Update: It has been confirmed by Discover that this 10% bonus will be doubled for those who have the Double Cashback promotion. This means that the normal Discover it will earn 22% cashback and the Discover it Miles will earn 23% cashback with the Double Cashback promotion.
Discover has announced that beginning on September 16, 2015 their cards will be compatible with Apple Pay. To celebrate this, they are paying a 10% cashback bonus when you checkout with Apple Pay before the end of the year.
Key Terms
- 10% Bonus cashback is earned from September 16, 2015 through December 31, 2015.
- The bonus is in addition to the normal earning rate on the card. (1%/5% on Discover it and 1.5X on Discover it Miles).
- Bonus is paid on the first $10,000 in store purchases during the promotional period.
- iOS 9 is required.
For more info and analysis of this deal, see this post. You can find the full press release on Business Wire.
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I signed up for the Discover promo back in June and currently have Discover IT that I’ve had for over a year and an iPhone 6. If I added a second Discover Miles card is it covered under the promotion too?
Yes, but its unclear at this point whether the $10,000 spend limit is per card or per person. My expectation is that it is per card, but I’m not 100% sure.
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i currently have the Discover More card. Do I need to apply for another card or will this card eventually be part of this deal? I attempted to add it to Apple Pay and it said it wasn’t supported. But then again, none of the cards may be supported yet…
Discover is not yet supported by Apple Pay, but it will be soon. At that point you should be able to add your Discover More card. I don’t know if the More card is included in this deal, though. I expect it is, but I’d recommend contacting Discover to ask.
Gotcha. I jumped the gun and thought they were already doing it. I posted on the Facebook wall and now I await the response.
Ok. I answered my own question. (10+1.5)x2 = 23 instead of 1.5×2 at the end of the year
I tried to add my Discover It Miles card to Apple Pay and it says it is not a supported card.
They are not supported until next week.
I am a bit confused. Pardon me. I have discover it miles card. I never signed up for double promo because I thought it was for it cards only. So how are you getting x23 for discover it miles card? Or could someone have signed up for double promo with miles as well??
Maybe a dumb question comment: iPhone 6 user here. Currently running iOS 8.4.1, and the phone says it is up to date. How can there be iOS 9 (unless it is set to release with the discoverIT promotion).
apple will release ios 9 shortly
So I have a Discover card (with only a 10% bonus – no double bonus) but no iPhone and thus no apple pay. But if I purchase a new iPhone for $650 all I need to do to cover the cost is to buy $6500 worth of gift cards?
As Gru would say, “Lightbulb!”
Or purchase a refurbished I pad 3 mini for $150 and pocket more cash (iPad 3 minis have apple pay)
I think that iPad support for Apple Pay is only for in-app purchases not for in-store purchases