I wanted to clarify.. can I sign up for $89 Barclay's World Arrival and call to match to 50K offer? I don't have any personal codes or anything.

40K Points offer
 

Just noticed that the Standard Offer, though for a "Limited Time," is a 40,000 points offer:
http://www.barclaycardarrival.com/pr...&cellNumber=24

Does anyone know if purchasing an airline gift certificate would qualify as a travel charge for the purposes of redeeming the $400? Nice find gm9928, I might app for this tomorrow.

New Barclay travel credit cards with 40k and 20k points
 

As posted by thepointsguy:

http://www.barclaycardarrival.com/premium-travel/

Earn 40,000 bonus miles if you make $1,000 or more in purchases in the first 90 days after account opening. 40,000 bonus miles equates to $400 off your next trip!
0% intro APR on purchases for the first 12 months after account opening. After that, variable APR, currently 14.99% or 18.99% depending upon your creditworthiness.
Earn 2X miles on all purchases
No mileage caps and no foreign transaction fees
Get 10% of your miles back when you redeem for travel
Use miles for a statement credit toward any airline purchase to any destination with no restrictions and no blackout dates
Easily redeem your miles for statement credits toward flights, cruises, car rentals, hotels and more
Complimentary Triplt Pro subscription – the mobile travel organizer that helps make traveling easier (an annual $49 value)

AND/OR

http://www.barclaycardarrival.com/travel/

Start by earning 20,000 bonus miles if you make $1,000 or more in purchases in the first 90 days after account opening. 20,000 bonus miles equates to $200 off your next trip!
0% intro APR on purchases for the first 12 months after account opening. After that, variable APR, currently 14.99% or 18.99% depending upon your creditworthiness.
Earn 2X miles on travel and dining purchases
Earn 1X miles on all other purchases
No mileage caps and no foreign transaction fees
Get 10% of your miles back when you redeem for travel
Use miles for a statement credit toward any airline purchase to any destination with no seat restrictions and no blackout dates
Easily redeem your miles for statement credits toward flights, cruises, car rentals, hotels and more
Complimentary Triplt® Pro subscription for one year – the mobile travel organizer that helps make traveling easier ($49 value)

Not the first, Capital One already has two cards: VentureOneSM Rewards and Cash Rewards.

I guess introduction of these cards has something to do with US-AA merger. These look like cards to replace US Airways cards after the merger (in the likely case that Barclays is no longer a credit card issuer for the merged airline).

There's also the Cap1 and BOA cards.

Both of these cards have annual fees. I was thinking of fee-free cards.

There is a free version of the Bank of America card. See this thread:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/credi...l-credits.html

No Capital One card assesses foreign transaction fees, and many have no annual fee.

There are no annual fee versions of both.
https://application.capitalone.com/i...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

https://application.capitalone.com/i...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Thanks guys!

There must be a new affiliate link for this card.

I think it's funny how all the blogs are suddenly featuring this card, even though it's been out for several months now (granted, with an inferior sign up bonus). Plus, the return on this card isn't too different from the BofA Privileges Travel Rewards card (the one with the annual fee), which has been out for almost a year now.

Not sure if I fully understand how to use this card:
It gives you a statement credit on purchases of travel. So if I buy a first class ticket, ie. $8000, then I would need 800,000 points for it be free. Is this logic correct? Don't know how this will be beneficial in comparison to the Sapphire, but I guess it's an alternative card. I definitely like 2x points for any purchase. Any points limits to this?

This card is definitely not for taking first class flights. Use it for cheap trips in Economy where you want to earn flown miles and status.

There is no point to compare it to Sapphire, they are different beasts.

Thanks for the clarification. That's what I thought!

Two months ago, I got my 2nd Barclays US Airways credit card. How long do I have wait between applications?