May 14, 2014, 1:15 pm
Last edit by: rrgg
This thread is a continuation of the discussion posted here from 12.08.2012 - 5.13.2014: Barclays Arrival/Arrival Cards (1.05%/2.1% travel credits)
Current offer for Arrival Plus is 70K pts w/$5K spend & AF waived 1st year.
Barclays says that you earn “miles” but you’re actually earning cash back with the card since you can’t transfer your Barclays miles to airlines. But you can redeem them for statement credits at 0.5 cents per mile (poor value) or 1.05 cent per mile if you redeem for travel.
You get 5% of your miles back if you redeem for travel, so 40,000 miles gets you $400 towards travel and 2,000 miles back (5% of your miles back). You must have at least 10K 'miles' in your acct if you wish to redeem as a travel credit. 2500 'miles' can be redeemed for a stmt credit though.
If you want, you can redeem miles to cover a portion of a travel charge instead of the full amount. For example, if you have 80k miles and a $740 airline charge, you can choose to redeem just 70k to cover $700 of the charge.
You earn 2X miles on all purchases, so you’re effectively getting 2% cash back for each purchase. But since you get 5% of your miles back when you redeem for travel, this is effectively a 2.1% cash back card when miles are redeemed for travel.
This makes the Barclaycard Arrival PlusTM World Elite MasterCard® (with 2.1% cash back for travel) better than the Capital One Venture card which offers only 2 miles per $1 or 2% cash back, only if you spend $30k+ per year after first year, because Arrival Plus AF is $30 more than Venture.
If you receive a call from 302-255-8000 after applying for this or any other Barclay's card, it is a legit number! You can also call them back directly at 866-951-1437.
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Let's crowd source things that have counted towards travel redemptions that are not so obvious
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Don't forget travel purchase needs to be > $100 charge for 10K mile redemption
Airlines that post purchases of multiple tickets as one amount or split them:
One Amount
BA (USD based award ticket)
Multiple Transactions
UA (award)
DL (award)
Current offer for Arrival Plus is 70K pts w/$5K spend & AF waived 1st year.
Barclays says that you earn “miles” but you’re actually earning cash back with the card since you can’t transfer your Barclays miles to airlines. But you can redeem them for statement credits at 0.5 cents per mile (poor value) or 1.05 cent per mile if you redeem for travel.
You get 5% of your miles back if you redeem for travel, so 40,000 miles gets you $400 towards travel and 2,000 miles back (5% of your miles back). You must have at least 10K 'miles' in your acct if you wish to redeem as a travel credit. 2500 'miles' can be redeemed for a stmt credit though.
If you want, you can redeem miles to cover a portion of a travel charge instead of the full amount. For example, if you have 80k miles and a $740 airline charge, you can choose to redeem just 70k to cover $700 of the charge.
You earn 2X miles on all purchases, so you’re effectively getting 2% cash back for each purchase. But since you get 5% of your miles back when you redeem for travel, this is effectively a 2.1% cash back card when miles are redeemed for travel.
This makes the Barclaycard Arrival PlusTM World Elite MasterCard® (with 2.1% cash back for travel) better than the Capital One Venture card which offers only 2 miles per $1 or 2% cash back, only if you spend $30k+ per year after first year, because Arrival Plus AF is $30 more than Venture.
If you receive a call from 302-255-8000 after applying for this or any other Barclay's card, it is a legit number! You can also call them back directly at 866-951-1437.
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Regarding official company representatives
Note that there is an official procedure for company representatives to register themselves with the FlyerTalk Community Director and verify their credentials. When that process is completed, the username will turn green in posts, rather than the standard blue.
Anyone who does not appear in green has not followed this procedure. Those posts should be considered the same as any other user's posts. It is important to remember that the moderation team does not generally monitor the veracity of any posts; it is up to you to judge a poster's content and history yourself.
Let's crowd source things that have counted towards travel redemptions that are not so obvious
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Don't forget travel purchase needs to be > $100 charge for 10K mile redemption
- 9/11 Museum and Memorial - NYC
- Accuracy Limo (via Square, Salt Lake City, UT limo service)
- ACE Adventures (West Virginia White Water Rafting), had to call in to get it processed manually
- agoda.com
- AirAsia Flights (airasia.com)
- airbnb bookings
- airbnb GC purchased on United MPX site
- Alaska Airlines checked baggage fee $25 charge
- Amazing Bike Tours Thailand
- AA Gift Card
- American Airlines telephone booking (including booking fee)
- Amtrak train ticket >$25 (ALB-NYP)
- Amtrak train ticket >$25 (unknown destinations)
- Arrival+ Annual Fee
- Argosy Cruises (SEA, classified as RECREATION)
- Autoeurope.com
- BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) San Francisco
- Balloons over Bagan
- Bieber bus tickets
- Boston MBTA Charlie Card reload & Commuter Rail passes & tickets
- Burj Khalifa observation decks
- Buying Lifemiles from Avianca
- Capitaine Train Tickets (capitaine.com)
- Carmel Limo (NYC car service)
- carrentals.com
- cheaptickets.com hotel
- Chinese Visa Application Fees (had to call in. Credit showed up in account in 2 business days. See Post 912 and 921 for details)
- City Taxi (Tampa)
- CostcoTravel
- Cotai Waterjet (Hong Kong)
- CT Limo
- Daily Getaways purchase of HHonors points
- DB Bahn Trains Germany (bahn.de)
- Disneyland Hong Kong (Manual redemption required)
- DriveNow - all locations in EU/US
- Dublin Bus Tours Hop on, Hop off (Green)
- Eiffel Tower (manual redemption by phone allowed)
- Empire State Building tickets
- Enterprise rent-a-car, paid at the counter when returning the car (used Chase United Visa initially for primary coverage, but asked to pay with a different card when returning the car)
- Eurostar Train Tickets (eurostar.com)
- Europcar.com
- Expedia.com
- Hertz Rent-a-Car (booked on hertz.com)
- Hong Kong Airport Express Pass
- Hotel bookings through Rocketmiles (even refundable bookings or those tied to other promotions)
- Hotels.com
- Hotwire
- ItaliaRail (online booking agency for TrenItalia)
- LA Swamp Tours, Steamboat cruise, Haunted History Tours (New Orleans)
- Lahaina-Maui Ferry Tickets - booked online at www.go-lanai.com
- Las Vegas Show Booked through hotel
Las Vegas show tickets booked online (Mandalay Bay Box office) - Limo Charges - Two limo charges that I made in March PRIOR the the recent changes to what qualifies as "Travel" showed up as eligible travel charges. I guess with the changes to what's covered, and for how long, these got pulled back in.
- Lyft
- M-Life advance reservation deposit
- Montway Auto Transport (deposit)
- New York City MTA Subway Cards
- New York Waterways Ferry (between NJ and NYC)
- Ngong Ping 360 (Hong Kong)
- Norwegian Cruise Line purchase made from telephone order from vacationstogo.com
- Norwegian Cruise Line (deposits and payments)
- NS Hispeed Train Tickets (nshispeed.com)
- NYC Taxi
- Orbitz.com purchase
- ORCA card for Seattle area tolls (considered the very typical GOVERNMENT SERVICES NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED)
- Paris RATP Metro/VATP (buy 10-ticket pack for >$25 and save cost)
- PeruRail (Machu Picchu train)
- PMRF Beach Cottages (Kauai)
- Priceline
- Primetime Shuttle (Worked from LAX-SNA)
- rail europe on Travelocity
- rail JR Rail in Japan, load as tourist attraction, call in to get it credit (Post#938)
- Safari Helicopter Tour (Kauai)
- Sandals.com resort booking (unique vacations) was not redeemable last year. Is redeemable online now
- SEASTREAK LLC - NYC (Commuter Ferri)
- Singapore Cable Car
- Southwest $100 gift card
- Southwest Early Bird Check-in (billed separately from airfare charges)
- Spirit of NY Dinner Cruises - www.spiritcruises.com, which have cruises in several other cities as well.
- Starwood Vacation Ownership (SPG Timeshare) Westin Princeville Kauai (coded as Timeshare).
- St Pauls Cathedral (manual redemption by phone allowed)
- Super Shuttle (mixed, worked in SF when (billed SUPERSHUTTLE EXECUCARS), worked in Boston (SUPERSHUTTLE BOSTON), failed in LA (SUPERSHUTTLE), Worked in Cancun.
- Taxi in Zürich
- Top of the Rock tickets - NYC
- Trenitalia Online
- Trimet (Portland OR public transportation)
- Trip Advisor Rental
- TurboJET (Hong Kong)
- Uber
- Uber GC through MPX $100 (re-confirmed 11/1/2018, using Arrival Premier)
- United Baggage Fee
- Universal Studio Orlando tickets (had to call in)
- Viator (sightseeing/tours)
- Victoria Clipper (passenger ferry)
- Wedding at the Stratosphere's Chapel in the Clouds (billed as stratosphere)
- Windsor Castle (manual redemption by phone allowed)
- Wine purchases from different wine tasting rooms
- WMATA (Washington DC Metro) - [[COLOR="Red"]reconfirmed 10/5/15]
- Zipcar
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Partial redemptions are possible - however you cannot redeem against that charge again. So if you have a $500 charge and you spend 40K points against it, you cannot redeem 10K points for the remaining $100 of that charge. - www.b-europe.com (SNCB rail)
- Amtrak (possibly due <$25 charge)
- Blue Water Rafting. Merchant category "Recreation Services -- Not elsewhere classified"
- Brazil airline GOL booked online codes as DIRECT MARKETING/DIRECT MARKETERS--NOT ELESWH ..
- Broadmoor Hotel Food and Beverage (Colorado Spring, CO)
- budgetair.co.uk (charged >$200)
- Car2go
- De Palm Tours, Aruba (classified as Recreation. Called Barclay twice.)
- Description: ZERVE *CA WHALES Merchant Category: THEATRICAL PRODUCERS (EXCEPT MOTION PICTURES), TICKET AGENCIES...Tickets to whale watching tour purchased over the phone.
- Evan Evans Sightseeing tours (UK based)- http://www.evanevanstours.co.uk
- Fastrak tag autoload for San Francisco bridge tolls ($25)
- Global Entry
- Gotobus.com Long Distance Buses, ~$100
- Homeaway.com, posts as real estate. Barclays said they'd make a one-time exception but future purchases won't count as travel.
- Hostelbookers.com deposit (maybe the charge which is >$25 will count?)
- Hotels.com Gift Card
- IHG points and cash hotel redemption
- Malaysian Overnight Train KUL-SIN (ktmb.com.my)
- Monterey Aquarium
- Parking at DCA - $136 (7/9/19)
- Parking at HSV ($96 in parking at Huntsville International Airport)
- Parking at IAH (Houston Intercontinental - on airport) -$76 (PARKING LOTS AND GARAGES)
- Parking at LAS
- Parking at LGA $204
- Parking at Port Imperial, Weehawken, NJ
- Parking at SNA (John Wayne Airport)
- San Francisco Clipper Card public transit (autoload from website)
- Skyjump at Stratosphere Hotel LV $150 (01/14) - not charged by hotel.
- Space Needle and Chihuly Garden Tickets
- Starwood points purchase (BUSINESS SERVICES NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED)
- Taxi Magic /Curb- Taxi service
- Thello train (France-Italy night train, codes as rail-freight)
- Trenitalia (both online and in stations, posts as rail-freight)
- UBER eGift Card (bought through the UBER app) for $100 - Not coded as "travel," so couldn't redeem online and they wouldn't do it over the phone, either.
Airlines that post purchases of multiple tickets as one amount or split them:
One Amount
BA (USD based award ticket)
Multiple Transactions
UA (award)
DL (award)
Barclays Arrival Plus, now 70K w/$5k spend
Aug 8, 2014, 9:04 am
#901
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 131
Similarly, I bought a gift card to use the rest of my balance, but it's only letting me use 2500 miles towards it instead of 3000 mi even though it's more than $30. But it will let me use 3000 mi against the annual fee. If I use it against the annual fee, will they still refund me the full annual fee?
Aug 8, 2014, 10:05 am
#902
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,762
Called this morning, the front line rep transferred me to Reward Dept and got a rep based in Wilton, Maine.
He opened a case on the request to redeem it against the payment for Visa application fee. Outcome would be seen in 1 to 2 billing cycles.
Aug 8, 2014, 3:03 pm
#903
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 225
What is my chance for getting this card?
-FICO 750+
-5 HP on TU (I assume only TU matters) within 12 months including 1 from Barclays
-2 HP within 6 months.
-FICO 750+
-5 HP on TU (I assume only TU matters) within 12 months including 1 from Barclays
-2 HP within 6 months.
Aug 9, 2014, 9:16 am
#904
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 498
cancelled my arrival plus this morning as other cards offer similar and they would not give me anything in retention (which is fine).
Aug 9, 2014, 11:19 am
#906
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 31
You can save up those points for 20,000 to redeem $200 statement credit, or open Fidelity CMA (free by the way), and start redeeming them at 5,000 points to $50.
Aug 10, 2014, 3:41 pm
#907
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 232
I searched the thread for hints but could not get any.
I have 10K miles left on this card, which I must have to cancel by October to avoid the annual fee. I don't have any eligible travel expense coming in next two months. What are the possible 'manufactures spend' (Airline gift card ?) that qualifies for redemption.
Appreciate assistance.
I have 10K miles left on this card, which I must have to cancel by October to avoid the annual fee. I don't have any eligible travel expense coming in next two months. What are the possible 'manufactures spend' (Airline gift card ?) that qualifies for redemption.
Appreciate assistance.
Aug 10, 2014, 6:59 pm
#908
Suspended
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORD
Programs: AA, UA, AS, DL, BA, F9, IHG Plat, HH Gold, CC Gold, SPG Gold, MR Silver
Posts: 1,786
I searched the thread for hints but could not get any.
I have 10K miles left on this card, which I must have to cancel by October to avoid the annual fee. I don't have any eligible travel expense coming in next two months. What are the possible 'manufactures spend' (Airline gift card ?) that qualifies for redemption.
Appreciate assistance.
I have 10K miles left on this card, which I must have to cancel by October to avoid the annual fee. I don't have any eligible travel expense coming in next two months. What are the possible 'manufactures spend' (Airline gift card ?) that qualifies for redemption.
Appreciate assistance.
Aug 10, 2014, 7:00 pm
#909
Suspended
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORD
Programs: AA, UA, AS, DL, BA, F9, IHG Plat, HH Gold, CC Gold, SPG Gold, MR Silver
Posts: 1,786
Aug 11, 2014, 4:09 pm
#911
Join Date: Aug 2005
Programs: AA LTP, UA, DL, HH, Marriott/SPG
Posts: 585
The process is given on Barclays own website. I set my PIN online and then there is a link to direct you to read the instructions on how to prepare the card for international travel.
Frankly I dont recall ever receiving a PIN from Barclays when the card comes. There is never a separate mailer for PIN.
Since the function to set PIN is display on the Account Summary screen, under Manage Account, I assume that one would set one's own PIN online.
Frankly I dont recall ever receiving a PIN from Barclays when the card comes. There is never a separate mailer for PIN.
Since the function to set PIN is display on the Account Summary screen, under Manage Account, I assume that one would set one's own PIN online.
"When you travel abroad, please note that you must sign for your first transaction at a location with a cashier or attendant. After your first transaction has gone through, your PIN will be activated and you'll be able to use your card at unattended terminals where a PIN is required".
Now, I did charge a few signed transactions in Munich before I attempted the S Bahn machines. Since it worked for wsflyer at the S Bahn machines, then I have to assume that my PIN did not activate as was supposed to per the instructions or maybe the PIN doesn't activate until the initial signed transaction actually posts. Again, I was able to use my Andrew's card there with no problem.
Did anyone else have similar issues?
Aug 11, 2014, 9:58 pm
#912
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,762
I notice my reward miles balance went down by a large amount, upon reconciliation of recent activities it looks to me 40K was redeemed, 4000 came back as 10% rebate, and a pending, not yet posted charge has its earning included in the balance.
Yet, I have not seen the $400 credit shows up in my account.
Does this mean the request on redemption is granted? If so, how long it takes the credit to post?
Yet, I have not seen the $400 credit shows up in my account.
Does this mean the request on redemption is granted? If so, how long it takes the credit to post?
Aug 11, 2014, 10:04 pm
#913
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Wine Country, Finger Lakes
Programs: LFFRS BOD
Posts: 1,355
I notice my reward miles balance went down by a large amount, upon reconciliation of recent activities it looks to me 40K was redeemed, 4000 came back as 10% rebate, and a pending, not yet posted charge has its earning included in the balance.
Yet, I have not seen the $400 credit shows up in my account.
Does this mean the request on redemption is granted? If so, how long it takes the credit to post?
Yet, I have not seen the $400 credit shows up in my account.
Does this mean the request on redemption is granted? If so, how long it takes the credit to post?
08/06/14
Travel Credit
-100.00
08/06/14
Travel Credit
-400.00
Aug 11, 2014, 10:17 pm
#914
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: philly
Posts: 85
how can i get credit back if my charge is like $297?
do i have to put $300 ? since it is every 2500point?
do i have to put $300 ? since it is every 2500point?
Aug 11, 2014, 10:29 pm
#915
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: San Antonio
Programs: AS MVP
Posts: 2,276
No. You will be given several options including 25,000 for a $250 credit and 29,700 for a $297 credit. If it is not an even dollar amount the number of points required for a full credit is rounded up to the next 100 points. For example 157.37 will allow 15,000 for a $150 credit or 15,800 for a $157.37 credit.