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Discover has for Discover Cardholders: 15% Off when you Redeem Cashback Bonus for Apple Gift Cards (Physical or eCertificate). Shipping is free for physical gift cards (if available).

Thanks to community member PapperYZ for finding this deal.

Note: Discover is referring to this promotion as "15% Added Value", however it appears to actually be 15% off the face value of the cards.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Login to your Discover Account
  2. Select the Rewards tab
  3. Choose Redeem Cashback Bonus
  4. Choose the Gift Cards option
  5. Select Apple Gift Card and choose a redemption amount. Sale price reflected on gift card selection page.
  6. Additionally, Discover has other limited time added value offers for:
    • Domino's 20% off
    • Instacart 15% off
    • Uber 15% off
Example Offers for Apple Cashback Bonus:
  • $10 Apple Gift Card $8.50
  • $25 Apple Gift Card $21.25
  • $50 Apple Gift Card $42.50
  • $100 Apple Gift Card $85
  • $200 Apple Gift Card $170

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PapperYZ
12-01-2025 at 03:01 PM.
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heftylefty58
12-01-2025 at 03:14 PM.
12-01-2025 at 03:14 PM.
New to Apple and gift cards.... We need to eventually buy a Macbook for school. I have ~$600 in my Discover cashback balance. Can I buy ~$600 worth of $25 Apple ecertificates, and then use all of those ecertificates to cover part of the Macbook purchase? Will Apple allow this payment online or do I have to perform this in-store? Or, is it better to just buy the Macbook via Costco?
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ShrewdCrowd1060
12-01-2025 at 03:39 PM.
12-01-2025 at 03:39 PM.
Quote from heftylefty58 :
New to Apple and gift cards.... We need to eventually buy a Macbook for school. I have ~$600 in my Discover cashback balance. Can I buy ~$600 worth of $25 Apple ecertificates, and then use all of those ecertificates to cover part of the Macbook purchase? Will Apple allow this payment online or do I have to perform this in-store? Or, is it better to just buy the Macbook via Costco?
I think there's a transaction limit of 8 gift cards or something. But there may be a way around that by adding the cards to your balance (separate balance limit of 2k or something)
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Christophorus
12-01-2025 at 03:43 PM.
12-01-2025 at 03:43 PM.
Quote from heftylefty58 :
New to Apple and gift cards.... We need to eventually buy a Macbook for school. I have ~$600 in my Discover cashback balance. Can I buy ~$600 worth of $25 Apple ecertificates, and then use all of those ecertificates to cover part of the Macbook purchase? Will Apple allow this payment online or do I have to perform this in-store? Or, is it better to just buy the Macbook via Costco?
You can use Apple gift cards online or in store. Only limitation I am aware of is 8 gift cards max in 1 transaction. But if you load cards to your accounts balance, there are more limitations.
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kensteele
12-01-2025 at 03:46 PM.
12-01-2025 at 03:46 PM.
Quote from Christophorus :
You can use Apple gift cards online or in store. Only limitation I am aware of is 8 gift cards max in 1 transaction. But if you load cards to your accounts balance, there are more limitations.
There is still a 8 limit gc max in 1 transaction even if you load cards to your account balance. Don't ever expect to use more than 8 gcs for a single purchase even when you combine with your account balance, which is limited to $2000 btw.
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SlickArm6620
12-01-2025 at 03:48 PM.
12-01-2025 at 03:48 PM.
Quote from heftylefty58 :
New to Apple and gift cards.... We need to eventually buy a Macbook for school. I have ~$600 in my Discover cashback balance. Can I buy ~$600 worth of $25 Apple ecertificates, and then use all of those ecertificates to cover part of the Macbook purchase? Will Apple allow this payment online or do I have to perform this in-store? Or, is it better to just buy the Macbook via Costco?
There are some differences between buying a Macook at Apple and at Costco that you should consider.
  1. Apple will offer more configuration options, while Costco will only have the standard ones
  2. Apple's price will always standard, Costco might be $50 to $100 cheaper. However Apple offers education pricing which might make it the same as Costco.
  3. Apple's return window is only 2 weeks
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whiterhino18
12-01-2025 at 04:11 PM.
12-01-2025 at 04:11 PM.
Anyone have a link ?
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UniqueFang9548
12-01-2025 at 04:24 PM.
12-01-2025 at 04:24 PM.
They deleted redemption history prior to 2024. All my unused gift cards are gone. Worked with support but no luck. I will never get gift card from discover
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actoraine
12-01-2025 at 04:25 PM.
12-01-2025 at 04:25 PM.
Quote from heftylefty58 :
New to Apple and gift cards.... We need to eventually buy a Macbook for school. I have ~$600 in my Discover cashback balance. Can I buy ~$600 worth of $25 Apple ecertificates, and then use all of those ecertificates to cover part of the Macbook purchase? Will Apple allow this payment online or do I have to perform this in-store? Or, is it better to just buy the Macbook via Costco?
I think it's almost always better to buy MacBooks from Best Buy / Costco when they are on discount. The exception would be you want to customize the laptop precisely to your liking. I would use the gift card for iPhones (if you buy unsubsidized) or use it for AppleCare / AppStore
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UniqueFang9548
12-01-2025 at 04:26 PM.
12-01-2025 at 04:26 PM.
They deleted redemption history prior to 2024. All my unused gift cards are gone. Worked with support but no luck. I will never get gift card from discover
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12-01-2025 at 04:33 PM.
12-01-2025 at 04:33 PM.
Quote from UniqueFang9548 :
They deleted redemption history prior to 2024. All my unused gift cards are gone. Worked with support but no luck. I will never get gift card from discover
I bought $1000+ worth of apple GC in 2022 and loaded them up in my itunes/apple account and used the balance to buy an iPhone 15 in 2023 without issue.
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coolchicagoguy
12-01-2025 at 04:39 PM.
12-01-2025 at 04:39 PM.
Quote from heftylefty58 :
New to Apple and gift cards.... We need to eventually buy a Macbook for school. I have ~$600 in my Discover cashback balance. Can I buy ~$600 worth of $25 Apple ecertificates, and then use all of those ecertificates to cover part of the Macbook purchase? Will Apple allow this payment online or do I have to perform this in-store? Or, is it better to just buy the Macbook via Costco?
I bought MacBook Air + Watch SE3 at BestBuy and used the PayPal $1250 20% cashback deal.

Apple is at MSRP if buying directly. They bundle it with their $250 Gift Card for laptops for this holiday season, but BestBuy, Costco and Amazon have already been selling MacBook Air at $950 for M4 Air 13 512GB/16GB variant, when Apple continues to sell at $1,200 with $250 GC.

You can use your Discover points at Amazon and several other places.
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jinrf
12-01-2025 at 05:18 PM.
12-01-2025 at 05:18 PM.
Quote from UniqueFang9548 :
They deleted redemption history prior to 2024. All my unused gift cards are gone. Worked with support but no luck. I will never get gift card from discover
That's weird, my 2022 redemptions are shown in history,
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