Originally Posted by
AAdmiral
Called in today to inquire about upgrading from Red to Silver and was told that it will be available July 1 after the merger goes through and to check back then. I believe the merger for Barclays is the conversion of all current US Airways Mastercards to the AA Aviators Card since AA & US have merged the mileage programs already and have already received the "single operating certificate" from the FAA. Maybe Barclays wants to get everyone on its Aviators Platform before going forward.
I don't know any better than anyone else, but it could be something really mundane like waiting for the start of the next fiscal or calendar quarter, for logistical or bookkeeping reasons. Anyway I'll definitely be trying to move from Red to Silver at that point.