Sep 28, 2019, 3:51 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
Archive Of ORIGINAL AAdvantage Aviator Silver and Red Cards from BarclayCard
FOR CURRENT THREAD SEE HERE.
NOTE: The BarclayCard
There are five AAdvantage-linked Aviator-branded cards by Barclaycard. An April 2015 article on The Points Guy details them.
The Many Flavors of Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator (Jason Steele, April 13th, 2015).
Where can I see information on all available Barclays Barclaycard AAdvantage cards?
Barclaycard AAdvantage® Aviator® Mastercard®
Barclaycard AAdvantage® Aviator® Blue Mastercard®
Barclaycard AAdvantage® Aviator® Red Mastercard®
Barclaycard AAdvantage® Aviator® Silver World Elite Mastercard®
Barclaycard AAdvantage® Aviator® Business Mastercard®
(These links are to aa.com pages for the respective Aviator cards)
Link to American Airlines® AAdvantage® Aviator™ Red MasterCard® Reward Rules T&C (Feb 2017)
Link to American Airlines® AAdvantage® Aviator™ Silver World Elite MasterCard® Reward Rules T&C (Feb 2017)
Link to FT thread Citi & Barclaycard AAdvantage Credit Card Free Domestic Checked Bag / Baggage
Aviator Red applications are available at the airport or in flight in 2017, or online at https://home.barclaycardus.com
New Red cardholders may apply to upgrade to Aviator Silver after 90 days. Existing Red cardholders (prior to 2017) may apply to upgrade to Silver at any time.
Aviator Silver offers EQM:
"Additional Benefits of your Account
Elite Qualifying Miles
The primary cardmember may earn 5,000 Elite Qualifying Miles ("EQMs") after spending $20,000 in Net Purchases that post to the AAdvantage® Aviator™ Silver account from January 1st through December 31st each calendar year. The primary cardmember may earn an additional 5,000 AAdvantage® EQMs each calendar year when the cardmember reaches $40,000 in spending on Net Purchases with the AAdvantage Aviator Silver account during the same period. An AAdvantage® Aviator™ Silver primary cardmember may earn the maximum 10,000 EQMs once per calendar year, unless the cardmember has already earned the maximum number of EQMs through another AAdvantage® Aviator™ Silver account. EQMs earned are in addition to the AAdvantage miles earned for Net Purchases made on the AAdvantage®Aviator™ Silver account. Net Purchases exclude returned goods and services, cash advances, convenience checks, transferred balances, credits, fees and interest charges. Net Purchases made by authorized users through additional cards on the primary cardmember's AAdvantage® Aviator™ Silver account will count toward the primary cardmember's qualifying spend. EQMs earned as a result of this benefit will typically be posted to the primary cardmember's AAdvantage® account 6-8 weeks after meeting the spend requirement. EQMs will not count toward Million Miler℠ status. EQMs cannot be redeemed for award travel, AAdvantage® miles or any other AAdvantage® program awards. EQMs earned with the AAdvantage® Aviator™ Silver account qualify toward the primary cardmember's AAdvantage® program elite status earning requirements each calendar year, subject to the limits under the Reward Rules and the AAdvantage® Program. Full details on elite status and qualifications are available in the AAdvantage® section of aa.com."
Both cards will offer spend offsets to the required Elite Qualifying Dollar spend in 2017.[/B]
Spend $25,000 or more on a Barclaycard-issued American AAdvantage Aviator Red credit card and earn 3,000 EQD.
Spend $25,000 on a Barclaycard-issued AAdvantage Aviator Silver credit card and earn an additional 3,000 EQD - a second $25,000 spend will earn another 3,000 EQD.
You can not hold both cards and combine earnings. You can notvearn more than $6,000 EQD spend offset in one year. Qualifying purchases are 1 Jan - 31 Dec of one year.
See EQ Dollar / EQD offset via Barclaycard Aviator Card – announcement, details for further information.
and FAQ: Earning EQD / Elite Qualifying Dollars on AA and Partner Airlines (2017 on)
Spend $20,000 on your Silver card in one calendar year, earn 5,000 EQM; spend a total of $40,000 or more on your Silver card, earn 5,000 more EQM.
Above updated 16 Feb 2017 - JDiver
What are the benefits of the Aviator Silver card?
- Earn 3X miles for every dollar spent on eligible US Airways and American Airlines purchases
- Earn 2X miles for every dollar spent on hotels and car rentals
- Earn 1X miles for every dollar spent on all other purchases
- Earn 5,000 Elite Qualifying Miles for each $20,000 in annual purchases (10,000 maximum EQMs per year)
- First checked bag free for you and up to 8 companions traveling on the same reservation
- A Companion Certificate good for up to 2 guests at $99 each will be issued each year after your account anniversary when you spend $30,000 or more in purchases (taxes and fees apply)
- No foreign transaction fees
- Premium Servicing including US-based Customer Service, World Elite Concierge and Luxury Travel Benefits
- Receive 10% of your redeemed miles back, up to 10,000 miles each calendar year
- Apply for Global Entry with TSA PreCheck and, upon approval, experience expedited, more efficient security screenings, moving you smoothly through U.S. Customs when returning from traveling abroad. Pay for the $100 Global Entry application fee with your card and you'll automatically receive a $100 statement credit 2-3 weeks after your transaction.
- With this benefit, the primary cardmember can receive one application fee statement credit every 5 years when the Global Entry membership needs to be renewed.
According to the Aviator card FAQ,
Thus, this benefit
For additional information about the 10% rebate benefit, see FAQ: AAdvantage Citi / Barclays 10% miles / mileage rebate (consolidated)and the associated wiki.
For this benefit to apply, your account must be open and active at the time of redemption.
The American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles you will earn through this benefit will be based on 10% of the total AAdvantage miles you redeem each month during the calendar year. The maximum number of AAdvantage® bonus miles that can be earned annually from this benefit is 10,000 AAdvantage bonus miles per calendar year and per AAdvantage® account, regardless of how many AAdvantage miles you redeem in that calendar year.
This benefit only applies to AAdvantage miles redeemed from the primary Cardmember’s AAdvantage® account. Please allow 6-8 weeks after your redemption for American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles to post to the primary Cardmember’s AAdvantage account.
The American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles you will earn through this benefit will be based on 10% of the total AAdvantage miles you redeem each month during the calendar year. The maximum number of AAdvantage® bonus miles that can be earned annually from this benefit is 10,000 AAdvantage bonus miles per calendar year and per AAdvantage® account, regardless of how many AAdvantage miles you redeem in that calendar year.
This benefit only applies to AAdvantage miles redeemed from the primary Cardmember’s AAdvantage® account. Please allow 6-8 weeks after your redemption for American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles to post to the primary Cardmember’s AAdvantage account.
- applies to all miles redemptions, regardless of the passenger name on the airline ticket or other award.
- is limited to 10,000 miles in rebates per calendar year, regardless of how many Barclays and/or Citi AA cards you have.
For additional information about the 10% rebate benefit, see FAQ: AAdvantage Citi / Barclays 10% miles / mileage rebate (consolidated)and the associated wiki.
ARCHIVE: Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator Silver and Red Cards
May 19, 2017, 3:43 pm
#1291
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: AA Executive Platinum; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,662
What are the latest reports on how soon the 5K EQMs post after crossing the $20K spend on the Silver card?
May 20, 2017, 5:27 am
#1292
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: PHX & AGP
Programs: AA Lifetime PLT, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium, Hilton Gold
Posts: 11,453
May 20, 2017, 10:29 am
#1293
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: AA Executive Platinum; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,662
May 20, 2017, 11:42 am
#1294
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: PHX & AGP
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Last year it took 1 billing cycle, I guess I should have been more descriptive, So last year I reach my limits and triggered everything and it took 1 Billing Cycle when I mean Billing Cycle, not the current cycle you are in but the next one. I also think that depending on when in your billing cycle you get the limit too, I also make sure it's within the first week of the billing cycle to get everything asap.
May 25, 2017, 1:09 pm
#1295
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: New York, NY, USA
Programs: BAGold; AA3MMPlat; UA1MMGold; FBGold; MarriottAmb; AccorPlat; HHGold; ICPlatAmb; HyattDiscoverist
Posts: 4,378
Last year it took 1 billing cycle, I guess I should have been more descriptive, So last year I reach my limits and triggered everything and it took 1 Billing Cycle when I mean Billing Cycle, not the current cycle you are in but the next one. I also think that depending on when in your billing cycle you get the limit too, I also make sure it's within the first week of the billing cycle to get everything asap.
May 25, 2017, 1:29 pm
#1296
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: PHX & AGP
Programs: AA Lifetime PLT, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium, Hilton Gold
Posts: 11,453
May 25, 2017, 3:39 pm
#1297
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: New York, NY, USA
Programs: BAGold; AA3MMPlat; UA1MMGold; FBGold; MarriottAmb; AccorPlat; HHGold; ICPlatAmb; HyattDiscoverist
Posts: 4,378
LOL!
I'm trying to time this to get maximum mileage (so to speak) out of the 3K EQDs. The easy answer would be do it now, as they will be included in the rolling total until 8/1/18, BUT I don't think I'm going to be looking for any UGs on AA until mid-September...
I'm trying to time this to get maximum mileage (so to speak) out of the 3K EQDs. The easy answer would be do it now, as they will be included in the rolling total until 8/1/18, BUT I don't think I'm going to be looking for any UGs on AA until mid-September...
May 31, 2017, 12:58 pm
#1298
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: los angeles, calif.
Programs: Alaska Airlines Gold MVP
Posts: 7,170
Anybody know how many of these one can have? I vaguely remember in the past one could hold a few of these. I signed up twice for the 50k bonus a few years ago right before the merger. Have since downgraded one card to Silver for no fee. Keep the other for the anniversary 10k bonus.
May 31, 2017, 6:52 pm
#1299
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
Anybody know how many of these one can have? I vaguely remember in the past one could hold a few of these. I signed up twice for the 50k bonus a few years ago right before the merger. Have since downgraded one card to Silver for no fee. Keep the other for the anniversary 10k bonus.
for the most recent results. In that thread, I remember some people mentioning how many of this card they already had in their approval reports. But I don't know if anyone has compiled an actual max count, so you may have to go through the individual datapoints and do that yourself. (I wasn't keeping track myself, because I only have one right now, and I have no interest in applying for another personal Aviator card because of 5/24, so I'm just patiently waiting for the Aviator business card which was forecast to come sometime this calendar year.)
I would think that thread (which is specially about applying for the card in 2017) would be a better place for such datapoints than this thread (which is often about things having to do with holding the card, not as much with just applying for it).
Last edited by sdsearch; May 31, 2017 at 6:58 pm
Jun 4, 2017, 2:56 pm
#1300
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 27
Called in about the AF that just hit my arrival plus card. Have had the card 2 years, spend about 10k/yr on it. BE CAREFUL when calling these people as they IMMEDIATELY moved to shutting down the card and started to read me the disclosure about what happens when you close the account. I asked for a manager and she was also entirely unhelpful and basically said do you want to close the account or not? WOW. Just for that I really did think about closing the account! But I have some points/miles to cash out first, which will be a PITA since they upped the minimum amount you could redeem for. Once I do that though... I'm just not seeing this card being worth the AF any more.
Jun 4, 2017, 3:56 pm
#1301
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: PHL
Programs: AA EXP MM, HHonors Lifetime Diamond, Marriott Lifetime Ti, UA Silver
Posts: 5,036
BE CAREFUL when calling these people as they IMMEDIATELY moved to shutting down the card and started to read me the disclosure about what happens when you close the account. I asked for a manager and she was also entirely unhelpful and basically said do you want to close the account or not? WOW. Just for that I really did think about closing the account!
If you're going to bluff you probably shouldn't get upset when someone calls it.
Jun 6, 2017, 5:21 am
#1302
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I don't think the OP was calling to close his account, but the OP didn't make it clear why they called other then the AF hit his account. I haven't had an issue calling Barclay's in the past.
Jun 6, 2017, 3:15 pm
#1303
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
Have you called Barclay's about retention bonuses in the past?
It's only those types of calls, not other types of calls, that are in danger of something like this happening.
Jun 6, 2017, 4:39 pm
#1304
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 29
I had an American Airlines card (and US Air before that) for many years. Finally, after years of not being able to use miles to get any flights I wanted, or having to use double miles to get them, I realized it wasn't worth it. You essentially have to spend $50K to get enough points for one domestic ticket (paying double miles). In other words, $50K of spend gets you a ticket that's maybe worth $500. Plus, you are tied to one airline, which in the case of American has become pretty terrible.
I switched to the Barclays Arrival + a while ago, and now get 2 points for every dollar spent. Points can be applied for any travel-related charge. So now, if I spend $50K, I get 100K points, which can be credited against any $1,000 of travel-related spend. So, not only am I getting twice as much value back, but I don't have to use it to fly on American!
I switched to the Barclays Arrival + a while ago, and now get 2 points for every dollar spent. Points can be applied for any travel-related charge. So now, if I spend $50K, I get 100K points, which can be credited against any $1,000 of travel-related spend. So, not only am I getting twice as much value back, but I don't have to use it to fly on American!
Jun 6, 2017, 8:29 pm
#1305
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Newton Centre, MA, USA
Programs: DL 2MM Gold, AA Plat Pro; Hilton Lifetime Diamond, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium (via SPG), IHG Plat
Posts: 2,192
I had an American Airlines card (and US Air before that) for many years. Finally, after years of not being able to use miles to get any flights I wanted, or having to use double miles to get them, I realized it wasn't worth it. You essentially have to spend $50K to get enough points for one domestic ticket (paying double miles). In other words, $50K of spend gets you a ticket that's maybe worth $500. Plus, you are tied to one airline, which in the case of American has become pretty terrible.
I switched to the Barclays Arrival + a while ago, and now get 2 points for every dollar spent. Points can be applied for any travel-related charge. So now, if I spend $50K, I get 100K points, which can be credited against any $1,000 of travel-related spend. So, not only am I getting twice as much value back, but I don't have to use it to fly on American!
I switched to the Barclays Arrival + a while ago, and now get 2 points for every dollar spent. Points can be applied for any travel-related charge. So now, if I spend $50K, I get 100K points, which can be credited against any $1,000 of travel-related spend. So, not only am I getting twice as much value back, but I don't have to use it to fly on American!