topic Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live in Credit Cards

Barclay Arrival Premier Live

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:03:30 GMT

2 points per dollar spend. 150 dollar annual fee not waived. Transfers 1.4 points per mile. Or can cash out at 1 cent per point.

Aeromexico
Air France/KLM Flying Blue
China Eastern
Etihad
EVA Air
Japan Airlines (JAL)
Jet Airways
Malaysia Airlines
Qantas

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:06:18 GMT

To me this is like an Arrival Plus with a higher fee. If you spend 25k you end up with 60k miles on some airlines that aren't that appealing. Not sure why anyone would sign up for this card.

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:21:16 GMT

@Anonymouswrote:
To me this is like an Arrival Plus with a higher fee. If you spend 25k you end up with 60k miles on some airlines that aren't that appealing. Not sure why anyone would sign up for this card.

Tend to agree. Some of the airlines like Flying Blue are good for partner awards and I like Qantas but they require a ton of miles to fly in upper classes from US to Australia. I’d rather make that kind of spend on a UR or MR earning card.

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

UpperNwGuy — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:32:01 GMT

The transfer partner list is as bad as the one for Citi Thank You Points, and the transfer rate is so bad that it almost negates the earning rate. I find it inexcusable that they couldn't convince any of their co-brand card partners (American, Jet Blue, and Lufthansa) to become transfer partners.

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:34:10 GMT

@Anonymouswrote:
Barclay Arrival Premier

2 points per dollar spend. 150 dollar annual fee not waived. Transfers 1.4 points per mile. Or can cash out at 1 cent per point.

Aeromexico
Air France/KLM Flying Blue
China Eastern
Etihad
EVA Air
Japan Airlines (JAL)
Jet Airways
Malaysia Airlines
Qantas

Those are stupid transfer partners. How about AA and JetBlue? Lazy effort by Barclays. People want to transfer miles to domestic carriers too.

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:34:06 GMT

@Anonymouswrote:
@Anonymouswrote:
To me this is like an Arrival Plus with a higher fee. If you spend 25k you end up with 60k miles on some airlines that aren't that appealing. Not sure why anyone would sign up for this card.
Tend to agree. Some of the airlines like Flying Blue are good for partner awards and I like Qantas but they require a ton of miles to fly in upper classes from US to Australia. I’d rather make that kind of spend on a UR or MR earning card.

Those other cards allow you to transfer at 1:1 rate too. I don't know why anyone would get this card. If you want 2x cash reward just get a Double Cash if you want to transfer to airlines get a Amex PRG, Chase CSP or Citi Thank You Premier. Each has lower annual fee, sign up bonus and 1:1 transfers. Plus I can get 3 percent on Travel categories from my Thank You Premier.

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:34:57 GMT

The upside that this card may have is so restricted that you must have a specific plan that fits exactly to what the card provides. Essentially you have to either spend exactly 15k or 25k on the card to make it a 3% card on everything which is good but in order to get the most value out of it you have to transfer the points to an airline partner and your options are kind of limited.

If you dont plan to do exactly that then the card breaks even with a 2% no annual fee card at 15k or else you have a negative value(disregarding all other perks).

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:50:47 GMT

@Anonymouswrote:
The upside that this card may have is so restricted that you must have a specific plan that fits exactly to what the card provides. Essentially you have to either spend exactly 15k or 25k on the card to make it a 3% card on everything which is good but in order to get the most value out of it you have to transfer the points to an airline partner and your options are kind of limited.
If you dont plan to do exactly that then the card breaks even with a 2% no annual fee card at 15k or else you have a negative value(disregarding all other perks).

I would say you have to spend exactly 25k to make this card useful over a 2 percent back card. You can get a travel credit for purchase in last 90 days. So that is obviously not as gooda as 2 percent cash back. You also have to pay the 150 dollar fee up front. If you spend 24k you are going to get less return than a 2 percent cash back as the time value of money on your 150 dollars.

The Arrival Plus gives you the 10 percent bonus when you redeem points and you lose that here. Plus Arrival Plus comes with sign up bonus and no annual fee the first year. I am not sure why anyone would get this over Arrival Plus.

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

AverageJoesCredit — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:31:24 GMT

I just apped for it and was approved my first Sir Barclays card at 10k

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

AverageJoesCredit — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:31:52 GMT

Happy belated April Fools day

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

redpat — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:50:57 GMT

I might have pulled the trigger if AA was 1.4 : 1 and cancel my Aviator because that would have given me 53.5k AA miles or 2.14 per $

This card was an April fools joke. Now I just have to wait to see what the Amex Marriott cards are all about.

One down and two to go.

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:55:01 GMT

Can't believe I'm typing this, but this is a nothing-burger...

Pleease forgive me...

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:58:53 GMT

Looking at comments onblogs around the Internet and it appears that every single person hates this card. Barclay should be proud they made a card that appeals to no one.

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:15:50 GMT

@redpatwrote:
I might have pulled the trigger if AA was 1.4 : 1 and cancel my Aviator because that would have given me 53.5k AA miles or 2.14 per $

This card was an April fools joke. Now I just have to wait to see what the Amex Marriott cards are all about.

One down and two to go.

Seems like Barclays flops on every card they introduce, except for Jet Blue.

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

MrDisco99 — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:16:10 GMT

1.4:1 transfer ratio... Ouch!

That's a disappointment. I was hoping to enjoy an Arrival+ signup bonus sometime this year, too. Ah well.

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

redpat — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:19:35 GMT

This could be the first time in myfico history that when a CCC launched a credit card there were no approval posts.

Com'on it's a 2.4% cashback card, can someone app?

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:23:33 GMT

@redpatwrote:
This could be the first time in myfico history that when a CCC launched a credit card there were no approval posts.

Com'on it's a 2.4% cashback card, can someone app?

Don't kid yourself.

T&C states:

Redeem your miles for cash back statement credits starting at 5,000 miles for $25.

So you're getting 1 cent for every two points if redeemed for cash.

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

redpat — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:29:52 GMT

@Anonymouswrote:
@redpatwrote:
This could be the first time in myfico history that when a CCC launched a credit card there were no approval posts.

Com'on it's a 2.4% cashback card, can someone app?
Don't kid yourself.

T&C states:
Redeem your miles for cash back statement credits starting at 5,000 miles for $25.

So you're getting 1 cent for every two points if redeemed for cash.

It's really like a cashback card for statement credits for travel. Sorry I wasn't technical enough, just like CO Venture card.

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:30:33 GMT

@redpatwrote:
@Anonymouswrote:
@redpatwrote:
This could be the first time in myfico history that when a CCC launched a credit card there were no approval posts.

Com'on it's a 2.4% cashback card, can someone app?
Don't kid yourself.

T&C states:
Redeem your miles for cash back statement credits starting at 5,000 miles for $25.

So you're getting 1 cent for every two points if redeemed for cash.
It's really like a cashback card for statement credits for travel. Sorry I wasn't technical enough, just like CO Venture card.

In my opinion, Bank of America's Premium Travel card is more attractive than this one by a long shot.

Re: Barclay Arrival Premier Live

redpat — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:39:06 GMT

@Anonymouswrote:
@redpatwrote:
@Anonymouswrote:
@redpatwrote:
This could be the first time in myfico history that when a CCC launched a credit card there were no approval posts.

Com'on it's a 2.4% cashback card, can someone app?
Don't kid yourself.

T&C states:
Redeem your miles for cash back statement credits starting at 5,000 miles for $25.

So you're getting 1 cent for every two points if redeemed for cash.
It's really like a cashback card for statement credits for travel. Sorry I wasn't technical enough, just like CO Venture card.
In my opinion, Bank of America's Premium Travel card is more attractive than this one by a long shot.

I just want someone to apply for it so at least we can have one approval for this horrible card. It's not worth getting compared to others out there. My post was a joke to get someone to apply.