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Old Sep 28, 2020 | 11:31 pm
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ajf87
 
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New lineup of Barclays Wyndham cards

I didn't see this anywhere here or in the Wyndham sub. Apologies for TPG, I know that triggers some of you:

Wyndham Rewards Earner Card



Sign-up bonus: 30,000 points after spending $1,000 on purchases in the first 90 days.

Earning structure: 5x on Hotels by Wyndham purchases and gas purchases, 2x on restaurants and grocery (excluding Target and Walmart), 2x on eligible purchases made at Wyndham Timeshare properties (including maintenance fees and loan payments), 1x on all other purchases

Annual fee: $0

Other benefits: Gold status in Wyndham Rewards, 7,500 bonus points after $15,000 in annual spend, 10% discount on the number of points redeemed for free nights

Wyndham Rewards Earner Plus Card



Sign-up bonus: 45,000 points after spending $1,000 on purchases in the first 90 days.
Earning structure: 6x on Hotels by Wyndham purchases and gas purchases, 4x on restaurants and grocery (excluding Target and Walmart), 4x on Wyndham Timeshare properties (including maintenance fees and loan payments), 1x on all other purchases

Annual fee: $75 (not waived first year)

Other benefits: Platinum status in Wyndham Rewards, 7,500 bonus points each anniversary year (no spending requirement) and 10% discount on the number of points redeemed for free nights

Wyndham Rewards Earner Business Card



Sign-up bonus: 45,000 points after spending $1,000 on purchases in the first 90 days.

Earning structure: 8x on Hotels by Wyndham purchases and gas purchases, 5x points on marketing, advertising and utilities, 1x on all other purchases

Annual Fee: $95 (not waived first year)

Other benefits: Top-tier Diamond status in Wyndham Rewards, 15,000 anniversary points (no spending requirement), 10% discount on the number of points redeemed for free nights, cell phone insurance when using the card to pay your wireless bill ($50 deductible, $600 in coverage per event)
https://thepointsguy.com/news/new-wyndham-barclays-c/

These look like really good sock-drawer cards even if you don't regularly stay at Wyndham properties, in particular the earner+ and business version, and they're not terrible gas cards either. Plus they're all 0% foreign transaction fee so they're a decent backup for overseas if you're primarily Amex. With the anniversary points you can basically cover the annual fee if you go for an above-average redemption, especially the business version which only costs $20 more than the earner+ but yields twice as many anniversary points. It's also interesting that the business version has notably more lucrative perks and bonus spend than the higher-tier personal card yet they all have low MSR for the SUB. Also if I'm not mistaken you can still match from Wyndham to Caesars which means the business version which awards Wyndham Diamond can get you Caesars Diamond (no resort fees, discounted stays, etc.).

The only downside obviously is that it's Barclays.
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