About Discover 5% catalog, entertainment means only museum and movie?

[stone]

I think entertainment means a wiedly cataloy, but in the detail of 5% bonus program, only museum and movie showed up, not the entertainment.

[Anonymous]

Yes Discovers 5% category Jan-March is

Gas Stations

Museums

Movies

It's Discovers discretion as to what they consider "Entertainment" for their 5% Cash Back Category.

[lithium78]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Yes Discovers 5% category Jan-March is

Gas Stations

Museums

Movies

It's Discovers discretion as to what they consider "Entertainment" for their 5% Cash Back Category.

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It all depends on how the merchant codes their CC transactions and there is no way to know that information.  For instance, I bought some souvenirs from the gift shop at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC and it came back coded as "services" for some reason.

[sdoonan]

It can also depend on the card as well. The same merchant may use different codes for different CC's; for example, a website I use to order food at school is coded as Restaurant on my Citi card and coded as Business Services on my AMEX.

[wollepopolle]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Y

It's Discovers discretion as to what they consider "Entertainment" for their 5% Cash Back Category.

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True enough. However, it's my sole discretion to whip out my trusty BoA card when in doubt. 2% cash back in the hand are better than 5% in the bush, I dislike how they remain wishywashy about what qualifies and, more importantly, what does not qualify for their 5% categories, especially in these new categories such as museums. I didn't even know that they have their own merchant code. Discover (and others who offer similar restricted offers) could provide a sample list of merchants who qualify.

On the upside, my local coffee roaster shows up as "restaurant." I got some good coffee during the past three months.