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New Apple Card Holders Can Get Free AirPods Pro 3, But There's a Catch

Apple today launched a new promotion offering new Apple Card holders the chance to earn back the cost of AirPods Pro 3 through monthly cash rebates, but there is a recurring spend requirement attached.

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Customers who open a new Apple Card account and purchase ‌AirPods Pro 3‌ directly from Apple by June 15 will qualify. Starting July 1 and running through April 30, 2027, cardholders can earn $25 in Bonus Daily Cash each month, up to $250 total, but only in months where they make at least ten purchases on the card. Each qualifying purchase must be at least $0.01, and the ‌AirPods Pro 3‌ purchase itself does not count toward the monthly ten-purchase threshold.

The offer is open to new ‌Apple Card‌ applicants only, and is not available to existing cardholders or anyone with a pending application. The ‌AirPods Pro 3‌ purchase must be made directly from Apple, either online or in an Apple Store. Refurbished products, purchases through third-party retailers, international transactions, and business bulk orders are all excluded. The ‌AirPods Pro 3‌ purchase cannot be made entirely with an Apple Gift Card or Apple Account balance.

All ‌Apple Card‌ payment options are eligible, including paying in full or financing via ‌Apple Card‌ Monthly Installments, and any trade-in applied to the purchase does not affect eligibility. Returning the ‌AirPods Pro 3‌ purchase may result in forfeiture of the offer.

The ‌AirPods Pro 3‌ are priced at $249 and were introduced alongside the iPhone 17 lineup in September 2025.

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Top Rated Comments

jarman92 Avatar
55 minutes ago at 08:16 am
Would be nice for Apple to give literally anything to people who’ve been cardholders for years already 🙄
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
53 minutes ago at 08:19 am
Headline reads like it’s for existing customers but it’s not.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
turbineseaplane Avatar
58 minutes ago at 08:14 am
Ahh ... So not really a great deal after all.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
52 minutes ago at 08:19 am
Way too complicated of an offer. Apple is acting like a cell phone carrier now with this bill credit deal. Yuck.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
sw1tcher Avatar
43 minutes ago at 08:29 am

Way too complicated of an offer.
Not complicated at all.

1) Buy AirPods Pro 3 from Apple. The full purchase price must be charged to the Apple Card
2) For each and every month starting in July 2026, make at least 10 purchases of at least $0.01 using the Apple Card

In the month where you make 10 Apple Card purchases, you will get a $25 bill credit.

If there's a month where you do not make 10 purchases, you do not get $25 bill credit for that month.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
47 minutes ago at 08:24 am
I was about to apply for an Apple Card but this worthless rebate program changed my mind.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)