Comments on: Escape by Discover Card Review

By: Vicki

Vicki — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:37:57 +0000

I have had this card for over a year, and love it. I’ve earned $900 back in travel rebates. It is very easy, once you have the minimum number of points (10,000) you go to the website log in, click redemm points for travel, and it tells you what recent purchases are eligible. I always pick the oldest one. It then gives you a statement credit within like 2 days. Very easy. There are some places that don’t take discover but not many. (Some don’t take Amex either….)

By: Zach

Zach — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 01:37:43 +0000

To Scott,
You may want to double check all those sites. I just used my Discover More Card on Travelocity to book my honeymoon. Also Orbitz, Expedia, and Travelocity are all listed as 5% partners on Shop Discover.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:11:37 +0000

I recently picked up the Escape card as well because I do alot of traveling. Unfortunately, every travel site I went to (Orbitz, travelocity, expedia, etc) doesn’t accept Discover. I ended up using my mastercard. Not sure how to get around this, maybe contacting the airline directly?? Anyway, I still use it for all of my daily purchases so I am accumulating miles, just not on the big purchases such as airline tickets.

By: Maryann

Maryann — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:36:14 +0000

What did you mean by you have to “Submit this expense within 90 days.”?
Don’t you submit it by using the card for the purchase?

By: Eve

Eve — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:17:18 +0000

If you have a Discover Card, can you have it switched over or in conjunction with the Discover Escape?

By: Mr Credit Card

Mr Credit Card — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:50:14 +0000

Discover is known for their customer service (have won a couple of awards – which I cannot remember at the top of my head). You should be able to set up autopay for the Discover Escape as well. I don’t have a capital one card myself but believe this is also available. As far as I’m concerned, I also see Discover being accepted anywhere that Visa and MasterCard are accepted. If customer service is an issue, then Discover Escape should probably be where you should be leaning.

By: Aamer

Aamer — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:22:21 +0000

I am torn between the Capital One Venture (2x points) and the Discover Escape. My concern with the Cap1 card is that I hear their customer service is very bad. My concern with the Discover Escape is that I am not sure it will be excepted widely?

Also, do you know if I can set up some sort of bill pay through either of these cards…like I do with my online banking website. I don’t want to go to each biller’s website and pay…can I just do that through the credit card website?

I just need answers to these questions before I pull the trigger! Thanks!

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:21:57 +0000

OK, whatever, I just meant to maximize rewards. Of course you can always do “whatever you want.”

By: Mr Credit Card

Mr Credit Card — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:11:50 +0000

you could do that..but at the end of the day, it depends on what rebates you want. If it is cash back you are after, then Discover More is the better card. If you want miles/points for free airline tickets, then Escape is better.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:02:13 +0000

OK. So you should use, say, Discover More for ShopDiscover and Escape for everything else?