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
Jun 6, 2017, 9:34 pm
#1306
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: PHX & AGP
Programs: AA Lifetime PLT, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium, Hilton Gold
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It's only those types of calls, not other types of calls, that are in danger of something like this happening.
Jun 6, 2017, 10:06 pm
#1307
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 29
International business/first you are probably right. International economy/plus not so sure. You could fly to Europe for $1k, but good luck booking a flight for 50k miles. And again, choice of airline is a big plus (especially if it allows you to fly a European rather than a US airline). Even for business, when you book an international flight using miles, you still have to pay a ton out of pocket. I looked into flying to Paris business using miles and found that I would still have to pay about $1k out of pocket.
Jun 7, 2017, 9:25 am
#1308
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: New York
Programs: Navy A-4 Skyhawk, B727 FE/FO, S80 FO, B757/767 FO, B737 CA
Posts: 1,342
International business/first you are probably right. International economy/plus not so sure. You could fly to Europe for $1k, but good luck booking a flight for 50k miles. And again, choice of airline is a big plus (especially if it allows you to fly a European rather than a US airline). Even for business, when you book an international flight using miles, you still have to pay a ton out of pocket. I looked into flying to Paris business using miles and found that I would still have to pay about $1k out of pocket.
Last edited by fredc84; Jun 7, 2017 at 9:31 am
Jun 7, 2017, 10:27 am
#1309
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 4
In response to the person complaining about Quicken downloads for the Aviator cards: I use Quicken and this is a constant source of frustration for me, especially since I'm using this card almost exclusively until I get my EQM and EQD bonuses. The issue apparently is with Barclay's servers, not with Quicken. I have found that the only reliable way to do transaction downloads (for now) is to login to the Barclays Cards site and manually download the transactions, which I now do once or twice a week. I hope they will eventually get this working again, as it did work earlier in the year.
Last edited by jtaylordfw; Jun 7, 2017 at 10:29 am Reason: Clarified response.
Jun 7, 2017, 1:11 pm
#1310
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: ATL
Programs: AA, AGR, DL, MR, WoH, UA
Posts: 951
Going in soft has only failed for me with Citi....
Jun 9, 2017, 6:32 pm
#1311
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 1
Red to Silver Not Approved
Had a US Airways Premier Rewards card that was transferred to an Aviator Red card. I've had it since the change was made almost 2 years ago, and just called Barclay to upgrade to Silver. They denied me because I didn't have an "offer". They couldn't explain to me who determines how or who determines which cardholders get the offer. The funny thing is, I have a Citi AAdvantage World Elite card, which is Citi's top tier AAdvantage card, but I can't get Barclay's?
I took it up to the supervisor level and was still denied, should I try calling back and talking to someone else?
I took it up to the supervisor level and was still denied, should I try calling back and talking to someone else?
Jun 9, 2017, 6:48 pm
#1312
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: AA Executive Platinum; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,662
Had a US Airways Premier Rewards card that was transferred to an Aviator Red card. I've had it since the change was made almost 2 years ago, and just called Barclay to upgrade to Silver. They denied me because I didn't have an "offer". They couldn't explain to me who determines how or who determines which cardholders get the offer. The funny thing is, I have a Citi AAdvantage World Elite card, which is Citi's top tier AAdvantage card, but I can't get Barclay's?
I took it up to the supervisor level and was still denied, should I try calling back and talking to someone else?
I took it up to the supervisor level and was still denied, should I try calling back and talking to someone else?
Very surprised as I thought the main requirement was to have the account open >90 days, which clearly you have. Maybe try calling again.
Jun 9, 2017, 9:12 pm
#1313
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: SJC
Programs: AA, AS, Marriott
Posts: 6,060
Had a US Airways Premier Rewards card that was transferred to an Aviator Red card. I've had it since the change was made almost 2 years ago, and just called Barclay to upgrade to Silver. They denied me because I didn't have an "offer". They couldn't explain to me who determines how or who determines which cardholders get the offer. The funny thing is, I have a Citi AAdvantage World Elite card, which is Citi's top tier AAdvantage card, but I can't get Barclay's?
I took it up to the supervisor level and was still denied, should I try calling back and talking to someone else?
I took it up to the supervisor level and was still denied, should I try calling back and talking to someone else?
Jun 10, 2017, 7:10 am
#1314
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: AA Executive Platinum; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,662
EQD and EQM posting times
Data point on the Silver card:
I hit $20K in spend about 4 weeks ago and $25K in spend about 2 weeks ago.
The $3K EQD and 5K EQM both posted two days ago.
I hit $20K in spend about 4 weeks ago and $25K in spend about 2 weeks ago.
The $3K EQD and 5K EQM both posted two days ago.
Jun 11, 2017, 8:49 am
#1315
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: AUS
Posts: 276
Another data point, Aviator Silver. Hit the EQD spend on 5/31, it appeared in my AA account today 6/11, but was backdated to 6/8. Pretty speedy! ^
Jun 11, 2017, 9:49 am
#1316
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: DCA
Programs: AA PPro, Mariott Ambassador, B6 Mosaic, SBUX Gold, Best Buy Elite
Posts: 1,838
Jun 11, 2017, 7:21 pm
#1317
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 138
Can you get the Red Aviator bonus if you previously had US Airways Barclayscard?
So I had a US Airways Barclayscard (sometime in 2015 right before the merging of accounts) that converted into the Red Aviator AAdvantage. I recently did a downgrade to the Blue Aviator (or Silver). Whichever one has no AF (few months ago).
I see Barclays has 50K miles for American Airlines by signing up with Red Aviator. If I signup would I be able to get the 50K miles? Anyone have experience here?
I see Barclays has 50K miles for American Airlines by signing up with Red Aviator. If I signup would I be able to get the 50K miles? Anyone have experience here?
Jun 11, 2017, 7:42 pm
#1318
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
So I had a US Airways Barclayscard (sometime in 2015 right before the merging of accounts) that converted into the Red Aviator AAdvantage. I recently did a downgrade to the Blue Aviator (or Silver). Whichever one has no AF (few months ago).
I see Barclays has 50K miles for American Airlines by signing up with Red Aviator. If I signup would I be able to get the 50K miles? Anyone have experience here?
I see Barclays has 50K miles for American Airlines by signing up with Red Aviator. If I signup would I be able to get the 50K miles? Anyone have experience here?
The one I found said
Existing cardmembers, existing accounts, and previous cardmember with accounts closed in the past 24 months may not be eligible for this offer.
Jun 11, 2017, 8:50 pm
#1319
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: HNL,HI,USA
Posts: 256
So I had a US Airways Barclayscard (sometime in 2015 right before the merging of accounts) that converted into the Red Aviator AAdvantage. I recently did a downgrade to the Blue Aviator (or Silver). Whichever one has no AF (few months ago).
I see Barclays has 50K miles for American Airlines by signing up with Red Aviator. If I signup would I be able to get the 50K miles? Anyone have experience here?
I see Barclays has 50K miles for American Airlines by signing up with Red Aviator. If I signup would I be able to get the 50K miles? Anyone have experience here?
Most recent data point on app with converted Red ->here<-
Jun 11, 2017, 9:33 pm
#1320
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bye Delta
Programs: AA EXP, HH Diamond, IHG Plat, Hyatt Plat, Marriott Plat, Nat'l Exec Elite, Avis Presidents Club
Posts: 16,273
I had 2 US Dividend Miles MC accounts converted to Aviator Reds, both still open at the time I applied for the "new" Aviator Red. Was instantly approved and bonus posted. No experience with downgraded cards... kept the Reds around because they're still earning the 10k anniversary bonus. I see no need to close the Blue card if you're gonna try this.