[Confirmed] Discover IT Adds 5% Options; Paypal in Q3, Walmart & Target in Q4

Update 5/1/19: This has now been confirmed, the changes are now showing up on the Discover it cashback calendar. Target is for both in-store and online whereas Walmart is for online only (includes store pickup).

Since the end of 2018, we’ve known the Discover IT 5% categories for the entire year:

• Q1 (January–March): Grocery Stores

• Q2 (April–June): Gas Stations, Uber & Lyft

•  Q3 (July–September): Restaurants

• Q4 (October–December): Amazon.com

These are showing clearly on the Discover website.

Now, frequent_flaya on r/churning reports from “a reliable source” that they’ll be adding the following categories for Q3 and Q4:

• Q3 – Paypal
• Q4 – Walmart and Target

My assumption is that they’ll just be adding these as an additional option, meaning we’ll have the $1,500 limit in the combined categories of Paypal & Restaurants for Q3, and Amazon, Walmart, & Target for Q4. Regardless, if this pans out it’s certainly helpful for maxing out those upcoming categories.

Official announcement should come in later this week, according to the report.