Credit Cards

[webhopper]

Seems like discover is trying to play the amex game

I got a letter in the mail saying that I get 90 days protection on accidental breakage for purchases up to 500 bucks.

Also, double warranty on big ticket items.

Anyone else got this letter in the mail today? I thought it was nice and I don't remember discover ever having this before.

[distantarray]

looks like they're just trying to match amex and visa signiture 

[mxp114]

They recently added a few new benefits to all accounts that were previously only for select accounts. You can view the global suite here https://www.discover.com/credit-cards/member-benefits/ and login for your account specific extras (if any).

[sgs10]

+1

[lithium78]

Nice!  That was the one benefit that would have made me consider getting an AMEX.  Now AMEX doesn't really have anything special that would make me want to become a member.  It saves me a hard pull.

[GBPac12]

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lithium78 wrote:

Nice!  That was the one benefit that would have made me consider getting an AMEX.  Now AMEX doesn't really have anything special that would make me want to become a member.  It saves me a hard pull.

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I actually have a Discover More and applied for a claim when my iPhone 5 got stolen and pretty much just filled out the paper work, provided receipt, police report and a week later the check arrived in mail. The funny part is that the I received the check about 2 days before I was emailed the decision on the claim. Even with the above, I really think that Amex has Discover beat, with double the protection ($500 limit with Discover and $1000 for Amex), not to mention return protection with Amex for $300 per incident.

To provide a little more info on the claim, I purchased the iPhone for about $900 (64GB no contract) if I had Amex then I would have saved myself $400. Not too sure if it would have been as easy as Discover card claims thought. I guess that just puts me back at close to $0 dollars in reward earned from Discover so far... LOL

[andre181]

I got that letter today too. But I already knew about the extended warranty and purchase protection from Discover.

[CruzImperial]

I haven't gotten any email or notification. Is it for everyone?

[scientifics]

That must have just been added! When I last checked a month ago, they just advertised Squaretrade for extending warantys. Now I have coverage on all my cards...sweet!

[maiden_girl]

Weird. Have not received a letter or email either. I thought they already had this feature tho?