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New Apple Card Customers Can Get 6% Daily Cash on Apple Purchases in March

I'm surprised this doesn't only apply to women for Women's History Month...but I suppose that would get them into a progressive infinite loop. "We're celebrating women...with shopping...but they don't only shop...we're just trying to be inclusive...but it's exclusive...crap!"
 
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It’s a nice edition to my wallet. If I’m buying from Amazon or Target I’ll use their cards because you get 5% but for anything Apple in a configuration you can’t get there or for an easy to use contactless payment method I use the Apple Card. Yes I get it’s only 2% in most of those cases but I’ll take the 2% over the 0% I’d get with using my debit card. I agree with others though. The lack of a good wallet app for the iPad and the Mac is absurd at this point. Transactions should be easier to get than having to dump them to a CSV and save it in iCloud to get access to them on Apple’s other platforms.
 
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it should be 5% at all time on apple products... why using my amazon card to buy apple products on amazon or my b&h card to buy apple products on b&h is cheaper is asinine.
 
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How is the speculation of no products available in March building? If they were to release new products in March this would fit beautifully.
 
I've enjoyed my Apple Card so far. I only use the card on transactions that I know get 3% and have accrued a nice amount of Apple cash that I plan to use on an M1 iMac, whenever that is released. It was super easy to finance my iPhone 12 purchase, and also pay it off early, so I plan to do that again.

I'm fully into the Apple ecosystem, so this makes sense for me personally.
 
Damn. This and the prospects of an SD-card bearing MagSafey No-TouchBar 16" Pro are appetizing to bring me back to the Mac family... just when I thought I was out... 🤣
 
mansplains said:
After having an Apple Card since launch I wish they'd solidify what they have before trying to pull more users in. Don't get me wrong, it's definitely stable and support through iMessage is wonderful. But the lack of any macOS wallet counterpart for viewing and exporting transactions is astounding. As it stands I have to export a statement or CSV from my iPhone then AirDrop to my iMac. There isn't even an iPad version. I also understand security implications but Apple Pay on Mac requires either a model with Touch ID or using an iPhone/Watch to authenticate via the secure enclave. It's ludicrous to be unable to view more than a few transactions or other details at a time with being limited to iPhone screen.

Edit: And this isn't a complaint for wanting to link to Mint etc, I bank with Capital One and both their site and app are more robust than what you get with Apple Card. Capital One doesn't play nice with Plaid, the system most fintech apps use to automate transactions.
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In case you're not aware, you can export your statement in PDF from card.apple.com using your AppleID associated with the card. Works on iPad and Mac (and maybe others).
 
EmotionalSnow said:
Kinda disappointing that Apple Card is not available in Europe. Planning to buy the iPad Pro when it comes out.
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You can always opt for the bunq-bank green card who's design is totally not an Apple Card ripoff

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I wish they'd do promos like this for existing customers more often, too. Amex and Discover give me some great monthly and quarterly offers, and it gets me to use those cards–especially when Discover's 5% cash back at Target, Amazon and Walmart hit in Q4. I don't carry a balance so they're not getting interest from me, but they're getting lots of processing fees from merchants.

I guess on the flip side, my Apple Card already gets more use than any of my other cards, maybe even my debit card, since I use Apple Pay whenever possible and it's my default. I'm sure a lot of Apple Card holders are the same way, and don't need much incentive to use it.
 
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This is better than the $50 Exxon credit offer earlier, if you buy something nice from Apple.
 
Red Oak said:
Seems like Apple Card came out with a big bang and then went quiet. I thought by now they would have a lot more cash back merchant partners and rewards, and that they would have launched in more countries.

Maybe they are trying to perfect the template before ramping things up
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They need to get more online vendors to take Apple Pay instead of, or in addition to PayPal. I'd use the Apple Card instead of another card I have if I got 2% off instead of the 1.5% the other card gives me.
 
luvbug said:
Meanwhile, you can buy the same Apple Mac, iPad (standard configurations, mind you) on AMZ and get 5% on your AMZ Prime Visa. Everyday.With periodic sale pricing. Go figure
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And if you live in a high-sales-tax state, you can get it from B&H using their Payboo card and they pay the sales tax. Where I live, that's 9.5%.
 
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mansplains said:
After having an Apple Card since launch I wish they'd solidify what they have before trying to pull more users in. Don't get me wrong, it's definitely stable and support through iMessage is wonderful. But the lack of any macOS wallet counterpart for viewing and exporting transactions is astounding. As it stands I have to export a statement or CSV from my iPhone then AirDrop to my iMac. There isn't even an iPad version. I also understand security implications but Apple Pay on Mac requires either a model with Touch ID or using an iPhone/Watch to authenticate via the secure enclave. It's ludicrous to be unable to view more than a few transactions or other details at a time with being limited to iPhone screen.

Edit: And this isn't a complaint for wanting to link to Mint etc, I bank with Capital One and both their site and app are more robust than what you get with Apple Card. Capital One doesn't play nice with Plaid, the system most fintech apps use to automate transactions.
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Go to https://card.apple.com in Safari and sign in on the top right of the screen. Then select statements and download whatever one you want. It’s not the best, but it will save you a few steps.
 
Does the 6% apply for purchases from the Educational discount or refurbished stores, too?

Update: I don’t see these excluded in the fine print, so that’s nice.
 
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luvbug said:
Meanwhile, you can buy the same Apple Mac, iPad (standard configurations, mind you) on AMZ and get 5% on your AMZ Prime Visa. Everyday.With periodic sale pricing. Go figure
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If you want the 5% you have to pay the $120 "annual member fee" of Amazon Prime. Otherwise, you only get 3% back - the same as Apple Card. Also, the cash back is only in point and only at the end of the month.

No dig against the Amazon card. It's legit and I have and use one too. But, it's an annual membership card.

Apple Card is not. So for $0 / no annual fee, a 6% cashback bonus that you get the next day, and doesn't have an attached $3,000 minimum spend, and that you can deposit or spend, right away. Is really pretty big.

Now, whether Apple products are over priced already or if anyone is going to argue it should be 6% back flat - those are other arguments.
 
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