Discover referral program is invite only
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Discover cardholders can invite friends to apply for a card, earning a statement credit for both parties. To qualify, the invited person must be approved and make any purchase with their new card within the first three months.
We hold no Discover referral link
This one is not open to everyone. Whether you can invite anybody depends on your account, and it is offered in-product rather than advertised.
Share your Discover invite link
We hold no link for this one — nobody can have an account everywhere. Add yours and it goes in front of the next person who asks.
If we already hold a link for this one, yours goes on file rather than live — we swap it in if it turns out to be the better offer.
What Discover pays for inviting a friend
- Program type
- Refer a friend — run by the vendor
- Qualifies on
- Your friend must apply through your link, be approved, and make a purchase with the new card within three months of the account opening.
- Payout delay
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- Cap
- Stated in the individual referral offer, visible only after you log in
- Availability
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Holders of Discover it Secured or Business cards are ineligible to refer, and the reward is given as credit toward your card balance rather than cash payout.
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Refer-a-Friend eligible cardmembers will receive a statement credit referral reward if the person they referred applies online for the specific offer sent via the digital link provided and is approved by 11:59 pm ET, December 31, 2026 .
Read on https://discover.com/refer
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Has the Discover offer changed?
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