WoW Rewards Visa
by Eliah Hecht 
May 3rd 2007 at 9:33PM
I had to check my calendar to make sure this wasn't still April 1st: Blizzard is announcing that you can now get a WoW credit card! It's a Visa that gives you 1% of all your purchases as free game time, as well as a free month with your first purchase. The 1% rewards rate means spending $1,500 with the card nets you a free month of play. There are some other credit cards that give you 1% cash back (or more) on all purchases, though, so this card's strongest point seems to be its attractive designs. Then again, that may not be such a good feature if you don't want to out yourself as a WoW player every time you open your wallet. With no annual fee, I might well pick one of these up myself, if only to use once for the free month. What about you guys?
Filed under: Blizzard, News items, Economy
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Theheretic May 3rd 2007 9:45PM
yeah, I'm gonna get one of these for the free month...I wouldn't mind the free game time either honestly...even if it's just a few days here and there...but I have a wedding coming up so i could get about 3-4 months out of this...
1up May 3rd 2007 10:17PM
I cant even sign up for it. :(
My account name contains a number and it won't let me pass that screen.
rubik May 3rd 2007 10:22PM
Yeah I also had the numeric account name problem...this is kinda very very stupid :)
Theadrick May 3rd 2007 10:26PM
Why would you be ashamed to "out" yourself as a WoW player? Are people that insecure?
Ugkul May 3rd 2007 10:34PM
Sure... but can I use it to pay for my epic flying mount?
mrdp May 3rd 2007 11:17PM
No Canadian Love
Rich May 3rd 2007 11:18PM
sure, use it to by gold for the mount, get the free month for the purchase, then another free month for the cost of the gold. LOL
Theheretic May 3rd 2007 11:18PM
@2 and 3- are you serious? that sucks (I'm at work atm so i couldn't try)
@4- Not sure why anyone would be ashamed of it. I flaunt my WoW-ness...(couldn't think of a better way to phrase that...sorry, I'm tired.)
Nails May 3rd 2007 11:28PM
haha i like the sample name "KARI R CARD"
Eliah Hecht May 3rd 2007 11:32PM
As far as the numeric characters in account names thing, Blizz knows about it & are working to fix it.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=101900191&pageNo=1&sid=1#1
Theheretic May 3rd 2007 11:50PM
Seriously though, how many people actually have an account name that is completely devoid of a numeric character. I'm not one to flame blizz 99% of the time but don't you think someone would have caught this?
Sylythn May 4th 2007 4:36PM
Now here's a rewards card I can get behind - and considering my current card just decided that a 10% APR increase because they hadn't raised rates in a while was acceptable...I'm looking for a new card. :)
Savok May 4th 2007 12:33AM
HAS THE WORLD GONE COMPLETELY INSANE?!
Jesus christ, videogame credit cards... just... god.
Druid dude May 4th 2007 2:18AM
This was inevitable.
Still waiting for the breakfast cereal! Arthas Crunch? Barrens Breakfast Critters?
Or maybe chewing down a nice bowl of Gnomes in the morning, what better way to start the day than crunching Gnomes?
They could never make more than one type though. If they did, people would flood the WoW forums, whining for one cereal to be nerfed of buffed, one is clearly overpowered, and there would be the constant drone of people asking for new serv.. I mean new cereals all the time. Peoplee would post how they are going to quit eating WoW cereal if Blizzard doesn't fix the crunchiness, or the sogginess, or both in the same thread. There would be posts about how a new cereal from some other company is going to kill WoW cereal any minute now. It would be horrible!
Hone Melgren May 4th 2007 2:53AM
Actually I want them to introduce a Credit Card system in Game
So when i'm browsing the AH and simply must have that rare jewlcrafting desing I can click "Buy on Credit"
Of course this would back fire when I have a large CC bill that I'm having to farm forever to pay off ;(
ImR May 4th 2007 3:20AM
I really don't understand who would get this for more than the instant 1mo free.
If you're a serious player, you're getting more than one month at a time for less money. 3 months at a time will save you $1 per month, and 6 months at a time will save you $2 each.
So you're much better off getting a 1% cash-back card, because at least those typically give >1% for something some of the time, and when you inevitably give up on the game, you'll still have a use for it.
All those things said, the artwork on the cards is sweet. If only it was a better deal financially.
Deathslicer May 4th 2007 3:54AM
This sucks, i live in Belgium, Europe, we cannot subscribe for this card
sarah May 9th 2007 3:09AM
I like it for the artwork, but I have no need for another credit card. I'm really surprised that a blood elf girl character didn't make it as one of the designs.
Luis D. May 4th 2007 6:54AM
I'd like to get one just for the artwork. I'm not sure which one to pick though, I'm kind of leaning towards the Draenei one.
John May 4th 2007 7:37AM
Would be kinda cool if you could pay a little bit to get your character on it somehow.....dunno how but still...