Apr 6, 2018, 3:33 pm
Last edit by: philemer
NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR NEW APPLICANTS, 10/5/18).
Barclays Arrival Premier costs $150/year, with first year waived but no new account bonus offer. Barclays calls Arrival rewards points "miles".
Arrival Premier earns two "miles" per dollar on all spending, with a 15,000 "mile" bonus awarded at $15,000 and another 10,000 at $25,000 in a year.
Arrival Premier "miles" are transferable to ten airlines, including members of all three international alliances, plus two independent carriers.
To compare with other cards, look at the ratio of dollars spent to airlines miles earned:
One World
Japan Airlines
Malaysia Airlines
Qantas
Skyteam
Aeromexico
China Eastern
Flying Blue
Star Alliance
EVA Air
Aeroplan
Independent
Etihad
Jet Privilege
Barclays Arrival Premier costs $150/year, with first year waived but no new account bonus offer. Barclays calls Arrival rewards points "miles".
Arrival Premier earns two "miles" per dollar on all spending, with a 15,000 "mile" bonus awarded at $15,000 and another 10,000 at $25,000 in a year.
Arrival Premier "miles" are transferable to ten airlines, including members of all three international alliances, plus two independent carriers.
To compare with other cards, look at the ratio of dollars spent to airlines miles earned:
Base transfer ratio is $1 = 2 Arrival "miles" = 1.42 airline miles (Exception: Japan Airlines and Aeroplan, $1 = 2 Arrival = 1.175 airline miles )
If you spend $15,000 -or- $25,000 there is a 50% bonus: $1 = 3 Arrival "miles" = 2.14 airline miles (or 1.76 Japan Airlines or Aeroplan miles)
Transfer partners If you spend $15,000 -or- $25,000 there is a 50% bonus: $1 = 3 Arrival "miles" = 2.14 airline miles (or 1.76 Japan Airlines or Aeroplan miles)
One World
Japan Airlines
Malaysia Airlines
Qantas
Skyteam
Aeromexico
China Eastern
Flying Blue
Star Alliance
EVA Air
Aeroplan
Independent
Etihad
Jet Privilege
Barclays Arrival “Premier” (DOA RIP)
Jul 9, 2018, 12:08 pm
#121
Join Date: Jan 2014
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Jul 10, 2018, 10:10 pm
#122
Join Date: Sep 2011
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YMMV as in my instance the change occurred less than a month after approval, not sure if they would credit those that applied back in April or May.
Oct 5, 2018, 9:09 am
#124
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: BOS/MHT/PVD/BDL
Programs: Belong to Many but No Longer Loyal to Any
Posts: 880
Buh-Bye. Barclays Arrival Premier Being Closed to New Customers
Gary over at VFTW has the story. https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...new-customers/
Gary over at VFTW has the story. https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...new-customers/
Oct 5, 2018, 9:23 am
#125
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Location: Intermountain West
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Posts: 12,080
Buh-Bye. Barclays Arrival Premier Being Closed to New Customers
Gary over at VFTW has the story. https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...new-customers/
Gary over at VFTW has the story. https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...new-customers/
Oct 5, 2018, 9:57 am
#126
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 889
Buh-Bye. Barclays Arrival Premier Being Closed to New Customers
Gary over at VFTW has the story. https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...new-customers/
Gary over at VFTW has the story. https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...new-customers/
Could've saved a lot of time effort and money.
Oct 21, 2018, 3:13 am
#127
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: Virgin Atlantic Silver, IHG Diamond, Bonvoy Gold, Hilton Diamond, AA Platinum Pro
Posts: 1,386
I have this card and had to contact customer support a couple days ago. I casually asked the rep if she had any new information about what to expect regarding the card and transfer partners, and she mentioned hearing that they may allow Arrival Plus cardholders to upgrade to it in the near future. She also mentioned that they ran into major headwinds with every single mileage program in their co-brand portfolio (Lufthansa, JetBlue, etc.) -- none agreed to be added as a transfer partner at a reasonable cost per mile rate.
Oct 21, 2018, 5:34 am
#128
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Posts: 48,954
....and yet Chase added JetBlue since this card was introduced and also accepts transfers from American Express and Citi. I think it is more likely that the Barclays AA, B6 and LH co-brand card managers won the internal battle, and blocked creating a product that would cannibalize their cards.
Oct 21, 2018, 6:48 am
#129
Join Date: Mar 2017
Programs: HHonors, TrueBlue, Delta SkyMiles, Hyatt Discoverist, Starwood Preferred Guest, American Airlines.
Posts: 2,035
I don't buy the story of Barclays not being able to find reasonable transfer partners at a reasonable price. They can keep offering mostly co-brand cards and a lineup everyone laughs at. They couldn't even keep the Ring card, or its only useful perk (8% interest). It's just time to realize Barclays is a cheap issuer for people with less than stellar credit, and many companies are stupid enough to partner with them. Jet Blue should've stayed with AMEX or went with Citi or Chase as a partner instead. 1:1 UR transfer to Jet Blue is decent, so perhaps Chase and J.B could've formed a relationship.
Oct 21, 2018, 7:20 am
#130
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: Virgin Atlantic Silver, IHG Diamond, Bonvoy Gold, Hilton Diamond, AA Platinum Pro
Posts: 1,386
....and yet Chase added JetBlue since this card was introduced and also accepts transfers from American Express and Citi. I think it is more likely that the Barclays AA, B6 and LH co-brand card managers won the internal battle, and blocked creating a product that would cannibalize their cards.
I honestly think the rep was simply "talking out of her you know what," since Barclays themselves admitted the card was considered a failure. Why would they suddenly allow Arrival Plus members to upgrade? How is that a reason for closing the card to new applicants? (She specifically said it was closed to allow them to gear up for upgraders, sorry did not mention this in the previous post)
Oct 21, 2018, 7:45 am
#131
Join Date: Mar 2017
Programs: HHonors, TrueBlue, Delta SkyMiles, Hyatt Discoverist, Starwood Preferred Guest, American Airlines.
Posts: 2,035
....and yet Chase added JetBlue since this card was introduced and also accepts transfers from American Express and Citi. I think it is more likely that the Barclays AA, B6 and LH co-brand card managers won the internal battle, and blocked creating a product that would cannibalize their cards.
Perhaps Citi and Chase should edit their transfer ratios.
Oct 23, 2018, 12:25 pm
#132
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: CLT
Programs: AA, UA, BA, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum
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Oct 28, 2018, 10:41 pm
#134
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: DTW
Programs: TK E+, WY, Radisson R
Posts: 2,360
I just realized Barclay has more airline co-branded cards than any other banks, AA, LH, B6, HA, and F9 and they couldn't get any of them to be a transfer partner(s)? Ouch! OTOH this may be the reason the card has no chance, it's very similar to Citi unable to add AA as one of the transfer partners, no one would get airline specific card if a card generating point currency can do the same.
Feb 10, 2019, 12:47 am
#135
Join Date: Sep 2011
Programs: Virgin Atlantic Silver, IHG Diamond, Bonvoy Gold, Hilton Diamond, AA Platinum Pro
Posts: 1,386
Has anyone transferred miles using this card? Curious to hear reports of how it went!
A data point of my own: I hit the first $15K bonus milestone and the 15K points posted within a month of qualifying transaction (it was not immediate).
A data point of my own: I hit the first $15K bonus milestone and the 15K points posted within a month of qualifying transaction (it was not immediate).