barclays experience

[CashCow]

I applied in Nov 13 and was initially denied. Called CR to recon and thee approved with a $1000 limit. I use it for gas, groceries and utilities (cell and cable as they DONT charge me for using a cc) and occasionally other things.  Ive app'd for an amex and a car loan since with no problems. Yesterday at the 6 month mark I was give a $2k auto cli.  Overall I like the company

[changingmantra2]

I have been with Barclays for 2.5 years - My experience with them has been mostly positive -

Pros -

All transactions are handled quickly -  posting of payments - refunds - adding rewards - applying rewards (I only use mine for statement credit)

FICO scores - which more and more banks are including

Auto CLI every 6 months without fail

Have no problem letting you consolidate CLs between two cards

Rarely a long hold time to talk to a rep -

Cons -

Info from CSR can be quite inconsistent  - so I have to make multiple calls sometimes to get info - and then look on line to see which answer is most often given.

[gh17]

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@FocusedAndDetermined wrote:

I have no complaints with Barclays.  I first opened the Rewards MC with 10K signup bonus.  Points posted immediately aftr spend was met.  At the 6 mos mark, I received an auto CLI of $2.2K.   I was pleasantly surprised when I learned that CVS, Walgreens and Targeet are coded as grocery stores, so that was a bonus 2%.

I recently got the Arrival. 

No bad experineces with them - completely satisfied.

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I'm aware of this on the Barclays Rewards card, but it doesn't work on Sallie Mae, right?  I haven't had the Sallie Mae card long enough to try.