Oct 18, 2013, 8:43 am
Last edit by: pgary
50,000-mile offer
Earn 20,000 miles after your first purchase and payment of the annual fee,
then an additional 30,000 award miles after you make $5,000 in purchases w/in first 90 days.
60,000-mile offer:
Same as the above 50K offer, except an additional 40,000 award miles after you make $5,000 in purchases w/in first 90 days. To see this obscure obscure offers details, scroll down to Welcome Bonus in the T&C.
Earn 20,000 miles after your first purchase and payment of the annual fee,
then an additional 30,000 award miles after you make $5,000 in purchases w/in first 90 days.
- $89 annual fee, not waived
- no foreign transaction fees
- annual companion ticket
- 2 Lufthansa Business Lounge vouchers annually
60,000-mile offer:
Same as the above 50K offer, except an additional 40,000 award miles after you make $5,000 in purchases w/in first 90 days. To see this obscure obscure offers details, scroll down to Welcome Bonus in the T&C.
Barclays (USA) Lufthansa MasterCard - Revived - 50K after $5K spend
Oct 5, 2014, 12:53 pm
#226
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 19
cool thanks, I'm waiting for a promo to wrap up. and might just have enough time to wait out 30 days after that posts to make the Nov 30th deadline for this offer.
but if it can be done without closing #1, I'd like to hear from folks. I realize after having a cpl barclay's products it becomes incidentally harder to get approved for more, esp with a short history with the bank, so I can fully understand the need to cancel out the card.
but if it can be done without closing #1, I'd like to hear from folks. I realize after having a cpl barclay's products it becomes incidentally harder to get approved for more, esp with a short history with the bank, so I can fully understand the need to cancel out the card.
Oct 8, 2014, 12:52 pm
#227
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: DEN
Posts: 502
But if you were to PC to a different card BEFORE applying for card #2 you might have a shot with recon to get approved.
Also, has anyone had success getting more than 2 Barclays cards in a year lately?
Last edited by brc01; Oct 8, 2014 at 1:24 pm
Oct 8, 2014, 3:34 pm
#228
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: USA
Posts: 3,945
The problem is some get auto-approvals more easily than others, while some (like me) now have to recon every time. Trying to recon generally won't work as credit analysts will now likely deny you for already having the same card. I think they caught on and now see past the dubious excuse of "needing another card for separate expenses".
But if you were to PC to a different card BEFORE applying for card #2 you might have a shot with recon to get approved.
Also, has anyone had success getting more than 2 Barclays cards in a year lately?
But if you were to PC to a different card BEFORE applying for card #2 you might have a shot with recon to get approved.
Also, has anyone had success getting more than 2 Barclays cards in a year lately?
Oct 30, 2014, 4:05 pm
#229
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: DEN
Posts: 502
Update: Bonus miles from the double miles on Gas/Grocery/Utility up to $8,000 showed up as pending a few days ago. Guess they will be added to my Lufthansa account after my next statement closes 11/18.
Though the letter said to allow 4-6 weeks for these bonus promo miles to show up after the promotion end date, mine showed up within a few days of my promotion end date of Oct 21, 2014.
Though the letter said to allow 4-6 weeks for these bonus promo miles to show up after the promotion end date, mine showed up within a few days of my promotion end date of Oct 21, 2014.
Nov 8, 2014, 10:07 am
#230
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Programs: DL Diamond, AS MVP Gold 75k, AA Platinum, SPG/Marriott Platinum
Posts: 93
The problem is some get auto-approvals more easily than others, while some (like me) now have to recon every time. Trying to recon generally won't work as credit analysts will now likely deny you for already having the same card. I think they caught on and now see past the dubious excuse of "needing another card for separate expenses".
But if you were to PC to a different card BEFORE applying for card #2 you might have a shot with recon to get approved.
Also, has anyone had success getting more than 2 Barclays cards in a year lately?
But if you were to PC to a different card BEFORE applying for card #2 you might have a shot with recon to get approved.
Also, has anyone had success getting more than 2 Barclays cards in a year lately?
Nov 17, 2014, 10:18 am
#237
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
Question for Successful churners
There are multiple reports of success churning this card. BUT, this is a new offer, and I think those reports are primarily from previous offers.
Did the apps you used to churn this card have this footnote: "This one-time thirty-thousand (30,000) additional award miles offer is valid for first-time cardmembers with a new account only"?
I'm not sure if this means first time lifetime, like the new AMEX rule. Or just "new accounts", of which every app is a new account, the way Citi meant it for the AA EXEC on the older apps.
I'd really love to pick up 50K LH miles, but I absolutely don't want to waste a HP, not to mention $5K in spend, and only end up with 20K miles, which would be basically useless.
Did the apps you used to churn this card have this footnote: "This one-time thirty-thousand (30,000) additional award miles offer is valid for first-time cardmembers with a new account only"?
I'm not sure if this means first time lifetime, like the new AMEX rule. Or just "new accounts", of which every app is a new account, the way Citi meant it for the AA EXEC on the older apps.
I'd really love to pick up 50K LH miles, but I absolutely don't want to waste a HP, not to mention $5K in spend, and only end up with 20K miles, which would be basically useless.
Nov 19, 2014, 3:09 pm
#238
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,516
I currently have 2 USair MC and 1 LH card (opened in June 2014). Decided to pull a trigger for second LH card, didn't get an instant approval, online status shows "declined". I wonder if it worth to speak with CSR or not - Barclays is very sensitive to other apps (which I have a lot), but in other hand I spend 2x$25K on each USair MC card, so they should be pleased in some way.
Nov 24, 2014, 1:19 pm
#239
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
First Time Only?
Edit:
Did your apps have the "first time cardmember only" language in the T/Cs? I've used up my LH miles, and really want to get more. But of course don't want to waste an app.
Did your apps have the "first time cardmember only" language in the T/Cs? I've used up my LH miles, and really want to get more. But of course don't want to waste an app.
Last edited by Brugge; Nov 24, 2014 at 3:05 pm
Nov 25, 2014, 10:04 am
#240
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
I currently have 2 USair MC and 1 LH card (opened in June 2014). Decided to pull a trigger for second LH card, didn't get an instant approval, online status shows "declined". I wonder if it worth to speak with CSR or not - Barclays is very sensitive to other apps (which I have a lot), but in other hand I spend 2x$25K on each USair MC card, so they should be pleased in some way.
