by PointsGuru | Sep 10, 2015 | Discover
Discover bank credit cards will be supported by Apple Pay starting September 16th, the same day as iOS 9 is released. The rewards pioneer is late to the game as it is finally joining Visa and MasterCard in the U.S. as supporting card types for Apple’s contactless payments service. To sweeten the deal, Discover is offering a special cashback promotion to celebrate the addition of Apple Pay. You can get 10% cashback on up to $10,000 of in-store purchases until the end of the year, as long as those transactions were using Apple Pay.
Discover it Miles, Miles and Escape cards will also earn an extra 10 miles per dollar as part of the promotion, again up to a $10,000 limit. Like other cards, using Apple Pay with Discover is seamless and automatic. You also get the same purchase and fraud protection with Discover on Apple Pay as when using a plastic card.
This is an amazing development just in time to buy something if not everything of the new Apple lineup everyone was so impressed with. You could basically get 20% off an Apple TV, new iPhone 6S or 6S Plus, Apple Watch, or the incredible new iPad Pro with a Pencil. If you signed up for a new Discover IT Card you can qualify for a DOUBLE cash back and that puts you at 10% cash back plus 10% bonus plus the normal 1% cash back totalling 21% cash back! Head here to get a $50 Bonus! (more…)
by PointsGuru | Feb 20, 2015 | Discover
Become a Discover cardmember and you’ll get $50 Cashback Bonus with your 1st purchase within 3 mos.
Discover It Miles Card
Discover just announced a new travel rewards credit card that is keeping the free in-flight Wi-Fi trend alive for 2015. Free bags were so 2014. This is a free or no annual fee card that gives you a bit more than the everyday spend on a Discover IT card since it normally pays 1% when you are not getting the 5% categories. This card gives you 1.5x Miles on each dollar.
I have yet to see a card actually give me the no black out dates or restrictions or being able to actually fly last minute. But this card claims to have a “No blackout dates, no restrictions, fly any airline, any time”. Redeem your Miles for any amount, any time, with no expiration is a new thing with Discover Card and I am lovin’ it! I have been complaining about the $50 redemption on the Cash Back version of the card for a few tears now. You will also get up to a $30 credit each year for in-flight Wi-Fi. You can also get free Wi-Fi this route. As a bonus card members can double all the miles that you’ve earned at the end the year.
To redeem Discover it Miles just apply the points toward any transportation including airlines, rental cars, taxis and bus fares. This would include fabulous Uber and Lyft rides since they are coded as transportation as I found out in a recent Discover IT promotion of 5% back. The double miles at the end of the year have no spend cap and seem to only be for the first year. There is no sign-up bonus for this card yet but stay tuned I am sure they will come up with one at some point…
Discover it Miles card members can redeem miles at any amount for cash, or as a statement credit toward their travel purchases, including commercial airline tickets, hotel rooms, car rentals, commuter transportation, and taxicabs.
You will receive the same benefits as the Discover it Card including: Mobile account management, 100% U.S.-based customer service representatives available any time meaning no one from India will be answering the phone after 30 minutes of waiting, Free FICO Credit Scores online and on monthly statements as advertised on TV, and the ability to pay bills online or by phone up to midnight (Eastern time) on due dates.
Compare Travel Credit Cards chart according to Discover below with the Chase Sapphire Preferred, Capital One VentureOne, Capital One Venture, and the American Express Blue Sky:
by PointsGuru | Feb 13, 2015 | Discover
If you ask me hands down the Best Superbowl commercial 2015 goes to Discover IT card who we have always been behind as one of the best cards for rewards. You just have to watch this if you have not seen it yet because it can already be a hassle to talk to a rep normally on the phone although truly with Discover a call is like this at first. He calls in and gets a human and that did NOT happen a year or so ago so this is a great change for the company. I called in and was ‘surprised’ myself a human answered I thought I called the wrong number.
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