Dec 28, 2016, 7:23 pm
Last edit by: philemer
Personal Card
Click here to get the same offer (see below) with the annual fee waived the first year. First try entering code 999999 in the box at the top of the page. Apparently this offer is from an AA employee selling the card inflight, but it seems to be open to everyone. But publishing that employee's code online could get the employee in trouble. If 999999 doesn't work, use employee code 356467. Note: You will NOT get a $99 Companion Certificate as part of your bonus when the annual fee is waived.
Language from the web offer page: Anniversary Companion Certificate: Each anniversary year; earn a Companion Certificate good for 1 guest at $99 (plus taxes and fees) after spending $20,000 on purchases and your account remains open for 45 days after your anniversary date. There is NO LANGUAGE in this offer regarding a "complimentary" companion certificate.
AAdvantage Aviator Red World Elite Mastercard
1. 70K offer https://cards.barclaycardus.com/cred...0-8f2f74651285 DEAD
2. 60,000 bonus miles and $99 Companion Certificate after first purchase and paying the $99 annual fee
Offer landing page: https://cards.barclaycardus.com/card...astercard.html
The offer fine print:
The primary cardmember will earn sixty thousand (60,000) AAdvantage® bonus miles after a purchase is made on the card account within ninety (90) days of card account opening and the annual fee has been paid. Please allow 4-6 weeks for the AAdvantage®bonus miles to be deposited into your AAdvantage® account. Balance transfers and cash advances do not qualify as purchases. This offer may be canceled at any time without notice.
In addition to the sixty thousand (60,000) AAdvantage® bonus miles, the primary cardmember will earn one (1) domestic economy fare American Airlines introductory Companion Certificate redeemable for one (1) companion ticket at $99 (plus taxes and fees) after a purchase is made on the card account within ninety (90) days of card account opening and the annual fee has been paid. Please allow 8-10 weeks for delivery of the Companion Certificate after the qualifying purchase has posted to your card account and the annual fee has been paid. Balance transfers and cash advances do not qualify as purchases. This offer may be canceled at any time without notice.
This one-time offer is valid for eligible cardmembers. You may not be eligible for this offer if you currently have or previously had an account with us in this program.
There are data points indicating that this is not always enforced: See posts 439, 496, 514, 516, 517, 538, 835
As of Sept. 2017, most people applying for an Aviator card are being denied, "instantly" by a computer, if they already have an Aviator card open. As of Dec. 2017, most people applying for an Aviator card are being denied, even by recon, if they already have an Aviator card open. It had been that current and previous Aviator Red (US Airways Converted) cardmembers were not subject to the 24-month restriction. This seems to have changed as far as current card holders applying for a second, concurrent card. (See posts #185, 193, 194, 195, 198, 199, 211, 220, 247, 290, 527, 529, 532)
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Business Card, see this thread:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cred...-card-50k.html
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RECON. PHONE NUMBERS
Reported phone numbers to call for reconsideration include 866-371-4787, (post 303), 866-205-5973 (post 659), 866-408-4064 (multiple posts), 866-408-4065 (from post #2 in recon thread), 866-369-1283 (from post #7 in recon thread). Other posters have called the general customer service number and asked to be transferred to a credit analyst.
Sign Up Bonus Info:
It appears that if your SUB includes the $95 AF (annual fee), Barclays doesn't post the AF until the 2nd statement. Thus, it will be a min. of 2 statements before you see your SUB points. This is only if the SUB requires the AF (as opposed to some SUBs that just have the $x,xxx in purchases with no AF).
There have been at least two cases in July 2023 where Barclays posted the AF prior to the first statement. In both of those cases, the cardholder paid the AF and other balance prior to the closing date. The SUB was issued as of the first statement for one these accounts. It may be the second one was too close to the closing date.
Posting of points from Barclays SUB to AA seem to take 3-7 days after the SUB posts on the Barclays Statement.
Language from the web offer page: Anniversary Companion Certificate: Each anniversary year; earn a Companion Certificate good for 1 guest at $99 (plus taxes and fees) after spending $20,000 on purchases and your account remains open for 45 days after your anniversary date. There is NO LANGUAGE in this offer regarding a "complimentary" companion certificate.
AAdvantage Aviator Red World Elite Mastercard
2. 60,000 bonus miles and $99 Companion Certificate after first purchase and paying the $99 annual fee
Offer landing page: https://cards.barclaycardus.com/card...astercard.html
The offer fine print:
The primary cardmember will earn sixty thousand (60,000) AAdvantage® bonus miles after a purchase is made on the card account within ninety (90) days of card account opening and the annual fee has been paid. Please allow 4-6 weeks for the AAdvantage®bonus miles to be deposited into your AAdvantage® account. Balance transfers and cash advances do not qualify as purchases. This offer may be canceled at any time without notice.
In addition to the sixty thousand (60,000) AAdvantage® bonus miles, the primary cardmember will earn one (1) domestic economy fare American Airlines introductory Companion Certificate redeemable for one (1) companion ticket at $99 (plus taxes and fees) after a purchase is made on the card account within ninety (90) days of card account opening and the annual fee has been paid. Please allow 8-10 weeks for delivery of the Companion Certificate after the qualifying purchase has posted to your card account and the annual fee has been paid. Balance transfers and cash advances do not qualify as purchases. This offer may be canceled at any time without notice.
This one-time offer is valid for eligible cardmembers. You may not be eligible for this offer if you currently have or previously had an account with us in this program.
There are data points indicating that this is not always enforced: See posts 439, 496, 514, 516, 517, 538, 835
As of Sept. 2017, most people applying for an Aviator card are being denied, "instantly" by a computer, if they already have an Aviator card open. As of Dec. 2017, most people applying for an Aviator card are being denied, even by recon, if they already have an Aviator card open. It had been that current and previous Aviator Red (US Airways Converted) cardmembers were not subject to the 24-month restriction. This seems to have changed as far as current card holders applying for a second, concurrent card. (See posts #185, 193, 194, 195, 198, 199, 211, 220, 247, 290, 527, 529, 532)
__________________________________________________ ___________________________
Business Card, see this thread:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cred...-card-50k.html
__________________________________________________ ___________________________
RECON. PHONE NUMBERS
Reported phone numbers to call for reconsideration include 866-371-4787, (post 303), 866-205-5973 (post 659), 866-408-4064 (multiple posts), 866-408-4065 (from post #2 in recon thread), 866-369-1283 (from post #7 in recon thread). Other posters have called the general customer service number and asked to be transferred to a credit analyst.
Sign Up Bonus Info:
It appears that if your SUB includes the $95 AF (annual fee), Barclays doesn't post the AF until the 2nd statement. Thus, it will be a min. of 2 statements before you see your SUB points. This is only if the SUB requires the AF (as opposed to some SUBs that just have the $x,xxx in purchases with no AF).
There have been at least two cases in July 2023 where Barclays posted the AF prior to the first statement. In both of those cases, the cardholder paid the AF and other balance prior to the closing date. The SUB was issued as of the first statement for one these accounts. It may be the second one was too close to the closing date.
Posting of points from Barclays SUB to AA seem to take 3-7 days after the SUB posts on the Barclays Statement.
Barclays AAdvantage Aviator PERSONAL Card (2016 - 2023)
Jan 10, 2017, 10:02 am
#106
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 512
I would think that you would've needed to have the payment post prior to the statement being generated for any hope of having the miles credited the same month.
Jan 10, 2017, 10:16 am
#107
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 557
That would be a first for me. I've done this with many other cards, including numerous Citi AAdvantage cards, and it never mattered when I paid. Once the statement closed, the miles showed up in my AA account within 3 days.
Jan 10, 2017, 11:27 am
#108
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 512
the terms to this card specify, purchase and annual fee paid to receive the bonus.
Jan 10, 2017, 11:30 am
#109
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 557
I'm not referring to the bonus in this case, just the miles that I earned through my normal spending on that statement.
Jan 11, 2017, 9:31 am
#111
Join Date: May 2014
Location: SoCal
Posts: 2,164
, now i can duplicate the same for my wifeI also got an email today with the following:
"Congratulations, you've earned 40,000 miles.
Thank you for using your new AAdvantage® Aviator™ Red MasterCard®. Your 40,000 American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles will appear on your next credit card billing statement. Shortly after that, your bonus miles will be posted to your AAdvantage® account and be available for redemption. Continue to use your card for all your purchases to earn travel rewards faster."
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Jan 12, 2017, 12:49 am
#113
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: FRA
Programs: MR, DL, MM, HH
Posts: 57
I'm trying to piece a quick reward flight so I'm interested how many more had success with 40k if they had US Airways card which was converted to Aviator Red. I closed mine less than a year ago.
Jan 12, 2017, 10:25 am
#115
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 512
slightly off topic: does the Barclays site make you enter your security answers every time you log on?
Jan 12, 2017, 10:38 am
#116
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 812
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Jan 12, 2017, 11:42 am
#118
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 2,949
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Jan 12, 2017, 12:49 pm
#119
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,138
So I asked Barclays whether I could upgrade the legacy Aviator Red World Mastercard to a WEMC (like the new Aviator Red they just started offering again). Mind you everything is the same except the product grade and the AF. Here is their (headscratching) response.
Thank you for contacting us here at AAdvantage Aviator Red World MasterCard in regards to your request for upgrade for annual fee card.
We appreciate your interest with upgrading your account to the AAdvantage Aviator Red World Elite MasterCard product. We have reviewed your account, and we see that you currently have the best available product for you at this time. Please keep in mind, we may offer upgrade from time to time. If any offer becomes available, we will notify you directly. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
We appreciate your interest with upgrading your account to the AAdvantage Aviator Red World Elite MasterCard product. We have reviewed your account, and we see that you currently have the best available product for you at this time. Please keep in mind, we may offer upgrade from time to time. If any offer becomes available, we will notify you directly. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Jan 12, 2017, 5:40 pm
#120
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 394
no bonus language
I just received my world elite aviator but nowhere in the accompanying documents does it mention the 40000 bonus. Have people receiving the card and getting the bonus have the language in the envelop with the card?
I currently have a converted USAir card world master card but still got approved for this one.
I currently have a converted USAir card world master card but still got approved for this one.