Today Discover has added the ability for Discover it Miles cardholders to redeem points against gas & restaurant purchase charges, this is in addition to already being able to redeem points against travel charges. This is more or less a useless addition as you can already redeem points for cash back.
Some people like the process off applying points against specific charges as it makes those charges feel ‘free’ and you can see the real utility of your points. Would be cool if Discover offered a small bonus for redeeming against these charges, but I don’t see that ever happening.
Hat tip to reader arch & FM
