Discover losing benefits

[joltdude]

Ouch...

Wonder if they might offer them to select members as a tier...  The rental and air protection used to be avalible to Discover More members at a certain level (it was an add-on) .... But losing rental protection and air.... not gonna charge a rental to this card....or buy plane tickets...

[Anonymous]

It doesn’t affect my Discover usage. I would use a different card for those things anyway. 

[Anonymous]

Purchase and travel protections are benefits I totally scrutinize and use.  This won't effect me, though.  Looking at that start date and the 2018 categories, I'm only concerned about the 4Q Amazon.com category.  Since I'm not a wholesale club member, I can't maximize use of the card.  Considering the vast (vocal) majority here doesn't pay attention to the protections, and the broader consumer base doesn't either, then I can understand why Discover made the decision.  But it gives them a total disadvantage to Visa and Mastercard now.

[Anonymous]

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@bz386 wrote:
With this site being a bit of a Discover fan club, I am surprised that nobody has posted this yet. As reported by Doctor of Credit, starting February 2018, Discover is losing many benefits. Specifically:

Extended Product Warranty
Return Guarantee
Purchase Protection
Auto Rental Insurance
Flight Accident Insurance

Personally I don’t care as I would not charge anything that would require any of those benefits to Discover, but some people here might care.

https://www.doctorofcredit.com/discover-remove-many-card-benefits-february-28th-2018/

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I'm curious which cards you guys are using for these types of purchases?

[Anonymous]

Off the top of my head, Amex covers all of that. I’m pretty sure a few of my other cards cover most if not all. I would have to check to be 100% sure on their specifics.

[Anonymous]

Appreciate the information and post. Totally unaware! Like others, likely I would use a different card more oriented to travel where I know they would have those benefits. But, what a drop back and punt for Discover.

[kilroy8]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@bz386 wrote:
With this site being a bit of a Discover fan club, I am surprised that nobody has posted this yet. As reported by Doctor of Credit, starting February 2018, Discover is losing many benefits. Specifically:

Extended Product Warranty
Return Guarantee
Purchase Protection
Auto Rental Insurance
Flight Accident Insurance

Personally I don’t care as I would not charge anything that would require any of those benefits to Discover, but some people here might care.

https://www.doctorofcredit.com/discover-remove-many-card-benefits-february-28th-2018/

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I'm curious which cards you guys are using for these types of purchases?

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Citi, Chase, Amex all cover these things. Amex doesn't have price protection, but has all the rest.

[Anonymous]

It’s not getting rid of price protection, it’s getting rid of purchase protection. Amex does cover purchase protection. 

[Anonymous]

Removal of purchase protection kinda sucks. Not a deal breaker for me though, it was just nice to have that feature available. Wonder what they are going to offer in order to compete with other cards.

[AverageJoesCredit]

Less cli