Looking for the 5 percent categories for the Discover card? Here are the 2020 5% bonus categories for the Discover card.

**Update: Here is the 2021 Discover 5% Cashback Calendar**

Discover Cashback Calendar 2020 5% Bonus Categories

The Discover card 5% bonus categories for 2020 are as follows:

1st quarter (January 1 – March 31, 2020) –  Grocery Stores, Walgreens and CVS. (Excludes purchases made at Walmart and Target.)
2nd quarter (April 1 – June 30, 2020) – The Home Depot (June), Gas Stations, Uber, Lyft and Wholesale Clubs.
3rd quarter (July 1 – September 30, 2020) – Restaurants and PayPal.  .
4th quarter (October 1 – December 31, 2020) – Best Buy (New! from Nov 25 – Dec 31), Amazon.com, Walmart.com and Target.com.

The 5% only applies to the first $1,500 spent on combined purchases each quarter. Here is the link to the Discover 5% calendar for 2020 on discover.com.

These are great categories and should be easy for most people to meet the maximum bonus. Some grocery stores and gas stations allow you to purchase gift cards using a credit card so you can easily maximize the bonus.

Don’t Forget to Activate!

Please note, that in order to earn the 5% you must activate the offer each quarter. If you have signed up for email reminders you should have already received an email asking you to activate this quarter’s categories. Unlike the Chase Freedom card, activation is not retroactive so you need to activate the bonus in order to start earning the 5% cashback.

(See also related post: How to Earn a Discover Refer a Friend Bonus)