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Wow, that is distrubing news about chase CO cc, better cancel before its too late eh...

What do you mean by AA? Isn't this a thread of a US card?


Sorry, may I know what is the bad news?

Hey Folks,
Long time flyertalk reader, but first time to post. Figured I'd share my experience with the Barclay's US Air 35k bonus offer in case there are a few folks out there in my shoes.
I was already a Barclay's US Air Masterard Premier World holder (since January 2010) prior to this new offer, so I called Barclay's to see if they could amend my current card terms to include the 10,000 anniversary miles with each year of annual fee paid. I then tried to negotiate waiving of the annual fee, which they refused, so I canceled the card to avoid the annual fee. This was in mid January 2011.
About a day later, I decided to re-apply for the card under the new offer terms not really expecting it to work. To my surprise, I was approved. I still didn't think I'd get the bonus miles, but 35,000 bonus miles posted mid February 2011. YMMV, but it seems Barclay's really doesn't look too far back for deciding who/who doesn't get a bonus. Good luck!

for those of you who received the Platinum card, what did the "congratulations" email you received say?

I am guess I will be getting the premier card (35K bonus) based on what has been written above...that my "Program Overview" makes no mention of bonus miles and most importantly that my welcome email mentions the certificate good for two $99 companion tickets along with First Class check-in and Zone 2 boarding. It looks like those do not apply to the Platinum card.

I know it sucks to not get approved for the main offer. But the T&Cs are pretty clear that you may end up with the Platinum card and only a 10K bonus if they do not approve you for the Premier card. I guess it would be nice to allow you to decline if they only approve you for the lower level.

Also, the 10K bonus miles every year in exchange for the $89 fee seems like a pretty good deal at .89cpm. You would pay $275 to buy that many miles at the current rate. So even the free 10K miles for the Platinum card has some value.

I got the same email as you and received the Premier World card.

Platinum cards do not get 10K bonus miles each year.

right, but it does get a 10K sign up bonus though.

Got the Platinum card. :td: Disappointed in $3200 limit. Have several cards with 20K limits.

Decent income (over 100K), 18 yrs same job, FICO's 750-800. Sent secure e-mail mentioning my disappointment of getting only Plat card.

I thought those days were over, but guess not. I should have read, now I wasted a hard pull.

Per TC: Two years ago Discover had same rules, but they turned around and realized how much business I would bring them. Apparently Barclays's not there yet. When permanent residency is required, usually issuers will ask the question in the application itself with a note indicating it's only for permanent residents or citizens, instead of "tricking" you into submitting application. Evil.

This corresponds with people asked to have their green card/passport copies sent for verification.

I got my 35,000 miles yesterday. :D

It's actually worse than that. According to my friend, whom I encouraged to apply because I didn't know better, permanent residence is not enough and only citizens qualify. She was asked for a copy of birth certificate or voter registration card, and she offered to send a copy of her green card and/or SS card, but that wasn't enough for Barclay's.

Yup, just called. They are asking for passport/green card/birth certificate, etc. One of the things that triggered that is a 20 year or more variance between obtaining a social security number and your birth date. Mine is more like 19 years and still triggered it. According to the rep, even when there's no 20+ year variance, sometimes they will still require the above proof for permanent residency or citizenship, I'm guessing like others have said, based on your last name, which is quite discriminating IMHO.

Ouch. Yea, I won't be doing any business with them in the near future. Good thing I applied for personal and business together, so hopefully only triggered one hard pull. Still wasted a pull nonetheless, but I should have read the TCs. Lesson learned.

Nailed it. Just received the card in the mail, called to activate and confirmed 35K points. One thing I didn't like though, was that CSR refused to give the timeframe for when the miles will be posted after the purchase. Thanks, OP.