[General] If I add 1000 yuan to my account, how much....

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I went to the newly opened mall and there's a restaurant offering discount services. Let's say if one adds 300 yuan to his account of that restaurant, he can have a 50 yuan adding to his account (the restaurant give it as a discount), namely, 350 yuan. This account is used for paying the bills. The restaurant has three options of adding money to account: 300 yuan, 500 yuan and 1000 yuan.

Then I asked the waiter "If I add 1000 yuan to my account, how much discount money can I have in total?" Then the waiter said "1200 yuan".

I wonder if you can help me to fix my italic sentence.
 
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I went to the newly opened mall and there's a restaurant offering discounts. [STRIKE]services.[/STRIKE] Let's say if one adds 300 yuan to [STRIKE]his[/STRIKE] their account [STRIKE]of[/STRIKE] at that restaurant, [STRIKE]he[/STRIKE] they can have [STRIKE]a[/STRIKE] 50 yuan [STRIKE]adding[/STRIKE] added to [STRIKE]his[/STRIKE] their account (the restaurant will give [STRIKE]it[/STRIKE] that as a discount), namely, 350 yuan. This account is used for paying [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] bills. The restaurant has three options of adding money to account: 300 yuan, 500 yuan and 1000 yuan.

[STRIKE]Then[/STRIKE] I asked the waiter "If I add 1000 yuan to my account, how much of a discount [STRIKE]money[/STRIKE] can I have in total?" [STRIKE]Then[/STRIKE] The waiter said "1200 yuan".

I wonder if you can help me to fix my italic sentence.

Note my corrections above. It's a very strange way to describe a discount. In fact, I would say categorically that it isn't a discount.

A discount would be "If you add 300 yuan to your account, we will knock 20% off your next bill" (or something similar). They are offering to top your account up with a certain amount every time you add money to your account.
 

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It's a bonus, not a discount.
 

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[STRIKE]I went to the newly opened mall and there's[/STRIKE] A restaurant in a newly opened mall is offering bonus credit. [STRIKE]discount services. Let's say[/STRIKE] For example, if one adds 300 yuan to [STRIKE]his[/STRIKE] their account [STRIKE]of[/STRIKE] at that restaurant, they can [STRIKE]have[/STRIKE] receive a 50-yuan bonus credit. [STRIKE]adding to his account (the restaurant give it as a discount), namely, 350 yuan. This account is used for paying the bills.[/STRIKE] The restaurant [STRIKE]has[/STRIKE] gives three options [STRIKE]of[/STRIKE] for adding money to an account: 300 yuan, 500 yuan and 1,000 yuan.
[STRIKE] Then[/STRIKE] I asked the waiter there "If I add 1,000 yuan to my account, how much [STRIKE]discount money can[/STRIKE] credit will I have in total?" Then the waiter said "1,200 yuan".
[cross-posted with GS]
 
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