Yesterday Discover sent out an e-mail regarding the 10% back on Apple Pay purchases from 2015 stating that based on an internal review they had decided to award cardholders with an additional cashback bonus related to this promotion. I still had some questions regarding this, so I got in contact with Discover and received the following response:
As the email states, the additional rewards related to Apple Pay were provided after an internal review.
The amounts being awarded vary from cardmember to cardmember, based on purchase history and date of Apple Pay enrollment. Not all Apple Pay transactions were eligible for additional rewards.
If the cardmember was enrolled and eligible for our Discover Match program at the time of purchase, then, yes, their rewards would be matched.
If cardmembers didn’t receive an email/letter, they are not eligible for additional rewards from the Apple Pay promotion.
This clears up some important elements (e.g it will be doubled if eligible for the Discover Match program at the time of purchase). Thanks again to the Discover media team for being so responsive.
