Apr 29, 2015, 6:33 am
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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)
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.
Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator Silver and Red Cards (master thread)
Aug 20, 2021, 8:02 am
#722
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, MLife Gold, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, Caesars Diamond, Amex Plat
Posts: 5,939
In the terms of the cc offer, it has vague language about eligibility for SUB. I have a base AAdvantage Aviator MC that was converted from the USAirways card into a red AA Aviator several years ago. I since downgraded it to the base one. So while I currently have the card, I never got an AA bonus from them. I did have a business version and canceled it a year ago.
Any advice re eligibility?
Any advice re eligibility?
Sep 6, 2021, 7:27 am
#723
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, AA Gold, FB Gold, ITA Volare Executive
Posts: 3,294
Positive DP on new Red Card (P2)
Long-time Red Card was upgraded to Silver Card early 2020. Then Covid; never used. Could not get retention offer on Silver earlier this year (2021), so canceled when Annual Fee posted.
Decided to apply for new Red Card with $0 first-year Annual Fee. Was a week a two over 6 mos. from cancellation of Silver (formerly Red) Card. Approved immediately; one purchase; 60K miles now posted.
Decided to apply for new Red Card with $0 first-year Annual Fee. Was a week a two over 6 mos. from cancellation of Silver (formerly Red) Card. Approved immediately; one purchase; 60K miles now posted.
Sep 6, 2021, 10:10 am
#724
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: California
Programs: American, SWA, United, IHG,Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 1,843
Long-time Red Card was upgraded to Silver Card early 2020. Then Covid; never used. Could not get retention offer on Silver earlier this year (2021), so canceled when Annual Fee posted.
Decided to apply for new Red Card with $0 first-year Annual Fee. Was a week a two over 6 mos. from cancellation of Silver (formerly Red) Card. Approved immediately; one purchase; 60K miles now posted.
Decided to apply for new Red Card with $0 first-year Annual Fee. Was a week a two over 6 mos. from cancellation of Silver (formerly Red) Card. Approved immediately; one purchase; 60K miles now posted.
Sep 13, 2021, 3:27 pm
#725
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, AA Gold, FB Gold, ITA Volare Executive
Posts: 3,294
Positive DP re Red Card (P1)
In the terms of the cc offer, it has vague language about eligibility for SUB. I have a base AAdvantage Aviator MC that was converted from the USAirways card into a red AA Aviator several years ago. I since downgraded it to the base one. So while I currently have the card, I never got an AA bonus from them. I did have a business version and canceled it a year ago.
Any advice re eligibility?
Any advice re eligibility?
Canceled a second Red Aviator maybe three years ago.
Applied yesterday for the 60K no-annual-fee-first-year Red Aviator. Went pending but is now approved, within 24 hours. We'll see in a month whether the miles post, but that has never been the problem with Barclays. [Update: Everything worked fine -- miles received a week or so ago after single purchase.]
Last edited by Biggie Fries; Oct 20, 2021 at 1:32 am Reason: Update: Success
Sep 15, 2021, 8:44 am
#726
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: PHL
Programs: AA EXP, Hilton HHonors Gold, Hertz #1 Gold
Posts: 162
Upgrading From Aviator Red to Silver
Anyone have recent experience with trying to upgrade from Red to Silver? I just called, and was told I could only upgrade if there's an active offer on my account. I've had the Red card for 90 days.
Sep 15, 2021, 10:22 am
#727
Join Date: Mar 2019
Programs: AA EXP and Marriott Titanium
Posts: 776
You're going to have to wait a year for the offer to appear. The CARD Act prevents them from charging a higher annual fee during the first year and they now go by that rule. (they used to allow the offer to appear after 90 days but I'm assuming they got in some hot water because of it)
Sep 18, 2021, 5:13 pm
#728
Join Date: Sep 2021
Posts: 1
Silver Upgrade - EQMs
You're going to have to wait a year for the offer to appear. The CARD Act prevents them from charging a higher annual fee during the first year and they now go by that rule. (they used to allow the offer to appear after 90 days but I'm assuming they got in some hot water because of it)
Tracking to a few thousand EQM short of next level AA status this year, prefer to not do a status run. Really appreciate insight if a Dec upgrade to Silver could get the EQMs needed. Thanks!
Sep 19, 2021, 5:06 pm
#730
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: VA
Programs: AA EXP, DL Gold, Hilton Lifetime Diamond, Wyndham Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 293
Sep 19, 2021, 10:00 pm
#732
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: WAS/TYO
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP (3MM), DL PM, BONVOY TITANIUM, HYATT GLOBALIST, HILTON DIAMOND, IHG DIAMOND AMB, et al
Posts: 5,913
-FlyerBeek
Sep 20, 2021, 12:56 pm
#733
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Redondo Beach, Ca
Posts: 30,739
I applied about 2 months ago, got my card and miles posted. I told a friend who got an application from flight attendant a couple weeks ago & the app has a promo code but it says annual $99 fee. Have they changed this promo from no first year annual fee to now requiring annual fee to get miles? I told her to ask another flight attendant for an app on her next flight. They have not walked the aisles passing out apps on any of my flights for the last month.
Sep 20, 2021, 1:15 pm
#734
Join Date: Dec 2019
Programs: AA: Exec Plat; AC: 75K; JX: Explorer; HH: Dia; Bonvoy: Gold; Wyndham: Dia
Posts: 299
I applied about 2 months ago, got my card and miles posted. I told a friend who got an application from flight attendant a couple weeks ago & the app has a promo code but it says annual $99 fee. Have they changed this promo from no first year annual fee to now requiring annual fee to get miles? I told her to ask another flight attendant for an app on her next flight. They have not walked the aisles passing out apps on any of my flights for the last month.
Sep 28, 2021, 8:03 am
#735
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: VA
Programs: AA EXP, DL Gold, Hilton Lifetime Diamond, Wyndham Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 293