I've earned MR with my Rakuten account for several years now. Randomly, last time I logged in to Rakuten it said I'm now earning cash back and would receive a check for my next payment. I did not make this change to cash back and no one else has access to my account to do so. Fortunately, I was able to change back to MR after linking to my Amex account again (I've seen that wasn't suppose to be possible). Hopefully it sticks. It now shows my point balance at the top right just like it used to. Just a FYI incase anyone else has a similar situation.