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Discover offers Cardholders: 5% Cashback Bonus on Restaurant & PayPal Purchases for up to $1,500 in Total Purchases from July 1 to September 30, 2021.

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You activated to earn 5% Cashback Bonus at Restaurants and PayPal from July 1 - September 30, 2021, on up to $1,500 in purchases. 3

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If you have Paypal Key you can get this to work as a Mastercard Debit funded by the Discover. Opens up lots of opportunities.

https://www.paypal.com/us/smarthe...t--faq4240
Log in to your PayPal account and create the PayPal key. Set the Discover card as the payment method for it. You will have a new "virtual" card number, expiration date, and security code that you enter in just like any other credit/debit.
As previously mentioned, this awesome with PayPal Key linked to your Discover card. You can treat it like a debit card to avoid a lot of fees, and use at places that don't normally accept PayPal (like Amazon), allowing you to get the 5% bonus on the Discover

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ZenNuts
07-01-2021 at 10:17 AM.
07-01-2021 at 10:17 AM.
paypal also sells a lot of giftcards. Of course, standard precaution with GC applies.
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CndnMP
07-01-2021 at 10:24 AM.

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07-01-2021 at 10:24 AM.
Quote from SlickAnon :
I suspect can milk this like the Freedom 5% PayPal categories. Just PayPal Key, and just buy a big Amazon reload for $1500. Bam, 5%.
If you spend that much on Amazon why not get their chase prime card? 5% all day, every day.
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scsiguru
07-01-2021 at 10:32 AM.
07-01-2021 at 10:32 AM.
So if I purchase something from Walmart.com and checkout using PayPal and use my Discover card would I get the 5% CB?
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sjack827
07-01-2021 at 10:34 AM.
07-01-2021 at 10:34 AM.
[QUOTE=scsiguru;148230469]So if I purchase something from Walmart.com and checkout using PayPal and use my Discover card would I get the 5% CB?[

Yes. It might be a good idea though, to set your discover card as your prefered payment option in paypal just to be safe.
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zeo5520
07-01-2021 at 10:48 AM.
07-01-2021 at 10:48 AM.
Time to use PayPal as my payment method linked with my discover card to get 'em 5% cash back. Me like
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youneverknow1122
07-01-2021 at 10:51 AM.
07-01-2021 at 10:51 AM.
You cant add PayPal key to Apple Pay Wallet, correct? In the past, the transaction was declined at the POS
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sharonfisher
07-01-2021 at 11:09 AM.
07-01-2021 at 11:09 AM.
why would you do this instead of just use Discover? What is the advantage of using paypal mastercard?
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DarknetScammer
07-01-2021 at 11:29 AM.
07-01-2021 at 11:29 AM.
Do I get 5% back if I buy gift cards on Paypal?
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taiwan
07-01-2021 at 11:30 AM.
07-01-2021 at 11:30 AM.
Why is this FP? PayPal has been the 5% cash back category for Discover in Q3 for the past 3 years (or more).

I'm not going to use anywhere near $1500 from PayPal because the 5% cash back category includes restaurants which includes fast food.
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kalatoker
07-01-2021 at 11:45 AM.
07-01-2021 at 11:45 AM.
Quote from bchill :
If you have Paypal Key you can get this to work as a Mastercard Debit funded by the Discover. Opens up lots of opportunities.

https://www.paypal.com/us/smarthe...t--faq4240

So with that method, do you get 5% back all the time to your discover card?
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esscuseme
07-01-2021 at 11:47 AM.
07-01-2021 at 11:47 AM.
Quote from youneverknow1122 :
You cant add PayPal key to Apple Pay Wallet, correct? In the past, the transaction was declined at the POS
Just tried to add to apple pay but I got message that this card cannot be added as payment method. Are you able to add?
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rdcrds
07-01-2021 at 11:47 AM.
07-01-2021 at 11:47 AM.
Quote from scsiguru :
So if I purchase something from Walmart.com and checkout using PayPal and use my Discover card would I get the 5% CB?
yes this is correct or even ebay
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07-01-2021 at 12:19 PM.

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Quote from kalatoker :
So with that method, do you get 5% back all the time to your discover card?
Yes until you reach the spend threshold of $1500. Just make sure to always have the best card backing up the paypal key. Example:

Chase Freedom 5% when they do Paypal
Discover 5% when they do Paypal
Bank of America Cash Rewards 3% for online. Works for most transactions but not bill pay like the first two do.

More Examples. Use the Pay Pal Key for Verizon payments. It classifies as a debit and you still get CC spend on whatever card you are tied to. Use the Pay Pal Key to reload Amazon 2% bonus on gift card reloads. This ends on 7/29 but if you are already enrolled change your debit to Pay Pal key and get 7%. May be suspended now but not sure for new sign ups.

Easy Money. "buy low--live high"
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Lovegasoline
07-01-2021 at 12:36 PM.
07-01-2021 at 12:36 PM.
Quote from SlickAnon :
I suspect can milk this like the Freedom 5% PayPal categories. Just PayPal Key, and just buy a big Amazon reload for $1500. Bam, 5%.
Amazon gives you a 2% discount on Amazon GC reloads via Amazon Reload (although I got an email today they are discontinuing that discount at the end of July) so potentially 7% discount (2% Amazon Reload + 5% Paypal/Discover).
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Pctek4456
07-01-2021 at 12:38 PM.
07-01-2021 at 12:38 PM.
Quote from Lovegasoline :
Amazon gives you a 2% discount on Amazon GC reloads via Amazon Reload (although I got an email today they are discontinuing that discount at the end of July) so potentially 7% discount (2% Amazon Reload + 5% Paypal/Discover).
Do you have the link to the 2% reload discount? I tried to do this last week but amazon said that the promo already ended.
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