UncleLeo

Upgraded to Silver on December 12, at which point I already had $40K in spend during the status qualification period. Three days later, on December 15, the 10K LP bonus posted to my account.

I'm within striking distance of the final 5K LP bonus for $50K in spend. Having already qualified for EXP last week, I'm interested in having these 5K LPs post to my account on/after March 1, i.e., count for purposes of the 2023-24 status qualification period. If I time this up right and eclipse $50K in spend at the very end of February, any thoughts on whether this would work? Or would the 5K LPs post retroactive to February, and count toward the current status qualification period? On my read of the T&Cs, they don't provide an explicit answer to this one...

Majuki

Yes, this exact issue happened to me. I kept getting inconsistent answers, and the expected resolution time kept shifting. Eventually after over 2 months and multiple calls and chats with customer service someone over the phone issued a courtesy credit. I closed the card in part due to the hassle of exercising this card's benefits.

ramcm7

The $20K/$40K/$50K spend milestones are all within a qualification year. If you hit one in February, the 5,000LP will likely post on the 10th of March. But, they will likely qualify for the 2022 qualification year. Let us know how it goes.

Beckles

Based on my recent experience the LP bonuses post very quickly, I earned one with postings to my account on December 15th and the LP bonus posted with a transaction date of December 16th. You'd really have to push to try and have the transactions posted on the 28th, and then you're cutting it really close. At least the 5k extra LP will help you that tiny little bit on upgrade priority.

TWA884

I'm still waiting to receive the credits for my November Viasat WiFi purchases.

dgilligan02

Sorry for late reply. In my case Barclay just asked the same questions I'd already answered on the application (i.e. yearly REV, biz type, etc.) and nothing new. I just repeated the same answers I'd put on the application. I've had a lot of cards the past decade, credit generally +/-820 depending on who you ask, although I'm not sure that has much to do with it once you reach a certain threshold.

dgilligan02

Quick question on AA miles posting, bonus language is such "Earn 60,000 bonus AAdvantage® Miles after your first purchase, less credits, returns, and adjustments, “Net Purchase” and paying the annual fee in full, both within the first 90 days after account open date." Trying to get them to post ASAP.

I've made first purchase, and guessing the AF won't get posted until first statement closes...so assuming I pay in full after receiving statement will bonus miles not post until after they close the second statement? Is that the mechanics?

If so, I'm wondering if there's a work around such as just making a payment for the balance + annual fee now before the statement closes.

guv1976

If you applied via this webpage

https://www.applyaviator.com/

then your annual fee for the first year is $0.

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dgilligan02

Yeah, I effed up on that one and applied via this webpage. Thanks for the reminder, haha.

https://cards.barclaycardus.com/bank...te-mastercard/

ZenFlyer

The current Aviator Red offer includes the possibility of balance transfers onto the card, at a rate of 0% for 15 billing cycles. Notwithstanding the hefty balance transfer fee (5%) this is potentially appealing to me because I have a balance (also at 0%) on a different card that I would prefer to close. My question is, does a balance transfer earn LPs in the same way regular credit card spend would? I can't find this addressed in the Barclay's ads (though I'm sure it is buried somewhere in the t&c) or in the thread above.

Drwaz99

No. You don't even earn redeemable miles for balance transfers.

ZenFlyer

Got it. Thanks for the quick and informative reply!

A CT Yankee

If you’ve only just received the card, you could try calling the customer service number on the back of the card, explain to the CSR that you’d intended to apply for it via the “first year free” link (which is still a current promotion), and ask that the fee be waived. I’d say pretty good chance of this happening. Or they might tell you to call back after the first statement prints to get it reversed.

aau

I'm a few hundred dollars short of the $20,000 milestone on AAviator Silver. If I reach the milestone on the last possible day, Feb. 28th, presumably the 5000 bonus Loyalty Points will post in March. Will they count toward 2022-23 re-qualification, or 2023-24?

dgilligan02

First purchase on Aviator Red posted on Feb 13. First statement was cut Feb 19...but without charging the annual fee. Also no bonus miles (as expected), as part 2 of the SUB was paying annual fee. Doesn't the AF using hit on first statement?