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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)
Sep 6, 2022, 1:51 pm
#946
Join Date: Mar 2022
Posts: 15
Timing for silver card
For me, they promised we’d get upgraded in just over a week. Not sure why there is a delay. The week should expire in the next day or two. Very interested to see if they will keep our YTD spend intact as that will make loyalty point bonuses a lot easier
Sep 6, 2022, 2:22 pm
#947
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: NYC
Programs: AA, Marriott
Posts: 210
As far as I have seen for red and silver Aviator cards I have held over the years, the spend counter/tracker for achieving rewards/companion certs/LP bonuses are all calendar year based. Shows that on your Barclays portal when you go into the rewards section of your account.
So you will get the short end of the stick this year, with only a partial year to hit the required amounts. But the counters reset on Jan 1 and then you are off to the races for a full year of eligible spending to meet the requirements.
So you will get the short end of the stick this year, with only a partial year to hit the required amounts. But the counters reset on Jan 1 and then you are off to the races for a full year of eligible spending to meet the requirements.
I got offered "early" in Aug after opening Red in Jan, though I'm a past Silver cardholder from a few years ago who canceled, so who knows.
Sep 7, 2022, 8:30 am
#948
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: 718
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Platinum, IHG Diamond
Posts: 967
Barclays appears to make the upgrade when your statement closes. They told me my account will be upgraded to silver today (9/7) which is also when my statement closes for the month.
Sep 7, 2022, 8:35 am
#949
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: 718
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Platinum, IHG Diamond
Posts: 967
Don't think this is the case. I had only spent $1 (and paid the annual fee) to trigger the sign-up bonus and did not spend anything since. Was offered silver after having red for 3months-ish
Sep 7, 2022, 10:43 am
#950
Moderator: Travel Safety/Security, Travel Tools, California, Los Angeles; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: oneword Emerald
Posts: 20,631
I doubt that having the physical card matters; when I was upgraded, the new Silver card had the same account and CVC numbers and expiration date as the Red card which it replaced.
Sep 8, 2022, 4:31 am
#951
Join Date: Aug 2021
Posts: 134
Did your YTD spend carry over when your account got upgraded to Silver? Did the account reset with a new card anniversary date?
Sep 8, 2022, 6:22 am
#952
Join Date: Mar 2022
Posts: 15
Upgrade to silver
My silver card is apparently on its way. Same
card numbers and looks like spend etc is
same when checking online. Online interface still shows a pic of the red card though - perhaps waiting for me to confirm new card when it arrives. I’m a few $hundred short of 20k spend so will get interesting shortly.
card numbers and looks like spend etc is
same when checking online. Online interface still shows a pic of the red card though - perhaps waiting for me to confirm new card when it arrives. I’m a few $hundred short of 20k spend so will get interesting shortly.
Sep 8, 2022, 7:12 am
#953
Join Date: Mar 2022
Posts: 15
Upgrade to silver
My silver card is apparently on its way. Same
card numbers and looks like spend etc is
same when checking online. Online interface still shows a pic of the red card though - perhaps waiting for me to confirm new card when it arrives. I’m a few $hundred short of 20k spend so will get interesting shortly.
card numbers and looks like spend etc is
same when checking online. Online interface still shows a pic of the red card though - perhaps waiting for me to confirm new card when it arrives. I’m a few $hundred short of 20k spend so will get interesting shortly.
Sep 8, 2022, 9:16 am
#954
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: 718
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Platinum, IHG Diamond
Posts: 967
I now see the new card shipping tracker in my account. All my spend information looks intact but then again my account still shows as aviator red. The rep told me it should update to show silver after I activate the new card. We will see....! Excited to finally get silver!!!!!
Everyone going for EXP as well?
Everyone going for EXP as well?
Sep 8, 2022, 9:18 am
#955
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AA EXP, IHG Diamond, IC Amb
Posts: 5,510
I now see the new card shipping tracker in my account. All my spend information looks intact but then again my account still shows as aviator red. The rep told me it should update to show silver after I activate the new card. We will see....! Excited to finally get silver!!!!!
Everyone going for EXP as well?
Everyone going for EXP as well?
Hitting 30 flights on Monday, too!
I’m on track for 350,000 LPs by Feb 28!
Sep 9, 2022, 9:05 am
#959
Join Date: Jul 2022
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Programs: AA EXP , Alaska MVP100K, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 58
There are going to be so many EXP with this new loyalty scheme , not sure it will even be worth much. Can essentially hit EXP with just booking some stays on AA Hotels and doing some shopping. There will be a flood of new EXP this coming year
