Discover Card gives a small
cash back award at the end of the year. It's not much, but it can help out with your
holiday bills. Since they also have
no monthly fee, etc., this makes Discover a pretty good choice (especially since they now have
platinum cardss). However, Discover is still not accepted in a handful of
businesses in the
USA, and is rarely accepted
overseas, where you will have better luck with
Mastercard or
Visa.
The Platinum card, if you qualify, is a good choice for students and others, because you can sign up to be notified by
e-mail 5-7 days before your
payment is
due, if you haven't already paid it. Plus it has the usual Platinum-card
discounts and
protections.