Ouch . . . Were you paying off current balances in-full (and with several payments) before new statements posted or were your statement-balances at the max and being paid off? I'm only asking because I plan on making several charges that are close to the credit-line several times during this billing-cycle. But before I make new charges, I plan on paying off each charged balance in-full to make way for a subsequent charge. I do this all the time with Chase, but if Barclays doesn't allow it, then I guess I should leave those charges with Chase.