Is FoundersCard Worth It?

I've FoundersCard and am happy with it - I've used quite some deals and discounts. <strike>Email me if you want an invite + promotion code (email is in the 'about' part of my profile).</strike> No more invites, sorry!

thegoleffect• 15 years ago

For me, the AT&T discount paid for the annual membership cost. I may have a few invites still available - hit up my profile email.

daveman692• 15 years ago

Think it depends on the cost. Got mine for $99 which it is certainly worth! The 15% Uber discount makes up for that by itself. Would be harder to justify at $500.

mikeleeorg2• 15 years ago

Wow, $99 sure seems worth it. Is that price no longer in effect? From what I've read, the cheapest one could get a membership now is $200 with a referral.

charlesdm• 15 years ago

I requested some additional information and was sent a 200$ offer by one of their staff. I presume they just check whether you're a founder or not?

LisaG• 15 years ago

Agree that the 15% Uber discount makes up for it. That and the AT&T discount are about the only discounts I notice, what other FC discounts do people use?

zbowling• 15 years ago

Apple b2b. Threadless 25% off. Stubhub 50% off fees. American Airlines 10% off with free wifi.

erohead• 15 years ago

How much is the Fedex discount?

keeptrying• 15 years ago

Do you need to have been incorporated to get the discount?

eli• 15 years ago

In a similar vein, the Freelancers Union offers discounts on various business services and is free: http://www.freelancersunion.org

They also offer health insurance and 401(k) plans for the self-employed.

chrishaum• 15 years ago

Thanks for the tip - just signed up!

samstokes3• 15 years ago

I'm not sure if they still offer these, but at one point they were offering a free bump to the first elite tier on the frequent flier programs for American Airlines and Virgin Atlantic (and thus also their respective alliances), which normally each require 25k miles flown. For an expat like me that's extremely valuable.

danielrhodes• 15 years ago

If you read the fine print, that "bump" to first class was for the airport shuttle train between Heathrow and Gatwick. Very misleading.

samstokes3• 15 years ago

Not so when I exercised the offer. I'm Gold status on American and whatever the equivalent is on Virgin, despite not having had the requisite number of air miles to qualify through normal means.

limedaring• 15 years ago

Trying to decide whether it's worth it — a lot of postings mention that the hotel discounts are great, but it seems like the hotels that are discounted are already very expensive and posh and therefore the discount brings it down to a "normal" hotel cost. Am I making a bad assumption? Anyone else use it for traveling?

Kitco• 15 years ago

the hotel discounts on FoundersCard are ho-hum. i get better deals through AMEX and even Hotels.com rewards plan.

frisco• 15 years ago

I have a few invites left... email's in my profile if you want them (and will actually use it). Totally worth it in my opinion. AT&T + airlines + hotels + random other things you discover all the time.

thelicx• 15 years ago

I tried to book a Virgin Atlatic flight through the Founders Card channel and it was more expensive than the same fight on the Virgin Atlantic Website. Very disappointing...

dotBen2• 15 years ago

I took a look at the FoundersCard during it's beta, I guess.

Seems to make sense if you have AT&T and don't have another corporate discount applied to your account.

However, I'm not on AT&T and when I have to fly one of the 'big carriers' for, say, international travel back home I don't fly American as they don't fly into LHR.

So for me, it didn't seem worth while. 15% discount on Uber is interesting and new since I looked, but if you can afford to take Uber cab enough then you're probably not an early stage startup :)

mikeleeorg2• 15 years ago

> if you can afford to take Uber cab enough then you're probably not an early stage startup :)

I love Uber and totally want to see them succeed beyond their wildest dreams. But I have to agree. I use them more as a luxury. Otherwise, it's the Muni or my own two feet. (And never a cab.)

samstokes3• 15 years ago

American does fly to LHR, unless my trips home have been to some alternate reality... They don't fly directly there from SFO, though, you have to transfer.

dotBen2• 15 years ago

My bad - that's what it is. American doesn't fly to LHR directly from SFO.

derrida• 15 years ago

This is yet another example of a trend in culture of what was once a thing associated with production (founding a startup) becoming a type of consumption (this card).

Is FoundersCard Worth It?

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