DISCOVER CARD GROUPON – One of the biggest advantages I am always promoting about the Discover card program is the ShopDiscover program. Since our family tends to travel more than the average American, we often purchase Groupons to partially fund our trips. There have even been a couple of trips that have specifically happened because of Groupon deals.

The fact that Discover card offered 15% cashback when linking through ShopDiscover to Groupon was an added reason to always use our Discover card to make the purchase. However, late last week I noticed that Discover had dropped the cashback bonus when linking through to Groupon from 15% down to 10%. Along with the percentage drop, there were a couple of other noticeable differences.

Below is the official response from Discover:

When Groupon was at 15% Cashback Bonus, the Terms and Conditions excluded purchases of Groupon Goods and Groupon Getaways, and we received calls from cardmembers who were confused by this. So, in order for us to better the customer experience with Groupon, we have lowered the overall Cashback Bonus to 10% but are now able to offer it on Groupon Getaways and Groupon Goods.

While I do not like to see a loss of benefits for the customer, ShopDiscover and Groupon still set the standard with a 10% rebate on purchases. Just yesterday I posted about the Greater Cleveland Aquarium Groupon offer, and before making my purchase, I decided just to double check evrewards.com and see how the competition stacked up. Again, no one even come close to what Discover can offer in terms of cashback.

FatWallet is currently offering 8% cashback, with Big Crumbs trailing at 5.6%. The only other company I know of that even comes close is TopCashback.com, offering up to 15%, but only for new customers making select category purchases. Discover is still the leader of the cashback bonus!

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Source: InACents