Mar 16, 2022, 3:26 pm
Barclaycard Avios and Avios Plus credit cards
Feb 23, 2022, 8:02 pm
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Join Date: Sep 2011
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Barclaycard Avios and Avios Plus credit cards
Are these the rumoured new non-Amex Avios credit cards?
https://www.barclaycard.co.uk/conten...ward-rules.pdf
Collect 1 Avios for every £1 you spend, with no monthly fee. You could also receive a welcome bonus and a cabin upgrade voucher.
Welcome bonus
If you’re new to Barclaycard, you’ll collect 5,000 Avios if you spend £1,000 in your first three months. If you already have a Barclaycard, log in to your app and check if you’re eligible to change to this card.
Rewards for spending
Spend £20,000 on the card within 12 months and you’ll receive a British Airways cabin upgrade voucher to use on an Avios Reward Flight booking. You’ll receive one cabin upgrade voucher once you’ve spent £20,000. We’ll send it to your British Airways Executive Club account within five working days.
Welcome bonus
If you’re new to Barclaycard, you’ll collect 25,000 Avios if you spend £3,000 in your first three months. If you already have a Barclaycard, log in to your app and check if you’re eligible to change to this card.
Rewards for spending
Spend £10,000 on the card within 12 months and you’ll receive a British Airways cabin upgrade voucher to use on an Avios Reward Flight booking. You’ll receive one cabin upgrade voucher once you’ve spent £10,000. We’ll send it to your British Airways Executive Club account within five working days.
https://www.barclaycard.co.uk/conten...ward-rules.pdf
Barclaycard Avios
Collect 1 Avios for every £1 you spend, with no monthly fee. You could also receive a welcome bonus and a cabin upgrade voucher.Welcome bonus
If you’re new to Barclaycard, you’ll collect 5,000 Avios if you spend £1,000 in your first three months. If you already have a Barclaycard, log in to your app and check if you’re eligible to change to this card.
Rewards for spending
Spend £20,000 on the card within 12 months and you’ll receive a British Airways cabin upgrade voucher to use on an Avios Reward Flight booking. You’ll receive one cabin upgrade voucher once you’ve spent £20,000. We’ll send it to your British Airways Executive Club account within five working days.
Barclaycard Avios Plus
Collect 1.5 Avios for every £1 you spend on eligible purchases for a £20 monthly fee. You could also receive a welcome bonus and a cabin upgrade voucher.Welcome bonus
If you’re new to Barclaycard, you’ll collect 25,000 Avios if you spend £3,000 in your first three months. If you already have a Barclaycard, log in to your app and check if you’re eligible to change to this card.
Rewards for spending
Spend £10,000 on the card within 12 months and you’ll receive a British Airways cabin upgrade voucher to use on an Avios Reward Flight booking. You’ll receive one cabin upgrade voucher once you’ve spent £10,000. We’ll send it to your British Airways Executive Club account within five working days.
Last edited by PeeTee; Feb 23, 2022 at 8:28 pm
Feb 24, 2022, 1:48 am
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It is quite common with Barclaycard to be able to do product swap (but for some customers it has been reported that this functionality may not be available). I have my oldest Credit Card account since 1999 with Barclaycard and I did few products swaps over time, ending up as a CashBack duo card (Amex/Visa), and later just Visa. However, I was told that Co-branded products could not be swapped to (Hilton Honours) so I ended up with a second Barclaycard product in order to get the Hilton Card, so I wonder if this will be considered a Co-branded card or simply a Barclaycard Rewards product that instead of Cash, gives you Avios. The free product could be a very interesting alternative to the HSBC Premier World Elite MasterCard, my current alternative to Amex for Avios in the few places that do not accept Amex (minus the additional LoungeKey benefit). What would make this product even better, is if it were Forex Free (like the standard Rewards Card), albeit it would probably be a Visa and thus with worst exchange rates than the MasterCard alternatives of Chase UK Debit Card (plus 1% cashback for 1 year) and Santander Zero for example.
Feb 24, 2022, 2:08 am
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Feb 24, 2022, 3:24 am
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Join Date: Apr 2011
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Looks like a good option to switch to from a BA Amex (Blue), take the sign up bonus and start the clock on 24 months to be considered a new Amex customer again. Saying that as someone who doesn't spend enough to earn companion vouchers,and if I did spend bigger a cabin upgrade voucher may be more useful.
Feb 24, 2022, 4:31 am
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Feb 24, 2022, 6:07 am
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Feb 24, 2022, 6:45 am
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i would bet this will works like the Barclays Premier Avios upgrade voucher, itself a copy of the old Lloyds Avios upgrade voucher : Upgrade both ways for one on a return ticket or Upgrade for 2 on a single leg.