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VivYip said:From get more page:


January -- March 2008
Airlines
Cruises
Hotels
Car Rentals


Signup begins december


Thanks for the info. I will be using my card for Air and Cruise during those months. Even if it's a low limit, I can still charge some of it on that card.


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I got email from Discover in response to my question about NetFlix:

"With regards to your question about NetFlix, it does qualify for the 5% CashBack Bonus Reward"

So if I don't get it, I have something to back up my complaint.


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Just FYI, my NetFlix monthly charges show up categorized quite generically and with nothing to do with movies. IE: something like "Internet Marketing Service" charge type.

Therefore I would be very skeptical that Discover would indeed qualify such charges to receive 5% cash bank in their current GetMore promotion.

UPDATE: I checked my Citi MasterCard online account information to get the exact NetFlix merchant category, from my most recent statement (September 2007). Here is how it reads:

Merchant Name: NFI*WWW.NetFlix.COM/CC 8005858131 CA US ,000
Merchant Category: DIRECT MARKETING-CONTINUITY SUBSCRIPTION

Message edited by: jakeru on 2007-10-08 22:14:44 CDT
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Thanks VivYip

I have updated it in the post.


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jakeru said:Just FYI, my NetFlix monthly charges show up categorized quite generically and with nothing to do with movies. IE: something like "Internet Marketing Service" charge type.

When I last got charged by NetFlix (May '07) it showed up in the Merchandise/Retail category, the same as my current Blockbuster charges.


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Update:

December 2007
Grocery Stores --
Up to $200 in purchase

Thanks Empty's post


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Apr-Jun 2008
Home
Apparel

You can sign up for Jan-Mar 2008 Get more now.
Up to $800

Updated on 1st page.


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The 5% on restaurants doesn't seem to add up correctly for me. Spent 100$ at restaurants last month. Only got $2.50 as CashBack - was expecting $5.00 because of that Get More program (or whatever it's called).

Anyone else seeing this problem on the CashBack calculations by Discover?

-G


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gyagya said:The 5% on restaurants doesn't seem to add up correctly for me. Spent 100$ at restaurants last month. Only got $2.50 as CashBack - was expecting $5.00 because of that Get More program (or whatever it's called).

Anyone else seeing this problem on the CashBack calculations by Discover?

-G

Called yesterday. Signed up for both Restaurant/Movie (Oct-Dec) and Grocery (Dec) Get More :

  • Restaurant/Movies transactions 3 days prior to Nov 11 statement close posted to Dec 11 statement instead
  • None of my grocery Get More's posted to Dec 11 statement

Discover CSR (AZ call center) asked me to wait til next statement.


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Same response to me too from the AZ customer service center! It all sounds very fishy... I'm not happy about having to wait 1 more cycle and remembering to call again...Will see if others have any +ve findings to report. if not, will suspend using Discover.

thanks!

-G


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gyagya said:Same response to me too from the AZ customer service center! It all sounds very fishy... I'm not happy about having to wait 1 more cycle and remembering to call again...Will see if others have any +ve findings to report. if not, will suspend using Discover.

thanks!

-G

I've run into the same issue when I've purchased items close to the end of the billing cycle. They won't post the 5% back until the next cycle. There has not been an instance for me when it has not posted on the next cycle (but I also track it on a spreadsheet just in case).


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Just got this in my email:

Here's what's coming up for 2008:

Apr - June: Home and Apparel

July - Sept: Gas and Hotels

Oct - Dec: Restaurants and Movies

Message edited by: lhendricks92 on 2008-01-09 15:06:05 CST
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Thanks lhendricks92
I have updated the first page.

It looks like a copy of all the category from 2007
I guess many people miss the tuition one.


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Never mind, apparently I went over the $200 eligible purchase limit.

Message edited by: dacii on 2008-01-21 12:52:20 CST
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Saw this today, for the month of Feb 08 get 5% off restaurants, florists, chocolate shops, bookstores and pet stores, up to $200 ($10 of rewards)


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naas said:Saw this today, for the month of Feb 08 get 5% off restaurants, florists, chocolate shops, bookstores and pet stores, up to $200 ($10 of rewards)

Bookstores huh. I wonder if that is going to include Amazon.com again.


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naas said:Saw this today, for the month of Feb 08 get 5% off restaurants, florists, chocolate shops, bookstores and pet stores, up to $200 ($10 of rewards)Cool. It's the time of the year that I get to discover (no pun intended) how many restaurants do not accept Discover.

I noticed that a restaurant meal I charged on the card on 12/31 showed up on my bill with a transaction and posting date of 1/2, conveniently too late to qualify for the Get More bonus from last quarter. I just emailed them about that. Seems strange that it would have the wrong transaction date. Anyone else have this problem? I also had my NetFlix charge get posted that day, but they really did charge it then, I just forgot to change the card I billed it to.

Message edited by: billrubin on 2008-01-30 01:18:27 CST
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billrubin said:naas said:Saw this today, for the month of Feb 08 get 5% off restaurants, florists, chocolate shops, bookstores and pet stores, up to $200 ($10 of rewards)Cool. It's the time of the year that I get to discover (no pun intended) how many restaurants do not accept Discover.

Mid-to-high end restaurants will usually take Discover and American Express. Lower end restaurants will only take MC and Visa.


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johnny98 said:Mid-to-high end restaurants will usually take Discover and American Express. Lower end restaurants will only take MC and Visa.That's actually not what I have found. The lower end places I visit are chains and they all take Discover. The fancier places, which are not chains, usually do not. And acceptance of AMEX and Discover are not at all tied together from my experience.

Message edited by: billrubin on 2008-01-30 07:58:43 CST
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billrubin said:
I noticed that a restaurant meal I charged on the card on 12/31 showed up on my bill with a transaction and posting date of 1/2

This is quite common especially if you charge it on a weekend (12/31 was arguably in the middle of a 4 day weekend). I usually shop at Safeway multiple times over the weekend and all the charges from the weekend show up on my CC bill either monday or tuesday at the same time.


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