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AAdvantage Aviator Silver and Red Cards from BarclayCard
There are five AAdvantage-linked Aviator-branded cards by Barclaycard. Two of them can be applied for directly, the other three are upgrades or downgrades after receiving a Red card.

The Many Flavors of Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator

Where can I see information on all available Barclays Barclaycard AAdvantage cards?

Aviator Red (On AA.com)
Aviator Silver (On AA.com)
Aviator Business (On AA.com)
Aviator Red applications are available at the airport, in flight, or online at https://www.barclaycardus.com/.

Red cardholders may receive an offer to upgrade to Aviator Silver after a period of time that varies, usually 3-11 months. The offer appears in the online "Offers" section, if it is declined there may be no simple way to receive the upgrade. Be careful with your clicking! Silver benefits begin at the start of the next statement, but the increased annual fee won't hit until the next card-member year starts.


Aviator Silver Vs Red
Annual Fee: Silver $199 Red $99
Miles on AA Purchases: Silver 3x Red 2x
Miles on hotels and car rentals: Silver 2x, Red 1x
Miles on all other purchases: Silver 1x, Red 1x
Bonus Loyalty Points: Silver 5k LP after $20k/$40k/$50k Per Status Year Red None
In-Flight Food & Beverage: Silver $25 back/day Red 25% back
Wifi Credits: Silver $50/anniversary year Red $25/anniversary year
Companion Ticket: Silver 2 Companions Red 1 Companion (Minimum Anniversary-Year Spend Required for both)
PreCheck/Global Entry: Silver $100 credit Red No Credit


Card Benefit Details

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Aviator Silver Bonus Loyalty Points: Bonuses are based on spend during status year, not anniversary year. When upgrading to Silver your Red spending will carry over. Five thousand Loyalty Points after spending $20k/$40k/$50k. You cannot stack multiple Silver accounts to earn this multiple times.

Companion Certificate: $20k in anniversary year spend required, issued about 45 days after you annual fee hits. Red gets one companion, Silver can have two. $99+tax for companions, round-trip 48 contiguous US States only unless you live in Alaska or Hawaii, in which case you may fly from your home state to the 48.










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Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator Silver and Red Cards (master thread)

   
Old Jan 20, 2020, 1:27 pm
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Originally Posted by apeortdz
My Wifi charge on 31Oct (on American) posted as "Panasonic AA." Not credited yet but I'll give it more time.
Originally Posted by apeortdz
I keep getting the runaround from Barclays about the WiFi credit. My charge was from 31Oct and it has not yet been credited. I have called three times and I get a different answer every time. Today they said that Panasonic-AA WiFi charges are ineligible and I should read the T&Cs. I just checked the T&Cs and there is nothing that would indicate this. Has anyone else ever heard such nonsense?
Thanks for the reminder. I checked and I never received credit for the $19 WiFi charge from my AA flight from HND to LAX at the end of September.

I called Barclays and the CSR manually processed the credit for the charge. When I asked why it was not processed automatically, she said that their system is programmed to pick up the term "WiFi". Since was billed as "Panasonic - AA", it was not recognized as a WiFi purchase.
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Old Jan 25, 2020, 4:34 am
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Originally Posted by apeortdz
I keep getting the runaround from Barclays about the WiFi credit. My charge was from 31Oct and it has not yet been credited. I have called three times and I get a different answer every time. Today they said that Panasonic-AA WiFi charges are ineligible and I should read the T&Cs. I just checked the T&Cs and there is nothing that would indicate this. Has anyone else ever heard such nonsense?
My WiFi credit finally posted last night. It took 85 days to get the credit posted - but I am relentless.
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Old Jan 25, 2020, 11:22 am
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Originally Posted by apeortdz
My WiFi credit finally posted last night. It took 85 days to get the credit posted - but I am relentless.

Geezes. It’s not worth it then. Forget it. I won’t even buy Wi-Fi then.
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Old Feb 5, 2020, 2:35 am
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Just got the Aviator Biz card along with having a silver, anyone have a clear answer if you can collect the EQD bonuses from both cards in the same year?
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Old Feb 5, 2020, 9:22 am
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Originally Posted by DuncanCrowdSync
Just got the Aviator Biz card along with having a silver, anyone have a clear answer if you can collect the EQD bonuses from both cards in the same year?
I qualified for both in 2019, and despite calling both Barclay and AA, was only awarded EQD for the business card. Nothing for the silver. I met the threshold on the silver in November.
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Old Feb 5, 2020, 3:12 pm
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No. 3k Max per aadv account.

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Originally Posted by DuncanCrowdSync
Just got the Aviator Biz card along with having a silver, anyone have a clear answer if you can collect the EQD bonuses from both cards in the same year?
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Old Feb 5, 2020, 9:31 pm
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Originally Posted by DuncanCrowdSync
Just got the Aviator Biz card along with having a silver, anyone have a clear answer if you can collect the EQD bonuses from both cards in the same year?
Got 3,000 each from both last year (got the business mid-year before). I doubt that would happen this year, and I’m not trying.
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Old Feb 8, 2020, 11:54 am
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how is everyone distributing CC spending this year?

I'm leaning towards 25k on my Barclay Aadvantage Business for the 3k EQD, and 20k on the Barclay Aviator Silver for the 5k EQM and 2pax companion pass. The extra 5k will go towards Hyatt for the free night and I'd rather go on a mileage run if I'm 5k EQM short.
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Old Feb 8, 2020, 11:59 am
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Originally Posted by StatusChallenged
how is everyone distributing CC spending this year?

I'm leaning towards 25k on my Barclay Aadvantage Business for the 3k EQD, and 20k on the Barclay Aviator Silver for the 5k EQM and 2pax companion pass. The extra 5k will go towards Hyatt for the free night and I'd rather go on a mileage run if I'm 5k EQM short.
How do you spend that much a year? Curious from a poor person.
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Old Feb 9, 2020, 2:41 pm
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Originally Posted by RedElmo
How do you spend that much a year? Curious from a poor person.
You have multiple options, you can be spending on rent/tuition, have a small business, or have a job where you get expensed for a lot of your purchases.
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Old Feb 9, 2020, 5:30 pm
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Originally Posted by RedElmo
How do you spend that much a year? Curious from a poor person.
All utilities paid via cc, annual property tax payment via cc, all groceries and gas and sundries via cc, and all office expenses.
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Old Feb 9, 2020, 5:56 pm
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Originally Posted by IADCAflyer
All utilities paid via cc, annual property tax payment via cc, all groceries and gas and sundries via cc, and all office expenses.
Property Tax on CC has like an extra surcharge. Thought that’s not worth it.

I can maybe see rent on big corporations but not to a private land lord.
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Old Feb 10, 2020, 4:51 am
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Originally Posted by RedElmo
Property Tax on CC has like an extra surcharge. Thought that’s not worth it.

I can maybe see rent on big corporations but not to a private land lord.
Depends on if it gets you over a minimum threhsold for a major benefit.
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Old Feb 10, 2020, 8:11 am
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Originally Posted by IADCAflyer
Depends on if it gets you over a minimum threhsold for a major benefit.
Right. But I was initially questioning someone who sounded like he was normally spending like $70k annually on credit card.
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Old Feb 10, 2020, 8:34 am
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Originally Posted by RedElmo
Right. But I was initially questioning someone who sounded like he was normally spending like $70k annually on credit card.
For a number of years in a row, I spent over $100k annually - much of which was reimbursible office expense.
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