FDIC-Insured - Backed by the full ... at this time. Please check again later.Go to Account Center · Earn 5% Cashback Bonus on up to $1,500 in different category purchases each quarter, when you activate....

2 weeks ago - Below, CNBC Select highlights the Discover cash back calendar for all of 2025 and Q1 2026 and covers how you can use a 5% cash back rewards program to your advantage.

September 1, 2025 - To unlock 5% cash back each quarter, you’ll need to manually activate the bonus. The good news? It’s super-duper easy. ... And boom… done. You only need to do it once per quarter. Q4 of 2025 is shaping up to be pretty special, y’all.

January 13, 2025 - Discover has published an update to their 5% Cash Back Calendar for 2025!

2 weeks ago - Discover cash back calendar for 2025 · January-March: Restaurants, Home improvement stores, and Select streaming services · April-June: Grocery stores and Wholesale clubs · July-September: Gas stations & EV charging, Public transit, and Utilities ...

3 weeks ago - Grocery stores, wholesale clubs, and select streaming services are the Discover cash-back categories for Q1 (January to March) 2026, while the Q4 (October to December) 2025 categories are Amazon.com and drug stores.

December 11, 2025 - If your goal is maximizing your rewards, familiarize yourself with the Discover cash back calendar and compare previous years’ calendar details to see which spending categories have remained consistent over time. Discover releases categories one quarter at a time — in line with how Chase announces its bonus categories. That means cardholders aren’t able to plan their purchases out to maximize a year’s worth of bonus categories, but that’s typical among rotating category cards. You won’t earn your 5% cash back bonuses with the Discover it® Cash Back or Discover it® Student Cash Back until you activate the bonus on your card each quarter.

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April 1, 2025 - You could turn $150 cash back into $300. Earn 5% Cashback Bonus® at Grocery Stores and Wholesale Clubs, April 1 through June 30, 2025, on up to $1,500 in purchases, when you activate.

May 2, 2025 - New cardholders will get all their cash back matched at the end of their first year, so if you earned $500 back total, Discover would match that for a total of $1,000 back (from April 1 to June 30, 2025, earn 5% cash back at grocery stores and ...

Get an unlimited dollar-for-dollar ... to how much we'll match.1 · Earn 5% cash back on everyday purchases at different places you shop each quarter, up to the quarterly maximum when you activate....

4 days ago - The Discover 5% cashback calendar tells you which bonus categories qualify for up to 5% cash back with eligible credit cards. Discover updates this calendar every quarter, and earning the maximum cash back requires you to activate each category.

September 16, 2025 - For each quarter of 2025, the popular card issuer will update its 5% Bonus Cashback Calendar when you activate, allowing members to earn additional rewards on up to $1,500 in qualified spending.

1 week ago - Some of the best Discover credit cards are known for their quarterly rotating bonus categories, which allow you to earn 5% (on up to $1,500 in purchases, then 1%) on everyday purchases throughout the year.

December 16, 2025 - Below, CNBC Select shares the cash back calendar for 2025 and Q1 2026, plus tips on how you can use a 5% cash back card to your advantage.

December 1, 2025 - The Discover Rewards Calendar faces close competition from a similar rotating category credit card, the Chase Freedom Flex®. On this card, you can also earn 5% cash back on up to $1,500 in combined spending per quarter after activation (then 1%). ...

September 10, 2025 - Discover card rewards calendar 2025 cashback 5% categories

5 days ago - You earn 5% cash-back (up to $1,500 in purchases) from January to March 2026 in these categories. Plus, you can continue to earn 5% cash-back in the 2025 Q4 categories until December 31, 2025.

4 days ago - ... Discover’s cash back calendar ... Previous 2025 categories included restaurants, home improvement stores, EV charging, gas stations and public transit, utilities, drugstores and Amazon....