Oh yeah, but since most of Apple's products have the words "Made in China" on them it's pretty easy to know that. Thanks for that nothing of an answer.........AKA, I don't have proof of any of the words I post on the internet.
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Discover Rolls Out Apple Pay Support for iOS 9, Offers 10% Cashback Bonus for Apple Pay Purchases
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Because many of us are already wanting to use it but not all that many stores accept it yet. It's getting better, but there are still several major merchants that don't accept it. (Looking at you, Kroger...)
Convert to what? The deal is double cash back for IT cards and new card members. I already have an IT card, what exactly would they be converting it to to somehow take advantage of a new card member promo?
Couldn't remember which one it was. That sucks. They had an opportunity to make actual change and they botched it. Typical government.
Yeah, I finally understood that point. Didn't have the coffee as of yet. LOL. I agree, there definitely needs to be more merchants on board. Though in my area I have Trader Joes, Walgreens, FoodMaxx, Champs Sports and my local Cafe that all take Pay, so I'm good. In addition to the McDonalds nearby. Safeway, which I frequent as well needs to seriously get on board. For a big corporation they are lagging.
So I've updated to iOS 9 and added the card without issue.
However, I am trying to make a purchase via the Apple Store using Apple Pay. Under "Choose Card" It lists the Discover It as "Not available for in app payments" and "Not enabled for in app payments".
Any ideas?
However, I am trying to make a purchase via the Apple Store using Apple Pay. Under "Choose Card" It lists the Discover It as "Not available for in app payments" and "Not enabled for in app payments".
Any ideas?
It's only available for in-store payments at the moment. I'm assuming at some point in the future they will enable in-app apple pay purchases.
The good news is that the vast majority of terminals at least have hardware support for NFC. The bad news is that retailers in the US are extremely addicted to integrated terminal setups, so it's not simply a matter of installing new terminals. And since retailers seem to be extremely behind in upgrading, they might just focus all of their effort on EMV and not NFC, so the massive improvement in merchant acceptance that people have been saying might not happen.
It's kinda why I'm thinking Samsung Pay might become the most popular mobile payment system in the US--because it truly "just works" considering the state of our payments infrastructure and in comparison to Android/Apple Pay.
0.05% worldwide. It's higher in the US because we're still using the magstripe.
Also, a lot of the costs that you mention are mostly one-time costs regardless of the mobile payment systems the issuer chooses to support, so it won't cost nearly as much to support, say, Samsung Pay or Android Pay later.
Just applied for a Discover Card. I wasn't planning to upgrade my iPhone 6 Plus to a 6s Plus, but if I can get 20% back on the new phone, it might make the decision a no brainer. I could probably get the new phone for around what I'll be able to sell the old one for and have a newer phone.
These are my thoughts exactly, just received my new card today after applying last week. Good luck
It's 22% for me
you might want to give them a call up to 10K before the end of the year
Wow this is such a sweet offer. For 10% cash back I'll start using Apple Pay again just for that alone. Hopefully other cards can have some nice offers like this as well.
A bummer about the in store requirement. It would have been sweet to shop at Apple store app using Discover and get the 10 percent.
If only my grocery store would accept Apple Pay, I'd get my $10,000 before the year was up. Give that place way too much money.
If only my grocery store would accept Apple Pay, I'd get my $10,000 before the year was up. Give that place way too much money.
A bummer about the in store requirement. It would have been sweet to shop at Apple store app using Discover and get the 10 percent.
If only my grocery store would accept Apple Pay, I'd get my $10,000 before the year was up. Give that place way too much money.
You can walk into any Apple Store, and use your Discover to pay.
No, I mean if you did it just the other day you won't get any double cashback. It's only for NEW accounts. There was a loophole (closed some months back) that let you convert a regular Discover card to the current IT card AND get the double cashback, but that isn't happening anymore.
Unless you figured out some other method to get double cashback, it's not going to happen. It would have told you in the terms and conditions online when you signed up - if you're getting it. My new card signup terms and conditions listed the $50 referral, and the double cashback, before I clicked Submit.
From Discover:
Double First Year Cash Back:After the first 12 consecutive billing periods that your new account is open, we will double all the cash back rewards you've earned and apply them to your account in the next billing cycle. You've earned rewards when they have posted to your account by the end of the 12th consecutive billing period. You will not receive Double Cash Back if your account is closed or no longer in the cash back reward program as of the award date. This promotional offer may not be offered in the future. This exclusive offer is available only to new cardmembers.
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So it sounds like it's immediate for the first 12 billing period. So the answer to your question should be yes - you should be good to go on the 25th!
While that's indeed possible, we can't know for sure that it was a technical problem that kept Discover off Apple Pay until now. Many credit unions and banks that weren't initially supported have been adding support on their end gradually over time without any iOS updates. I wish there was someone knowledgeable that could give insight into what Discover could have added to their backend system to prevent the update requirement, or what Apple had to add to their client software to make payment communication possible. It's all speculation otherwise.
Either way, if iOS 8.1 and 8.1.1 taught me anything it's that it's a good idea to wait to update until it's clear all the bugs have been worked out before taking the risk myself. That 10% will just have to wait awhile.
Some reps are still able to add it to converted accounts and I have the emails that confirm this but it's huge YMMV at this point
22% is because:
1.) You get 1% automatically on all purchases with Discover It. That's doubled to 2% for the next 12 months if you got a new Discover It card.
2.) You get 10% till the end of the year with Apple Pay in store using Discover. That's also doubled (see above).
So, Actual 20% + actual 2% = 22%.
Well I personally wouldn't take the risk at THIS point. What one rep says... and then a year later finding out it's not true. Oy... not worth the heart attack.
Do you have any way of confirming it's there?