Mar 8, 2014, 8:10 pm
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Let's crowd source things that have counted towards travel redemptions that are not so obvious
Successful
Successful - Plus Only
Unsuccessful (please mention the amount redeemed - important as anything under $25 cannot be reimbursed)
Don't forget travel purchase needs to be > $25 charge for 2,500 mile redemption
Partial redemptions are possible - however you cannot redeem against that charge again. So if you have a $500 charge and you spend 40K points against it, you cannot redeem 10K points for the remaining $100 of that charge.
Let's crowd source things that have counted towards travel redemptions that are not so obvious
Successful
- NS Hispeed Train Tickets (nshispeed.com)
- Capitaine Train Tickets (capitaine.com)
- Eurostar Train Tickets (eurostar.com)
- DB Bahn Trains Germany (bahn.de)
- Super Shuttle (mixed, worked in SF when (billed SUPERSHUTTLE EXECUCARS), worked in Boston (SUPERSHUTTLE BOSTON), failed in LA (SUPERSHUTTLE)
- rail europe on travelocity
- New York City MTA Subway Cards
- Boston MBTA Charlie Card reload & Commuter Rail passes & tickets
- San Francisco Clipper Card public transit (autoload from website)
- Norwegian Cruise Line purchase made from telephone order from vacationstogo.com
- rail JR Rail in Japan, load as tourist attraction, call in to get it credit (Post#938)
- Alaska Airlines checked baggage fee $25 charge
- Southwest Early Bird Check-in (billed separately from airfare charges)
- cheaptickets.com hotel
- Amtrak train ticket >$25 (ALB-NYP)
- Amtrak train ticket >$25 (unknown destinations)
- Buying Lifemiles from Avianca
- Primetime Shuttle (Worked from LAX-SNA)
- Orbitz.com purchase
- Priceline
- Las Vegas Show Booked through hotel
- Hotels.com
- WMATA (Washington DC Metro) Weekly pass
Successful - Plus Only
- Uber
- NYC Taxi
- Empire State Building tickets
- SF Taxi (coded as "YELLOW CARD SERVICES I")
Unsuccessful (please mention the amount redeemed - important as anything under $25 cannot be reimbursed)
- Amtrak (possibly due <$25 charge)
- IHG points and cash hotel redemption
- www.b-europe.com (SNCB rail)
- Description: ZERVE *CA WHALES Merchant Category: THEATRICAL PRODUCERS (EXCEPT MOTION PICTURES), TICKET AGENCIES...Tickets to whale watching tour purchased over the phone.
- Car2go
- Hostelbookers.com deposit (maybe the charge which is >$25 will count?)
- Thello train (France-Italy night train, codes as rail-freight)
- Trenitalia (both online and in stations, posts as rail-freight)
- Brazil airline GOL booked online codes as DIRECT MARKETING/DIRECT MARKETERS--NOT ELESWH ..
- Blue Water Rafting. Merchant category "Recreation Services -- Not elsewhere classified"
- Parking at IAH (Houston Intercontinental - on airport) -$76 (PARKING LOTS AND GARAGES)
- Parking at SNA (John Wayne Airport)
- Skyjump at Stratosphere Hotel LV $150 (01/14) - not charged by hotel.
- Gotobus.com Long Distance Buses, ~$100
- Global Entry
Don't forget travel purchase needs to be > $25 charge for 2,500 mile redemption
Partial redemptions are possible - however you cannot redeem against that charge again. So if you have a $500 charge and you spend 40K points against it, you cannot redeem 10K points for the remaining $100 of that charge.
Barclays Arrival/Arrival Cards (1.1%/2.2% travel credits)
Feb 14, 2014, 10:09 am
#782
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: Hyatt Globalist No More..., Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond, SPG Platinum, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 4,375
If you do within I think 30 days of getting a new card, no there is no extra pull. They use the info from when you applied. I'm not sure of the exact time window, so I normally do it as soon as I am approved or as soon as I receive the card.
Feb 14, 2014, 10:14 am
#783
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Western US
Programs: WN CP, WN A-List Preferred, AS MVPG 75k, SPG Gold, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 554
You get points for a charge as soon as a charge posts to your acct and you can't redeem until it posts. It's very easy on Barclay to see how many points each transaction receives by looking at the card activity on the desktop website. I suggest checking your personal calculated points against that.
Feb 14, 2014, 10:27 am
#784
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: MSN
Posts: 203
I just got off the phone with Barclay. I was approved 1/17/14 and was told a hard pull WOULD be required to increase my credit limit. My current CL is $12,500 (TU FICO of 806), which I understand is toward the high end for Barclay (though Chase gave me $22k) so maybe if they had originally granted me a lower CL they might have done the increase without the hard pull.
Feb 14, 2014, 11:12 am
#785
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: Hyatt Globalist No More..., Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond, SPG Platinum, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 4,375
I just got off the phone with Barclay. I was approved 1/17/14 and was told a hard pull WOULD be required to increase my credit limit. My current CL is $12,500 (TU FICO of 806), which I understand is toward the high end for Barclay (though Chase gave me $22k) so maybe if they had originally granted me a lower CL they might have done the increase without the hard pull.
Feb 14, 2014, 11:14 am
#786
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: Hyatt Globalist No More..., Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond, SPG Platinum, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 4,375
I have added it up from the activity, that's what doesn't add up correctly. I originally made a $3**.** purchase, got points for it, redeemed points for it a few days later. Now looking back my points are off by about 600 from where they should be accounting for all purchases, returns and 10% travel bonus.
Feb 14, 2014, 11:19 am
#787
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: BOS .. but soon SFO
Programs: UA PLAT, TK GLD, Hilton Diamond, IC PLAT, SPG GLD, Marriott GLD
Posts: 1,528
Here is what I've successfully redeemed points for:
1) Airfare on GOL for World Cup
2) Supershuttle in various states
3) Taxes on award ticket airfare
Here is what I've not successfully redeemed for:
1) AMTRAK tickets
2) Subway credit & taxis
I use my hotel CCs for those because the points are >> Arrival
I'm surprised the supershuttle worked, but whatever. I am going to pump as many points as I can onto the card and use it for hotels for the World Cup 2014 in Brazil
Has anyone successfully redeemed for car rentals?
1) Airfare on GOL for World Cup
2) Supershuttle in various states
3) Taxes on award ticket airfare
Here is what I've not successfully redeemed for:
1) AMTRAK tickets
2) Subway credit & taxis
I use my hotel CCs for those because the points are >> Arrival
I'm surprised the supershuttle worked, but whatever. I am going to pump as many points as I can onto the card and use it for hotels for the World Cup 2014 in Brazil
Has anyone successfully redeemed for car rentals?
Feb 14, 2014, 11:44 am
#788
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: BOS
Programs: MR, UR, AA, AS, HH Gold, SPG Gold, HGP, RR
Posts: 708
data points:
Instant approval for this w/ 10K CL.
5 inquiries past 6 months (all on EXP) and 8 new accounts opened in 2013 (1 biz). Barclays website has my FICO at 806.
I have the US Air card (1/13/13) - minimal use after first spend but I did dust it off last month in anticipation of this app
I don't really do big AoAs - mostly do 1 app/month skipping the occasional month if no good offers.
Was going to wait until after 2/20 when 2 of the inquiries would fall to > 6 mos but decided to just go for it now as I'm going to cancel the US Air now that the AF and 10K annual bonus miles have posted. I wanted to get this one approved before calling to cancel. Hoping to get the US Air at least one more time before it goes away.
Instant approval for this w/ 10K CL.
5 inquiries past 6 months (all on EXP) and 8 new accounts opened in 2013 (1 biz). Barclays website has my FICO at 806.
I have the US Air card (1/13/13) - minimal use after first spend but I did dust it off last month in anticipation of this app
I don't really do big AoAs - mostly do 1 app/month skipping the occasional month if no good offers.
Was going to wait until after 2/20 when 2 of the inquiries would fall to > 6 mos but decided to just go for it now as I'm going to cancel the US Air now that the AF and 10K annual bonus miles have posted. I wanted to get this one approved before calling to cancel. Hoping to get the US Air at least one more time before it goes away.
Feb 14, 2014, 2:47 pm
#789
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 829
I just got off the phone with Barclay. I was approved 1/17/14 and was told a hard pull WOULD be required to increase my credit limit. My current CL is $12,500 (TU FICO of 806), which I understand is toward the high end for Barclay (though Chase gave me $22k) so maybe if they had originally granted me a lower CL they might have done the increase without the hard pull.
every time I wanted CL increase they wanted to do a hard pull.
Other banks, not Barclays.
I have to skip for now.
Feb 14, 2014, 4:00 pm
#791
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: BAY AREA
Posts: 1,125
Barclaycard Arrival Cards (1.1%/2.2% back)
I applied for this card and got 10k credit line. the next day I called and asked for a limit increase. they asked what want to try. I said 25k and they said they have to do a hard pull. I agreed to hard pull and got my 25k limit. I checked my credit report and only 1 hard pull shows not two 
Feb 14, 2014, 5:10 pm
#792
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 434
Has anyone applied for a 2nd arrival card less than 6 months of relationship with barclay?
I would like to get a 2nd card, or at least a CL higher that 12.5k.
I would like to get a 2nd card, or at least a CL higher that 12.5k.
Feb 15, 2014, 6:04 am
#793
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: STL
Programs: MR Plat Premier, IHG Spire, Hilton Diamond, Southwest CP
Posts: 623
Orbitz actually has a buy 3 days of "park hopper" tickets & get 2 days free promo going right now if anyone else might be thinking of a trip...
Last edited by arizonawildcat; Feb 15, 2014 at 6:32 am
Feb 15, 2014, 7:58 am
#794
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 756
Yes, some banks will do a pull (sadly without telling you first) when you request for a credit line increase. Not 100% sure but I think Cap One did this to me once in the past.
Feb 15, 2014, 9:23 pm
#795
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: GSP, BOI, KBV
Programs: I'll take whatever points I can get...
Posts: 251
I'm also wondering the same. Anyone successfully applied for a second one?