Who wants you to use your credit cards this summer? Discover Card does, and to make sure you do, they are offering 2% cashback or double miles on up to $500 in purchases during the month of June.

*Sign up to earn 2% Cashback Bonus on up to $500 in purchases made from Saturday, June 1, 2013 (or the date which you sign up, whichever is later) through Sunday, June 30, 2013. These purchases do not count towards determining your eligibility to earn 1% Cashback Bonus. Allow up to 2 billing periods for this reward to be added to your Cashback Bonus account. See Cashback Bonus Program Terms and Conditions for further details about your reward program.

*Sign up to earn Double Miles on up to $500 in purchases made from Saturday, June 1, 2013 (or the date which you sign up, whichever is later) through Sunday, June 30, 2013. Allow up to 2 billing periods for this reward to be added to your Miles account. See Miles Program Terms and Conditions for further details about your reward program.

We happen to have a local closeout/discount store that we frequent that exclusively accepts Discover Card, so this will work well on grocery purchases made next month. If Discover would have raised the spend threshold above $500, it might have garnered more use. However, we are also busily working towards our US Airways 15,000 mile bonus after spending $750 on both my wife and my cards. So it is for the better that we will get to spread the love next month.

As usual, one must register for the promotion by either calling Discover Card direct, or going to their website.

After signing into your account, you may not directly see the offer. At the top of your Discover home page, you will see a link for Account Profile. Click that and scroll down near the bottom.

Then under the Rewards Options. if you were targeted for the promotion, you should see the offer listed.

Will you be taking advantage of this offer?

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Over spring break 2013, Discover Card offered 2% cashback bonus on all purchases made in Mexico. For those college kids going to party like a rockstar, signing up for the promotion was a no-brainer (and exactly what a burnt out college kids needed).

For your early summer travel plans, if you plan on heading to the Caribbean, Discover has a special promotion granting you 2% cashback on up to $1,500 in purchases. You must register and complete the purchases by June 30, 2013.

Currently I do not see an option to register for this promotion online; you are required to call 1-800-DISCOVER (1-800-347-2683) and ask to get 2% Cashback Bonus. I think this is actually very smart because it then alerts your card issuer of when you will be traveling out of the country, thus having you avoid getting your card blocked when on vacation.

In addition to earning 2% cashback bonus, you will also enjoy no foreign transaction fees while using your card in the Caribbean.

Want to earn 7% cashback bonus while in the Caribbean? Then make sure your card is registered for the quarterly 5% cashback bonus/5x miles. That means you can purchase all the lumber and boards you can carry to build yourself a hut or raft to stay a little longer. I am joking, because I find it funny the terms state you can stack this promotion with the quarterly 5% cashback, yet it is at home improvement stores. I think your only possibility would be if the local Caribbean home improvement stores carried gift cards.

You can use your card everywhere Discover cards are accepted on the following islands:

• Anguilla
• Antigua & Barbuda
• Aruba
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Bermuda
• Bonaire
• British Virgin Islands
• Cayman Islands
• Curacao
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Grenada
• Jamaica
• Montserrat
• Puerto Rico
• Saba
• St. Eustatius
• St. Kitts and Nevis
• St. Lucia
• St. Martin/ St. Maarten
• St. Vincent & The Grenadines
• Turks & Caicos
• U.S. Virgin Islands

*Sign up to earn an additional 2% Cashback Bonus on up to $1500 ($US) in purchases in the Caribbean after you sign up until June 30, 2013. This promotional reward is in addition to any other Cashback Bonus you earn during this period and is based on your current tier level, up to a full 3% on each purchase. This promotional reward is also in addition to purchases made in the quarterly 5% Cashback Bonus program if you are signed up for the quarterly program. We are not responsible for merchant delays in processing. Please allow 2 billing periods from the end of the promotional period for this reward to be added to your Cashback Bonus account. See Cashback Bonus Program Terms and Conditions for further details about your reward program.

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