DISCOVERY* Charge (What It Is + Is It Legit?)

When Discovery+ processes subscription payments, they use a truncated billing descriptor that drops the "+" symbol entirely, since the plus sign is a special character that many banking and payment processing systems cannot reliably display or store in merchant name fields. The result is that your bank statement shows "DISCOVERY*" rather than the full Discovery+ branding, with the asterisk serving as a standard delimiter used by their payment processor to separate the merchant name from any additional billing detail. If you're paying $4.99 or $6.99 per month for a streaming subscription, this descriptor almost certainly corresponds to your Discovery+ plan.

No, this is a legitimate charge from Discovery+. However, if you did not authorize this charge or cancelled your subscription, you may be eligible for a refund.

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