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)
Dec 28, 2021, 5:12 pm
#766
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: AA Executive Platinum; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,663
Those EQD and EQM typically post on the tenth for goals achieved the prior calendar month. Not sure if that is the exact cut-off date, but putting together my own data points with others appears to point that way. You should see your EQMs on Jan 10, 2022, backdated to the date the goal was achieved.
Jan 1, 2022, 4:26 pm
#767
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: SF, CA, US
Programs: AA Plat Pro, UA MM Gold, HHonors Silver, Marriott Bonvoy Plat, IHG Ambassador
Posts: 1,236
Is the silver card only available if you have an offer in your account? I have an offer to upgrade only in my no-fee Aviator card, but I would rather upgrade my Aviator Red card, which has a higher credit limit, and don't want to pay annual fees on two cards.
Last edited by aau; Jan 1, 2022 at 6:26 pm
Jan 2, 2022, 9:18 am
#769
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: PHL
Programs: AA
Posts: 343
I got quite the run around speaking to Barclay's customer service today. There is no offer in my account but I've had the Red card since 2014. I first did the chat feature online which said that I'm eligible for the Silver but have to call to upgrade. When I called Barclay customer service they transferred me to applications who said that I can't apply for the Silver, who then transferred me back to customer service. The agent said he talked to applications and management and found out that invitations are sent by American Airlines Aadvantage, not Barclay, which seems odd to me given that AA isn't a credit card company. But I guess I could have read further up the thread to find all this out 
Has anyone recently had luck getting an invitation for the Silver card?? Or is there someone at AA to talk to nudge the invitation?
Has anyone recently had luck getting an invitation for the Silver card?? Or is there someone at AA to talk to nudge the invitation?
Jan 3, 2022, 6:11 am
#770
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: CLT
Programs: AA EXP, 2 Million Miler
Posts: 821
My wife was told by a Barclay agent that the invitation, controlled by AA, are dependant on the amount of AA flights $'s spent on the card. Can anyone verify this?
Jan 3, 2022, 12:23 pm
#771
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: ORD (formerly SAN)
Programs: Hilton Diamond; IHG Platinum; Bonvoy Gold; AA Platinum Pro and United Premier Silver (DH = AA EXP)
Posts: 1,929
Has anyone been able to upgrade their Red card to Silver lately that is an existing credit card holder? It seems like all I see are declines due to no active invite from AA. I have both Red and Business but the loyalty point changes seems to make the Silver a much better card.
Jan 10, 2022, 10:11 pm
#774
Original Member and FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Kansas City, MO, USA
Programs: DL PM/MM, AA ExPlat, Hyatt Glob, HH Dia, National ECE, Hertz PC
Posts: 16,579
Jan 11, 2022, 10:19 am
#775
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: Virgin Atlantic Silver, IHG Diamond, Bonvoy Gold, Hilton Diamond, AA Platinum Pro
Posts: 1,386
I got quite the run around speaking to Barclay's customer service today. There is no offer in my account but I've had the Red card since 2014. I first did the chat feature online which said that I'm eligible for the Silver but have to call to upgrade. When I called Barclay customer service they transferred me to applications who said that I can't apply for the Silver, who then transferred me back to customer service. The agent said he talked to applications and management and found out that invitations are sent by American Airlines Aadvantage, not Barclay, which seems odd to me given that AA isn't a credit card company. But I guess I could have read further up the thread to find all this out
Has anyone recently had luck getting an invitation for the Silver card?? Or is there someone at AA to talk to nudge the invitation?
Has anyone recently had luck getting an invitation for the Silver card?? Or is there someone at AA to talk to nudge the invitation?
1) I went into both my Barclays and AA accounts and made sure I was signed up for all marketing emails. If you removed yourself or never enrolled, you will never get an invite.
2) I also contacted Barclays executive office and actually received a call back from a real, live U.S. person. No promises were made, but they said they'd try helping.
After doing both of those, about a month later the invite came.
Jan 13, 2022, 7:02 am
#776
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: DFW
Posts: 1,249
I had the same problem and ended up getting an invite eventually via 2 actions:
1) I went into both my Barclays and AA accounts and made sure I was signed up for all marketing emails. If you removed yourself or never enrolled, you will never get an invite.
2) I also contacted Barclays executive office and actually received a call back from a real, live U.S. person. No promises were made, but they said they'd try helping.
After doing both of those, about a month later the invite came.
1) I went into both my Barclays and AA accounts and made sure I was signed up for all marketing emails. If you removed yourself or never enrolled, you will never get an invite.
2) I also contacted Barclays executive office and actually received a call back from a real, live U.S. person. No promises were made, but they said they'd try helping.
After doing both of those, about a month later the invite came.
Where did you find the Barclay marketing opt-in toggle? I could not find it in my profile.
Can you share the contact info for the Barclay office that you contacted?
Thanks.
Jan 17, 2022, 9:16 pm
#777
Join Date: Jan 2022
Location: PHX
Posts: 59
Does anyone have experience upgrading from the vanilla Aviator card up to the Silver? I think I have to upgrade to the Red first and then to the Silver. This card used to be a Red card years ago before I downgraded it. Is there a chance I can upgrade any time soon?
Jan 17, 2022, 9:31 pm
#778
Join Date: Apr 2009
Programs: American EXP; British Airways Gold
Posts: 1,896
I got quite the run around speaking to Barclay's customer service today. There is no offer in my account but I've had the Red card since 2014. I first did the chat feature online which said that I'm eligible for the Silver but have to call to upgrade. When I called Barclay customer service they transferred me to applications who said that I can't apply for the Silver, who then transferred me back to customer service. The agent said he talked to applications and management and found out that invitations are sent by American Airlines Aadvantage, not Barclay, which seems odd to me given that AA isn't a credit card company. But I guess I could have read further up the thread to find all this out
Has anyone recently had luck getting an invitation for the Silver card?? Or is there someone at AA to talk to nudge the invitation?
Has anyone recently had luck getting an invitation for the Silver card?? Or is there someone at AA to talk to nudge the invitation?
Jan 17, 2022, 9:43 pm
#779
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
Feb 1, 2022, 6:42 pm
#780
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,412
I'm looking to sign up for an Aviator Red card. The only offer I'm seeing is 60k bonus and a $99 annual fee. Does anyone have access to any in-flight app/offers that might be better? Maybe one with the first year fee waived? Thanks in advance!