Discover Q1 2017 announced

[JSS3]

I use Uber a lot and am going to try out Lyft soon so this will be great for me!

[redpat]

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@CreditCuriousity wrote:

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@redpat wrote:

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@CreditCuriousity wrote:

Blah IMO..  Gas I spend about 40 a month on.. Others no real interest possibly ground transport for another 30-40 for uber/lyft if included.  Usually use SM for gas, but still first year so will use discover for 10% although for trivial amount overall in cats.

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Lol, I spend $500 - $600 a month, most is business though.  The business part gives me a good chunk of free UR or MR points though.

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Live 3.5 miles from work so 7 miles round trip..  My my new/old 2015 car well 20 month old car has a whopping 6k miles on it now.

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I'd be walking and biking to work, I wouldn't have to go to the gym, lol!

[lhcole77]

So for everyone who wants more originality, what would you like to see? What would not be "meh" in your books?

[pizza1]

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@kdm31091 wrote:

Discover will be doing gas, ground transport, and wholesale clubs for the first quarter of 2017.

Apparently some originality is just too much to ask for; this is just more of the same old stuff. Not bad categories, mind you, but just meh. I will get some use out of them, but just was hoping they'd come along with something different for once.

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agrred kdm....

Just more of the same.  Would be nice to throw in  more useful categories like utilities/cell phone/cable/walmart/target etc.... I maybe spend $50 a month on gas....I dont even use my Sallie Mae for groceries because the cap is so low, and I never shop Amazon,maybe twice a w year for like $40. So my SM card doesnt really work for me. 

Discover needs to come up with a "pick your own category" for more usefullness. JMO 

[Dalmus]

I travel a lot around the state for my company, so gas is just fine for me.

I liked last quarter's Home Improvement category better, mind you.

Ground transport is useless to me...  I think I've used Uber once in the past year.

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@pizza1 wrote:

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Discover needs to come up with a "pick your own category" for more usefullness. JMO 

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 This would be a great idea... "Choose two of the following 5 categories," or someting like that.

[pizza1]

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@Dalmus wrote:

I travel a lot around the state for my company, so gas is just fine for me.

I liked last quarter's Home Improvement category better, mind you.

Ground transport is useless to me...  I think I've used Uber once in the past year.

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@pizza1 wrote:

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Discover needs to come up with a "pick your own category" for more usefullness. JMO 

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 This would be a great idea... "Choose two of the following 5 categories," or someting like that.

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The ones I cringe at are....gas, Home improvement, ground transport, and Amazon...

I dont spend more than $50/mth on gas, I live in an apt 3 miles from job, Ive never used Uber/Lyft, and I dont ever shop Amazon. LOLOL

[dragontears]

Then why have a Discover card?

[Anonymous]

I can usually find something useful in each quarter, even if the majority of the categories don't apply to me.

Gas at 5% trumps my BoA Cash Rewards, so on the occasion that I get gas or go to a convenience store (mine all code as fuel), Discover'll get used.  I spend a lot on gas but it's still not bad.

Ground transportation isn't very useful to me - I don't even think we HAVE Uber/Lyft here (and if we did, Uber'd go on Cap One anyway) and we also don't really have public transportation here either, but if tolls count this time around I could potentially throw some spend onto my EZ Pass to load it up.

Wholesale Clubs can get some spend though.  I live a few miles from a Sam's Club and already carry a membership there so I could pretty easily bulk-buy household items and non-perishables to last throughout the year (kinda like how Sam's is a category now).  Places that don't have Sam's but have Costco -- Costco takes Discover on the website so that could be a work-around if you have a need for it.  

[Anonymous]

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@Dalmus wrote:

I travel a lot around the state for my company, so gas is just fine for me.

I liked last quarter's Home Improvement category better, mind you.

Ground transport is useless to me...  I think I've used Uber once in the past year.

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Ground transport covers a lot more than Uber/Lift.  From the offer:

"Ground Transportation is defined as local and suburban commuter transportation, including: ferries, passenger railways, taxicabs, limousines/rental cars and charter/tour bus lines."

For me, the biggest potential is Rental Cars.  DW and I are going on a five-country cruise in February and we often end up renting cars when we're visiting ports.

Chris.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the heads up!