Oct 18, 2013, 8:43 am
Last edit by: pgary
50,000-mile offer
Earn 20,000 miles after your first purchase and payment of the annual fee,
then an additional 30,000 award miles after you make $5,000 in purchases w/in first 90 days.
60,000-mile offer:
Same as the above 50K offer, except an additional 40,000 award miles after you make $5,000 in purchases w/in first 90 days. To see this obscure obscure offers details, scroll down to Welcome Bonus in the T&C.
Earn 20,000 miles after your first purchase and payment of the annual fee,
then an additional 30,000 award miles after you make $5,000 in purchases w/in first 90 days.
- $89 annual fee, not waived
- no foreign transaction fees
- annual companion ticket
- 2 Lufthansa Business Lounge vouchers annually
60,000-mile offer:
Same as the above 50K offer, except an additional 40,000 award miles after you make $5,000 in purchases w/in first 90 days. To see this obscure obscure offers details, scroll down to Welcome Bonus in the T&C.
Barclays (USA) Lufthansa MasterCard - Revived - 50K after $5K spend
Nov 25, 2014, 1:24 pm
#241
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,516
Barclays is not as easy to deal with at Recon as Chase and Citi, and it definitely doesn't work to call over and over. But I don't see the harm in calling at least once. But since you already have one open, I doubt you will get approved for another one. I tried the "I need one for personal, and one for business" approach for a second US card, and got nowhere. 
So, it seems that since they didn't pull a credit report, they first checked if I currently have this product - wasn't an issue 8 months ago, when I got my second usair mc while first one was opened. It seems they changed the procedure.
I didn't call - if credit report wasn't used, it means that for recon they will pull it and I have too many recent apps - which wouldn't work in my favor.
Nov 26, 2014, 4:10 pm
#243
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
EDIT: I just got a letter from Barclays that the reason for decline was something like that "you are established the max allowance of this product with us. The credit report wasn't used."
So, it seems that since they didn't pull a credit report, they first checked if I currently have this product - wasn't an issue 8 months ago, when I got my second usair mc while first one was opened. It seems they changed the procedure.
I didn't call - if credit report wasn't used, it means that for recon they will pull it and I have too many recent apps - which wouldn't work in my favor.
So, it seems that since they didn't pull a credit report, they first checked if I currently have this product - wasn't an issue 8 months ago, when I got my second usair mc while first one was opened. It seems they changed the procedure.
I didn't call - if credit report wasn't used, it means that for recon they will pull it and I have too many recent apps - which wouldn't work in my favor.
So I just applied and got an instant approval. Will report if/when I get the bonus posted.
Nov 26, 2014, 7:55 pm
#244
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
Thanks for posting that. Based on that, I decided there is a very good chance that if I'm not going to qualify for the bonus miles, they will deny my app, which would mean no harm done.
So I just applied and got an instant approval. Will report if/when I get the bonus posted.
So I just applied and got an instant approval. Will report if/when I get the bonus posted.
Obviously not useless, but it was LH FC I was after... 
Nov 26, 2014, 10:38 pm
#245
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 396
For those wanting to know if this card is churnable: I'd say yes. I have successfully churned in 2012, 2013, and 2014. In each case I reapplied after closing the previous acct 30 days prior. Sitting on nearly 150K from all three apps: 35K, 50K, and 50K plus spend miles. Planning on churning again sometime at the beginning of next year.
Nov 27, 2014, 8:12 am
#246
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
Well, I still don't know, but my wife and I closed ours many months ago. So we are reapplying and will see what happens. Applying thru "in private". We are not going to link the new card to our current Barclays cc page, we are going to set up a new page just for this card. Don't know if that will make any difference, but it's worth a shot. Pretty certain we will get the first 20K, but the following 30K is a crapshoot.
Dec 3, 2014, 9:17 am
#247
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
Well, I still don't know, but my wife and I closed ours many months ago. So we are reapplying and will see what happens. Applying thru "in private". We are not going to link the new card to our current Barclays cc page, we are going to set up a new page just for this card. Don't know if that will make any difference, but it's worth a shot. Pretty certain we will get the first 20K, but the following 30K is a crapshoot.
Dec 27, 2014, 2:13 pm
#249
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
I haven't met the minimum spend yet, but I did make a first purchase, and that 20K bonus is already in my LH account.
Dec 30, 2014, 3:16 pm
#251
Join Date: May 2014
Location: SoCal
Posts: 2,164
Jan 6, 2015, 12:20 pm
#252
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
Not with the link I used. It offered 20k on first use, 30K more after spending $5K in 3 months. But I applied for that in late Nov 2014, and it was a limited time offer which has expired. It comes and goes, so if you want this card, wait a few months and it should come back again.
Jan 6, 2015, 9:12 pm
#253
Join Date: May 2014
Location: SoCal
Posts: 2,164
Not with the link I used. It offered 20k on first use, 30K more after spending $5K in 3 months. But I applied for that in late Nov 2014, and it was a limited time offer which has expired. It comes and goes, so if you want this card, wait a few months and it should come back again.