Sep 28, 2019, 3:51 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
Archive Of ORIGINAL AAdvantage Aviator Silver and Red Cards from BarclayCard
FOR CURRENT THREAD SEE HERE.
NOTE: The BarclayCard
There are five AAdvantage-linked Aviator-branded cards by Barclaycard. An April 2015 article on The Points Guy details them.
The Many Flavors of Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator (Jason Steele, April 13th, 2015).
Where can I see information on all available Barclays Barclaycard AAdvantage cards?
Barclaycard AAdvantage® Aviator® Mastercard®
Barclaycard AAdvantage® Aviator® Blue Mastercard®
Barclaycard AAdvantage® Aviator® Red Mastercard®
Barclaycard AAdvantage® Aviator® Silver World Elite Mastercard®
Barclaycard AAdvantage® Aviator® Business Mastercard®
(These links are to aa.com pages for the respective Aviator cards)
Link to American Airlines® AAdvantage® Aviator™ Red MasterCard® Reward Rules T&C (Feb 2017)
Link to American Airlines® AAdvantage® Aviator™ Silver World Elite MasterCard® Reward Rules T&C (Feb 2017)
Link to FT thread Citi & Barclaycard AAdvantage Credit Card Free Domestic Checked Bag / Baggage
Aviator Red applications are available at the airport or in flight in 2017, or online at https://home.barclaycardus.com
New Red cardholders may apply to upgrade to Aviator Silver after 90 days. Existing Red cardholders (prior to 2017) may apply to upgrade to Silver at any time.
Aviator Silver offers EQM:
"Additional Benefits of your Account
Elite Qualifying Miles
The primary cardmember may earn 5,000 Elite Qualifying Miles ("EQMs") after spending $20,000 in Net Purchases that post to the AAdvantage® Aviator™ Silver account from January 1st through December 31st each calendar year. The primary cardmember may earn an additional 5,000 AAdvantage® EQMs each calendar year when the cardmember reaches $40,000 in spending on Net Purchases with the AAdvantage Aviator Silver account during the same period. An AAdvantage® Aviator™ Silver primary cardmember may earn the maximum 10,000 EQMs once per calendar year, unless the cardmember has already earned the maximum number of EQMs through another AAdvantage® Aviator™ Silver account. EQMs earned are in addition to the AAdvantage miles earned for Net Purchases made on the AAdvantage®Aviator™ Silver account. Net Purchases exclude returned goods and services, cash advances, convenience checks, transferred balances, credits, fees and interest charges. Net Purchases made by authorized users through additional cards on the primary cardmember's AAdvantage® Aviator™ Silver account will count toward the primary cardmember's qualifying spend. EQMs earned as a result of this benefit will typically be posted to the primary cardmember's AAdvantage® account 6-8 weeks after meeting the spend requirement. EQMs will not count toward Million Miler℠ status. EQMs cannot be redeemed for award travel, AAdvantage® miles or any other AAdvantage® program awards. EQMs earned with the AAdvantage® Aviator™ Silver account qualify toward the primary cardmember's AAdvantage® program elite status earning requirements each calendar year, subject to the limits under the Reward Rules and the AAdvantage® Program. Full details on elite status and qualifications are available in the AAdvantage® section of aa.com."
Both cards will offer spend offsets to the required Elite Qualifying Dollar spend in 2017.[/B]
Spend $25,000 or more on a Barclaycard-issued American AAdvantage Aviator Red credit card and earn 3,000 EQD.
Spend $25,000 on a Barclaycard-issued AAdvantage Aviator Silver credit card and earn an additional 3,000 EQD - a second $25,000 spend will earn another 3,000 EQD.
You can not hold both cards and combine earnings. You can notvearn more than $6,000 EQD spend offset in one year. Qualifying purchases are 1 Jan - 31 Dec of one year.
See EQ Dollar / EQD offset via Barclaycard Aviator Card – announcement, details for further information.
and FAQ: Earning EQD / Elite Qualifying Dollars on AA and Partner Airlines (2017 on)
Spend $20,000 on your Silver card in one calendar year, earn 5,000 EQM; spend a total of $40,000 or more on your Silver card, earn 5,000 more EQM.
Above updated 16 Feb 2017 - JDiver
What are the benefits of the Aviator Silver card?
- Earn 3X miles for every dollar spent on eligible US Airways and American Airlines purchases
- Earn 2X miles for every dollar spent on hotels and car rentals
- Earn 1X miles for every dollar spent on all other purchases
- Earn 5,000 Elite Qualifying Miles for each $20,000 in annual purchases (10,000 maximum EQMs per year)
- First checked bag free for you and up to 8 companions traveling on the same reservation
- A Companion Certificate good for up to 2 guests at $99 each will be issued each year after your account anniversary when you spend $30,000 or more in purchases (taxes and fees apply)
- No foreign transaction fees
- Premium Servicing including US-based Customer Service, World Elite Concierge and Luxury Travel Benefits
- Receive 10% of your redeemed miles back, up to 10,000 miles each calendar year
- Apply for Global Entry with TSA PreCheck and, upon approval, experience expedited, more efficient security screenings, moving you smoothly through U.S. Customs when returning from traveling abroad. Pay for the $100 Global Entry application fee with your card and you'll automatically receive a $100 statement credit 2-3 weeks after your transaction.
- With this benefit, the primary cardmember can receive one application fee statement credit every 5 years when the Global Entry membership needs to be renewed.
According to the Aviator card FAQ,
Thus, this benefit
For additional information about the 10% rebate benefit, see FAQ: AAdvantage Citi / Barclays 10% miles / mileage rebate (consolidated)and the associated wiki.
For this benefit to apply, your account must be open and active at the time of redemption.
The American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles you will earn through this benefit will be based on 10% of the total AAdvantage miles you redeem each month during the calendar year. The maximum number of AAdvantage® bonus miles that can be earned annually from this benefit is 10,000 AAdvantage bonus miles per calendar year and per AAdvantage® account, regardless of how many AAdvantage miles you redeem in that calendar year.
This benefit only applies to AAdvantage miles redeemed from the primary Cardmember’s AAdvantage® account. Please allow 6-8 weeks after your redemption for American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles to post to the primary Cardmember’s AAdvantage account.
The American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles you will earn through this benefit will be based on 10% of the total AAdvantage miles you redeem each month during the calendar year. The maximum number of AAdvantage® bonus miles that can be earned annually from this benefit is 10,000 AAdvantage bonus miles per calendar year and per AAdvantage® account, regardless of how many AAdvantage miles you redeem in that calendar year.
This benefit only applies to AAdvantage miles redeemed from the primary Cardmember’s AAdvantage® account. Please allow 6-8 weeks after your redemption for American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles to post to the primary Cardmember’s AAdvantage account.
- applies to all miles redemptions, regardless of the passenger name on the airline ticket or other award.
- is limited to 10,000 miles in rebates per calendar year, regardless of how many Barclays and/or Citi AA cards you have.
For additional information about the 10% rebate benefit, see FAQ: AAdvantage Citi / Barclays 10% miles / mileage rebate (consolidated)and the associated wiki.
ARCHIVE: Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator Silver and Red Cards
May 2, 2017, 4:53 pm
#1276
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Arizona
Posts: 5,689
Has anyone successfully used the EQMS or EQDs to meet a AA Platinum Challenge?
May 2, 2017, 8:19 pm
#1277
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 210
Does upgrading from Aviator red to silver reset spending history
I have already met 25k spending on the red card so getting $3k eqd.
I was under the impression that upgrading silver will keep that history so another 25k spending after upgrade will net me another 3k eqd, until, a phone agent from Barclay told me otherwise, that I need 50k spending.
Does anyone know concrete example one way or the other?
I was under the impression that upgrading silver will keep that history so another 25k spending after upgrade will net me another 3k eqd, until, a phone agent from Barclay told me otherwise, that I need 50k spending.
Does anyone know concrete example one way or the other?
May 2, 2017, 9:05 pm
#1278
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: NYC,MIA,XFL
Programs: AA EXP, B6 Mosaic, DL PM
Posts: 863
I upgraded to Silver in the middle of the year last year, and my prior spending counted towards EQMs. I assume it's the same for EQDs and that Barclay rep is unfamiliar with the details.
May 2, 2017, 9:37 pm
#1279
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: FNT, but DTW if I can't help it
Programs: AAdvantage Former EXP/Current PLT / Total Rewards - Diamond / Hilton HHonors - Gold
Posts: 757
FYI there's a huge thread where this is already discussed:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...in-2017-a.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...in-2017-a.html
May 3, 2017, 8:36 am
#1280
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: DCA
Programs: AA PPro, Mariott Ambassador, B6 Mosaic, SBUX Gold, Best Buy Elite
Posts: 1,838
Anyone use these cards with quicken? I find that downloads are very erratic. Sometimes I have to reset the account in quicken before I get them again.
May 4, 2017, 12:08 pm
#1281
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: AA Executive Platinum; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,663
Question on Silver card spending tracking
I recently converted the Red card to the Silver card. When I view my rewards activity (two clicks beyond the home page), I get two charts: "Companion Certificate" and "Elite Qualifying Miles" showing my progress. I know this card also provides an Elite Qualifying Dollar benefit but that does not seem to be tracked outwardly. Is that the same for you other Silver cardholders, or is your progress toward EQD tracked on the site?
May 4, 2017, 12:29 pm
#1282
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: DCA
Programs: AA PPro, Mariott Ambassador, B6 Mosaic, SBUX Gold, Best Buy Elite
Posts: 1,838
I recently converted the Red card to the Silver card. When I view my rewards activity (two clicks beyond the home page), I get two charts: "Companion Certificate" and "Elite Qualifying Miles" showing my progress. I know this card also provides an Elite Qualifying Dollar benefit but that does not seem to be tracked outwardly. Is that the same for you other Silver cardholders, or is your progress toward EQD tracked on the site?
May 4, 2017, 1:36 pm
#1283
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: PHL
Programs: AA(PPro), UA, AGR, BW(Plat), HH, WoH, MB(S)
Posts: 778
I'm hoping that gets sorted out soon. The AA Silver is my go-to card right now, and I'm a Quicken junkie.
May 8, 2017, 9:00 am
#1284
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: DCA
Programs: AA PPro, Mariott Ambassador, B6 Mosaic, SBUX Gold, Best Buy Elite
Posts: 1,838
I do, and doing the downloads to Quicken from the Barclay AA card have become very problematic. I have not had it work cleanly in weeks. I did a hard account reset in Quicken, and it then downloaded maybe 100 transactions as "new," many of which were months old and had already been downloaded and reconciled. Quicken will not let you bulk delete downloaded transactions waiting for acceptance, so cleaning that up required some "creativity."
I'm hoping that gets sorted out soon. The AA Silver is my go-to card right now, and I'm a Quicken junkie.
I'm hoping that gets sorted out soon. The AA Silver is my go-to card right now, and I'm a Quicken junkie.
May 17, 2017, 2:51 pm
#1285
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Austin, TX
Programs: AA EXP, SPG Platinum, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 178
I have already met 25k spending on the red card so getting $3k eqd.
I was under the impression that upgrading silver will keep that history so another 25k spending after upgrade will net me another 3k eqd, until, a phone agent from Barclay told me otherwise, that I need 50k spending.
Does anyone know concrete example one way or the other?
I was under the impression that upgrading silver will keep that history so another 25k spending after upgrade will net me another 3k eqd, until, a phone agent from Barclay told me otherwise, that I need 50k spending.
Does anyone know concrete example one way or the other?
Thanks.
May 17, 2017, 7:42 pm
#1286
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: AA Executive Platinum; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,663
The YTD spend transfers from Red to Silver.
May 18, 2017, 9:36 am
#1287
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: DCA
Programs: AS MVP Gold 75K
Posts: 947
Hi, all.
I've had the Red card for several months now.
This morning, the card was declined by a merchant, and then I noticed that an AA ticket purchase yesterday was still showing "pending".
When I called Barclay's this morning, they told me I was being declined for non-payment; since my balance was and is $0, they quickly retreated to telling me that this is a "known issue" and that it would be fixed within two hours.
Two and a half hours later, it was not fixed. I called again, and they offered me frequent flyer miles... as if that makes up for not being able to purchase goods and services with the credit card I'm paying for.
Is anybody else having this issue? Is it system-wide as they're leading me to believe, or is there some subset of customers dealing with it. Does anybody know a work-around?
I've had the Red card for several months now.
This morning, the card was declined by a merchant, and then I noticed that an AA ticket purchase yesterday was still showing "pending".
When I called Barclay's this morning, they told me I was being declined for non-payment; since my balance was and is $0, they quickly retreated to telling me that this is a "known issue" and that it would be fixed within two hours.
Two and a half hours later, it was not fixed. I called again, and they offered me frequent flyer miles... as if that makes up for not being able to purchase goods and services with the credit card I'm paying for.
Is anybody else having this issue? Is it system-wide as they're leading me to believe, or is there some subset of customers dealing with it. Does anybody know a work-around?
May 18, 2017, 2:20 pm
#1288
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: CLT
Programs: AA EXP; Avis PC; Hertz PC; Marriott LT Gold; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,133
Thanks!
May 18, 2017, 5:13 pm
#1289
Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: AA EXP, Hertz Gold Plus, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 338
May 19, 2017, 7:02 am
#1290
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: PHX & AGP
Programs: AA Lifetime PLT, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium, Hilton Gold
Posts: 11,457
Hi, all.
I've had the Red card for several months now.
This morning, the card was declined by a merchant, and then I noticed that an AA ticket purchase yesterday was still showing "pending".
When I called Barclay's this morning, they told me I was being declined for non-payment; since my balance was and is $0, they quickly retreated to telling me that this is a "known issue" and that it would be fixed within two hours.
Two and a half hours later, it was not fixed. I called again, and they offered me frequent flyer miles... as if that makes up for not being able to purchase goods and services with the credit card I'm paying for.
Is anybody else having this issue? Is it system-wide as they're leading me to believe, or is there some subset of customers dealing with it. Does anybody know a work-around?
I've had the Red card for several months now.
This morning, the card was declined by a merchant, and then I noticed that an AA ticket purchase yesterday was still showing "pending".
When I called Barclay's this morning, they told me I was being declined for non-payment; since my balance was and is $0, they quickly retreated to telling me that this is a "known issue" and that it would be fixed within two hours.
Two and a half hours later, it was not fixed. I called again, and they offered me frequent flyer miles... as if that makes up for not being able to purchase goods and services with the credit card I'm paying for.
Is anybody else having this issue? Is it system-wide as they're leading me to believe, or is there some subset of customers dealing with it. Does anybody know a work-around?