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
Nov 4, 2014, 10:53 am
#1366
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: NYC
Posts: 538
http://www.barclaycardarrival.com/ar...deem-your-way/ (fee)
http://www.barclaycardarrival.com/ar...deem-your-way/ (no-fee)
The whole "World v. World Elite" debacle has no bearing on the redemption deadline.
Nov 4, 2014, 11:55 am
#1367
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,872
I have "Arrival No fee "card with no miles & "Arrival Plus" with miles. If I cancel the plus, will I still keep the miles I have on this card?
Nov 4, 2014, 2:39 pm
#1368
Suspended
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 817
Can gasoline count as a "travel expense"?
Nov 5, 2014, 10:19 am
#1371
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
No, it's 120 days for both the fee and no-fee versions cards:
http://www.barclaycardarrival.com/ar...deem-your-way/ (fee)
http://www.barclaycardarrival.com/ar...deem-your-way/ (no-fee)
The whole "World v. World Elite" debacle has no bearing on the redemption deadline.
http://www.barclaycardarrival.com/ar...deem-your-way/ (fee)
http://www.barclaycardarrival.com/ar...deem-your-way/ (no-fee)
The whole "World v. World Elite" debacle has no bearing on the redemption deadline.
Not according to the "upgrade" email I just got from Barclays:
"You've been selected for an upgrade.
In addition to earning 2X miles for every dollar spent on purchases, and 10% miles back to use toward your next redemption every time you redeem for travel statement credits, you'll also enjoy:
Chip-card technology, for greater acceptance when you travel abroad
• Exciting benefits as a result of your card upgrade to World Elite status
(see blue box below)
• Expanded redemption options for travel statement credits including buses, timeshares and more
• 120 days to redeem miles for travel statement credits - that's 30 more days than you previously had! "
Nov 5, 2014, 12:02 pm
#1372
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,872
huh? Here is the thing. I have the A+ for almost a year now. I have another Barclay Hawaiian Airline card with them. I called to cancel the Hawaiin airlines card due to AF. The Rep told me I can convert it to Arrival no fee card. I said yes. I than asked him I already have the A+ & if I cancel it, will I still be able to keep my miles because I will have the no fee Arrival card? He said yes.
Nov 5, 2014, 3:14 pm
#1373
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: NYC
Posts: 538
I received the same lovely message via snail mail (in addition to my card image changing). Unfortunately, Barclays seems to have forgotten to update these types of mailers from the originals that were sent out in the first wave of Arrival+ WEMC upgrades done back in the summer.
Indeed, some of the very first posts in this thread confirm that the additional redemption benefits were bestowed on existing annual-fee holders. Also, if you click on "Explore all of your card's benefits" when you log into your online account, you might be redirected to a WMC benefits page that is the same as the WEMC benefits page. Finally, Barclays has also maintained in its postings on its forums that there is no difference in the Arrival Plus benefits for a WMC or a WEMC.
Indeed, some of the very first posts in this thread confirm that the additional redemption benefits were bestowed on existing annual-fee holders. Also, if you click on "Explore all of your card's benefits" when you log into your online account, you might be redirected to a WMC benefits page that is the same as the WEMC benefits page. Finally, Barclays has also maintained in its postings on its forums that there is no difference in the Arrival Plus benefits for a WMC or a WEMC.
Nov 5, 2014, 9:14 pm
#1374
Join Date: Apr 2012
Programs: 25 million points to burn!
Posts: 1,522
Approved on Saturday for the card. When should I expect it in the mail, if I didn't pay to have it rushed? Got a 3K purchase to meet the minimum spend on Friday. Think it'll be here by then?
Nov 5, 2014, 9:47 pm
#1376
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 4,166
You will be very lucky to receive the card before Friday. Expect it next week.
Nov 6, 2014, 6:30 am
#1377
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 47
Seemed like it took forever when I got mine so when I signed my wife up for hers the other day, I did the fast card fee and got it less than 24 hours after I applied. It was worth it to book for an upcoming trip.
Nov 6, 2014, 7:09 am
#1378
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 207
I have the Arrival Plus Card and annual fee just hit. I still have some points to redeem before I cancel this card. Anyone here know if I can redeem points toward a Hotel Gift Card purchase? (Ie...Marriott Gift Card)?
Edit: I just found this link which is very helpful and pretty much answers my question: http://millionmilesecrets.com/2014/0...unt-as-travel/
Edit: I just found this link which is very helpful and pretty much answers my question: http://millionmilesecrets.com/2014/0...unt-as-travel/
Last edited by zutmin; Nov 6, 2014 at 7:40 am
Nov 6, 2014, 8:42 am
#1379
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: EWR/SNA/SUN
Programs: United 1K; Marriott Titanium
Posts: 499
I remember mine taking forever to show up as well.
Nov 6, 2014, 12:02 pm
#1380
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
I have the Arrival Plus Card and annual fee just hit. I still have some points to redeem before I cancel this card. Anyone here know if I can redeem points toward a Hotel Gift Card purchase? (Ie...Marriott Gift Card)?
Edit: I just found this link which is very helpful and pretty much answers my question: http://millionmilesecrets.com/2014/0...unt-as-travel/
Edit: I just found this link which is very helpful and pretty much answers my question: http://millionmilesecrets.com/2014/0...unt-as-travel/
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