!). I tried a couple more times, but only had the same response so gave up.
But, I just spotted something on a forum – if you ask for the code you signed up with, they’ll tell you! So I asked, and they did! So bizarre, you gotta know the rules to know the rules…
So, quick google later I’ve found out who my affiliate is, and I’ve written to them to see if I can get rakeback. Hopefully I can – it’s in their interest too surely since I’m not playing on FT without the rakeback. Fingers crossed…
Update: Yes – It’s been confirmed, I can get rakeback!!! Whoohoo!
That makes so much difference, I had not been playing on FT at all purely for that reason. Now I can cover up all my bad play with rakeback payments 
Even better, they’re going to pay me all the rakeback I should have got over 2008 – so effectively it’s as if I’ve had rakeback all along! Total result – I cannot type enough exclamation marks here to do it justice!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah! Come over to FTP and play some PLO, NLHE! Rake is ridiculous at the micro level though(2-10NL). 7.5% rake. It’s absurd. Once you’re at 25NL, it’s all worth it.
2nd biggest poker room–after pokerstars.
The rake’s still high for 10NL? Hmph, that’s annoying, I thought they’d even it out a bit when they introduced the 2NL & 5NL tables.
It wouldn’t surprise me that the rake’s so high is due to the business model of providing rakeback. Seems the only people who really benefit are FT themselves (but then that’s someone without rakeback (yet) speaking)…
no, rake is the same as on pokerstars but pokerstars doesnt have rakeback, only vip club. ironman levels on FT=vip levels on PS btw