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Wow, that’s really all I can say about the latest news from Barclaycard and American Airlines. Earlier this week, American Airlines and Barclaycard announced to total gutting of benefits offered by their co-branded Aviator credit cards. I’ve written extensively about the Aviator lineup of cards and until now have had mixed feelings about the cards.…
My relationship with the American Airlines AAdvantage Aviator Silver card has been a bit tumultuous. To understand how I ended up carrying the card I need to go back to late last year. In late 2017 I decided to open the AAdvantage Aviator Red card for a few simple reasons. Back then I had just…
A few days ago I wrote about how Barclaycard US was working on changing its name to simply Barclays US. I personally am a big fan on the change as I never really loved the name Barclaycard. In my prior post I make the prediction that we would see a whole new app website design…
I’ve always through Barclaycard US had an interesting name. Barclaycard US is actually a subsidiary of Barclays Bank Delaware. Which is of course a subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC or Barclays International. Which are both ultimately subsidiaries of Barclays PLC. Are you following all of this? Well, clearly someone at Barclays has decided that the…
Late last year I finally signed up for the Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator Red MasterCard. I signed up for this card because it gives me the ability to earn valuable Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQD). If I put $20,000 of annual spend on this card I’ll earn $3,000 EQD each calendar year. That’s 25% of the EQD…
Just prior to the New Year I decided to apply for the Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator Red card. I applied for the card primarily because of the annual Elite Qualifying Dollar (EQD) benefit. Each year, if I spend $25,000 on the card I’ll earn $3,000 AAdvantage EQD. Those EQD help fast track my elite status qualification…
A few days ago I mentioned that I finally received my AAdvantage Aviator Red card from Barclaycard. Although I’ve mentioned briefly why I chose to apply for the card, I’ve never fully explained the benefits of this card. Today I wanted to take some time to explain the full benefits of the Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator…
A few days ago I wrote about how I finally decided to apply for the Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator Red card. I usually try to stay away from co-branded credit cards because I prefer to earn flexible point currencies. I consistently get much more value from Chase Ultimate Rewards or Amex Membership Rewards than I do from…
Well, over the weekend I strangely decided to apply for the AAdvantage Aviator Red card from Barclaycard. This is interesting because before this past week I hadn’t paid this card much attention. I didn’t really see the point of carrying it. Then, I started to look closely at my spending habits and realized there may…
Well, in one of the bigger surprises of the year, Uber and Barclaycard have teamed up to offer an Uber co-branded credit card. Apparently there have been rumors about this card for months now, but I’m still shocked to see such a unique pairing. When I first heard of the new Uber Visa card from Barclaycard…
