Barclay US Airways Card Becoming AAdvantage Mastercard
Dec 26, 2014, 11:46 pm
#301
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 121
Barclaycard has been known to evaluate your total available credit (which they know since it's all reported to credit bureaus) versus your stated income, and deny people on the basis that you already have sufficient credit available to you.
That said, you should call the reconsideration line and see what the hangup is, often times it just clerical errors that raises a flag in their system that they want explanations for before issuing credit.
That said, you should call the reconsideration line and see what the hangup is, often times it just clerical errors that raises a flag in their system that they want explanations for before issuing credit.
haha..
Thanks!
-Phanto
Dec 27, 2014, 7:11 pm
#302
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: BOS
Posts: 814
Does anyone know when the free checked bag benefit will extend to American Airlines flights? I've heard Q2 2015, but is there a more specific date?
Dec 28, 2014, 9:32 pm
#303
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,934
No, there is no more specific date yet. By the way, that's not a date specific to free checked bag benefit, that's the date that US Dividend Miles and AA AAdvantage programs will be merged, so all benefits of them will be truly unified.
Dec 29, 2014, 5:32 pm
#304
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 121
The fantastic thing with this card (which I didn't even realize) is that you get the bonus on your very first purchase, no MS'n required! Although, why not MS a lil..
Dec 29, 2014, 9:44 pm
#305
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: DCA/IAD
Programs: AS, US, Hilton, BA, DL, SPG, AA, VS
Posts: 1,628
Dec 30, 2014, 8:09 pm
#307
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,934
How much is a pack of gum? I seem to recall reading of someone having problems because their purchase was so cheap that it didn't even earn 1 mile, and perhaps the minimum is to earn 1 mile from the purchase.
Dec 31, 2014, 4:31 am
#308
Join Date: Jun 2008
Programs: US Airways, American Airlines, United
Posts: 224
I have 2 Barclays US Airways MasterCards. I received my package for the card with a November anniversary date and it contained a companion certificate as I expected (need to book by 9/30/15 and fly by 12/31/15). After receiving notice of the "great benefits" for my card with a January anniversary date, I called to explain that none of these "great benefits" were of much use to me. The representative advised that my January package will include another companion certificate. I was going to cancel the card but instead I will hold off and see if the package does in fact contain the companion certificate. I am really going to miss earining the 10,000 PQM's on each card though.
Dec 31, 2014, 4:52 am
#309
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, AA Gold, FB Gold, ITA Volare Executive
Posts: 3,294
I have 2 Barclays US Airways MasterCards. ... After receiving notice of the "great benefits" for my card with a January anniversary date, I called to explain that none of these "great benefits" were of much use to me. The representative advised that my January package will include another companion certificate. I was going to cancel the card but instead I will hold off and see if the package does in fact contain the companion certificate.
) letter for a January card renewal (my wife's) and whereas the cardboard-like mailing that had come for this card a month-plus ago had explicitly said that it would retain the companion certificate and the 10,000 anniversary bonus miles (for the 2015 renewal), this new "great benefits" missive promised nothing from the old regime. So we're in the same wait-and-see mode on this one. Hope it works out, since that earlier cardboard mailing (and promise!) will be hard to scan!Me, too. I'm moving toward the grief stage.
Dec 31, 2014, 4:21 pm
#310
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 121
Jan 2, 2015, 10:47 am
#311
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: New York, NY
Programs: DL DIAMOND, AA/US TBD
Posts: 57
Anyone know if we'll still get the 10k PQM if we spend $25,000 in January/February pre-AA/US FF consolidation??
Jan 2, 2015, 12:28 pm
#312
Join Date: May 2011
Programs: US Airways Gold, Marriott Platinum, SW A List
Posts: 1,575
Jan 2, 2015, 1:15 pm
#313
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: ROC
Programs: AA Exec Plat; NEXUS
Posts: 74
The mailer I rec'd a while back (about the US Air m.c. turning into the AA m.c.) specifically says about Miles toward Preferred status:
If you spend $25,000 or more in 2014, we'll automatically convert 10,000 of your existing miles into Preferred-qualifying miles for your 2015 Preferred status. After 2014, this benefit will expire.
So, no, looks like Jan/Feb won't count.
Big bummer !!
Jan 13, 2015, 1:58 pm
#314
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: (near) Cambridge, MA
Programs: US GP (used to be *G, now,what)
Posts: 1,777
The mailer I rec'd a while back (about the US Air m.c. turning into the AA m.c.) specifically says about Miles toward Preferred status:
If you spend $25,000 or more in 2014, we'll automatically convert 10,000 of your existing miles into Preferred-qualifying miles for your 2015 Preferred status. After 2014, this benefit will expire.
So, no, looks like Jan/Feb won't count.
Big bummer !!
If you spend $25,000 or more in 2014, we'll automatically convert 10,000 of your existing miles into Preferred-qualifying miles for your 2015 Preferred status. After 2014, this benefit will expire.
So, no, looks like Jan/Feb won't count.
Big bummer !!
Mar 2, 2015, 3:13 pm
#315
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: North Sentinel Island
Programs: UA Gold, BONVOY TIT
Posts: 777
US Airways Barclay Card Merge Announcement and Bonus Miles
Just got this email from Barclay Card:
As part of the integration of US Airways and American Airlines, your current
US Airways Dividend Miles® MasterCard® will be replaced with an AAdvantage® Aviator™ Red MasterCard®.¹ Your new card will arrive between April 1 and July 15, 2015. Until your new AAdvantage® Aviator™ Red MasterCard® arrives, please continue to use your current US Airways Dividend Miles MasterCard.
Visit AviatorMasterCard.com/Red to learn about the benefits and features that will come with your new card.
Register now to earn 50% more miles on qualifying purchases²
Join us in celebrating the upcoming integration of the Dividend Miles® program into the AAdvantage® loyalty program when you register to earn 50% more miles on every purchase you make with either your US Airways Dividend Miles MasterCard or your new AAdvantage® Aviator™ Red MasterCard® from March 1 through June 30, 2015, up to 10,000 bonus miles.
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*Bonus miles will appear on your statement 6-8 weeks after the end of the promotion.
Extra miles is always good!
As part of the integration of US Airways and American Airlines, your current
US Airways Dividend Miles® MasterCard® will be replaced with an AAdvantage® Aviator™ Red MasterCard®.¹ Your new card will arrive between April 1 and July 15, 2015. Until your new AAdvantage® Aviator™ Red MasterCard® arrives, please continue to use your current US Airways Dividend Miles MasterCard.
Visit AviatorMasterCard.com/Red to learn about the benefits and features that will come with your new card.
Register now to earn 50% more miles on qualifying purchases²
Join us in celebrating the upcoming integration of the Dividend Miles® program into the AAdvantage® loyalty program when you register to earn 50% more miles on every purchase you make with either your US Airways Dividend Miles MasterCard or your new AAdvantage® Aviator™ Red MasterCard® from March 1 through June 30, 2015, up to 10,000 bonus miles.
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*Bonus miles will appear on your statement 6-8 weeks after the end of the promotion.
Extra miles is always good!