any more details on the July-Sept promotion, afa what qualifies as supplies & edu expenses? If you can charge tuition costs at 5%, that'd be pretty hot
jeepbrew
Senior Member
posted: May. 8, 2006 @ 4:03p
SUB said: any more details on the July-Sept promotion, afa what qualifies as supplies & edu expenses? If you can charge tuition costs at 5%, that'd be pretty hot
Last year when they ran that promo it covered tuition and book costs... I know b/c I got 5% off my tuition.
jbengel
Ancient Member
posted: May. 8, 2006 @ 4:24p
Thanks for the early report! You spoiled the surprise!
jeepbrew said: SUB said: any more details on the July-Sept promotion, afa what qualifies as supplies & edu expenses? If you can charge tuition costs at 5%, that'd be pretty hot
Last year when they ran that promo it covered tuition and book costs... I know b/c I got 5% off my tuition.
How do you charge tuition on your credit card? My school does not seem to allow that...
x43b
Senior Member
posted: May. 8, 2006 @ 4:57p
ahcool said: jeepbrew said: SUB said: any more details on the July-Sept promotion, afa what qualifies as supplies & edu expenses? If you can charge tuition costs at 5%, that'd be pretty hot
Last year when they ran that promo it covered tuition and book costs... I know b/c I got 5% off my tuition.
How do you charge tuition on your credit card? My school does not seem to allow that...
Plus I thought the limit was ~$1,200. It is better than nothing but that wouldn't cover most tuition bills.
Plus I thought the limit was ~$1,200. It is better than nothing but that wouldn't cover most tuition bills.
America's #1 Cash Rewards Program!*
* Full 5% CashBack Bonus on Get More purchases in popular categories throughout the year * Up to 1% CashBack Bonus on all other purchases * Unlimited cash rewards that never expire
Plus, there is a student version of the credit card.
If your school will allow partial payments(a lot of schools have payment plans where they stretch the payments over the entire year), you can charge as much as you can, pay it off, charge as much as you can again, etc 1) go to www.discovercard.com 2) click on the bottom right hand corner on the "Get More" square
Take care of your car and get 5% CashBack Bonus on up to $1,000 in gas and automotive purchases through June 30, 2006.
So it is NOT unlimited.
andrey0
Senior Member
posted: May. 8, 2006 @ 5:27p
NVM
andrey0
Senior Member
posted: May. 8, 2006 @ 5:39p
Get sign-up money from cardoffers
$35 for student card $40 for platinum and other cards
From Platinum card information "With our Get More Program, you can sign up to earn 5% CashBack Bonus on purchases made at select merchants or in certain merchant categories throughout the year."
"Other restrictions apply. You will receive complete CashBack Bonus Terms and Conditions with your Card."
That doesn't help a whole lot. Anybody who has the card, what does the CashBack bonus terms say?
I fixed my post so you can go there through navigation. You are posting about the general Platinum Discovercard purchases, NOT the "Get More" program.
I DO have the card and there IS a limit and I'm quoting directly from the website, I don't know why you discount my post.
89transam
Broke Member
posted: May. 8, 2006 @ 5:48p
5% off tuition would be super-hot.
andrey0
Senior Member
posted: May. 8, 2006 @ 5:53p
x43b said:
I fixed my post so you can go there through navigation. You are posting about the general Platinum Discovercard purchases, NOT the "Get More" program.
I DO have the card and there IS a limit and I'm quoting directly from the website, I don't know why you discount my post.
I see. You are right, it would be too good to be true for it to be unlimited CashBack
In the other discover post, the CashBack limit on Jan-Mar 06 purchases was $1.5k, 1k for Apr-June. Any idea of the limit for Jul-Sept?
Looks like to utilize the program to it's full advantage, we would need several cards.
andrey0
Senior Member
posted: May. 8, 2006 @ 5:54p
NVM
andrey0
Senior Member
posted: May. 8, 2006 @ 5:55p
nvm
kronus
Ancient Member
posted: May. 8, 2006 @ 6:14p
I was able to get 5% back on tuition payments before the college turned to a 3rd party processor that put a stop to it.
poo
Senior Member
posted: May. 8, 2006 @ 6:16p
Many universities allow students to "fund" their student ID's with money so that it can be used as a credit card at places around campus. If you are graduating, you can usually load it up and request a check/refund. There is usually no "processing fees" for doing this and sometimes even bonus money added if you fund to certain levels.
markkundinger
Senior Member - 2K
posted: May. 8, 2006 @ 9:41p
You know, if the summer promotion is for all apparel, then a know a lot of women who are going to freak out.
ab15qsg9
Senior Member
posted: May. 8, 2006 @ 9:49p
My school charges a 3% premium to the tuition for credit card use....so 2% discount still good.
poo said: Many universities allow students to "fund" their student ID's with money so that it can be used as a credit card at places around campus. That assumes that the charge for such a thing shows up as an education expense. I know for my daughter, when I funded her card it was through a separate organization than the college.
This might have been covered already in other threads but does anyone know if I can get the full 5% "get more" CashBack when I'm only spending under my first $1500 .25% CashBack bonus on my platinum during the 1 year cycle? Thanks in advance...
phlttttt I want the 4% grocery CashBack deal Discovercard had awhile back lol. Don't mean to thread crap; obviously any deal is a good deal (including this one) but boy it was nice to get sumpin' back on groceries.
jayman7 said: Thanks! Perfect timing as I'm about to start my Masters this fall.Yeah but the problem is, if it's limited to $1000 of charges, it's basically useless.
UnixLab
Senior Member
posted: May. 9, 2006 @ 10:26p
billrubin said: jayman7 said: Thanks! Perfect timing as I'm about to start my Masters this fall.Yeah but the problem is, if it's limited to $1000 of charges, it's basically useless.
Last year it was up to $3000
JadeEyedScorpio
Member
posted: May. 19, 2006 @ 5:59p
This is Fatwallet, even if limited to $1000 in tuition a $50 bonus ain't bad.
demingy
Senior Member
posted: May. 19, 2006 @ 6:15p
billrubin said: <snip> Sadly, it does not count towards getting you to the next tier.
I've looked through all of the T&C on the site and the T&C I received with my card and I can't find anything re: the Get More purchases not counting toward tier levels. I'm curious where you got this information.
leedsutd67
Senior Member
posted: May. 20, 2006 @ 6:26a
Pay close attention to your due date, Discover Card changed from a 30 day grace period to 20 days luckily for me i have auto debit from my checking account.
89transam said: 5% off tuition would be super-hot.
I did it last year when they were running the same promo. The university charges 2% to use a CC, so I netted 3%.
rescuebatman
Member
posted: May. 20, 2006 @ 10:38a
I just put my summer tuition on my Discover for the 1% Cash Back and paid it off, it was about $1900, no problem with the charge being too much and the school accepted it with no penalty for using a CC. HTH
FFGuru
Senior Member
posted: May. 29, 2006 @ 2:22p
More information on the July-Sept Promotion......
According to the CSR today, you'll earn 5% at Dell, Kohls, TJ Max, Office Max, plus some more places. Maximum $100 in Cash Back in the 5% tier can be earned ($500 in spending.) It is kind of a back to school theme. I believe that anything over that cap will earn the standard Cash Back bonus award.
If you are thinking about buying a computer from Dell, it may pay to wait until July. Just keep in mind that the max reward is relatively low.
littlestone
Senior Member - 1K
posted: May. 29, 2006 @ 2:45p
new card member only?
UnixLab
Senior Member
posted: May. 29, 2006 @ 3:07p
FFGuru said: More information on the July-Sept Promotion......
According to the CSR today, you'll earn 5% at Dell, Kohls, TJ Max, Office Max, plus some more places. Maximum $100 in Cash Back in the 5% tier can be earned ($500 in spending.) It is kind of a back to school theme. I believe that anything over that cap will earn the standard Cash Back bonus award.
If you are thinking about buying a computer from Dell, it may pay to wait until July. Just keep in mind that the max reward is relatively low.
Too bad. This doesn't sound like the 5% for tuition payment last year. I hope it's the 5% for tuition, not 5% for purchase at those crap stores.
mhesidence said: bksavings, my statement has an "5% CashBack bonus - Get More" line that I don't see on your statement. I assume you got the 5% bonus in your previous statments? Did you max out? Quick summary says the cap is $1000 in purchases.Yes, that line showed up on my previous statements, and no, have not gone over $1,000.
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