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Barclays Uber Credit Card gone for good?

Semi_Lost_Hiker — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 23:50:16 GMT

Looks like Barclays has removed the Uber Visa from their website. Doctor of Credit looked into it and Barclays says it is temporary due to market conditions, not sure I believe this card is ever coming back... https://www.doctorofcredit.com/barclays-uber-card-no-longer-accepting-new-applciations/

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M_Smart007 — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 23:56:37 GMT

Also gone from the Uber App.

The Link was always there to apply.

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DaveInAZ — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 23:57:28 GMT

And another Barlays card bites the dust . . .

No, it's not coming back, it's been worthless for almost a year between lowering reward & converting it Uber Cash and the huge decline in Uber rides usage of the card likely fell off a cliff. I've kept mine for the $6k CL but only tossing it a monthly $10 Netflix sub to keep it active. I'll likely call Barclays and see if they'll move the CL to my Rewards MC and close Uber.

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kdm31091 — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 00:27:04 GMT

I'm still waiting for the day when Barclays exits the US market altogether. They just cannot seem to come up with (or at least, come up with and keep) a competitive product. Do they even have any cards worth having for the majority of consumers at this point?

Outside of maybe the AA cards for a signup bonus, I think most of their remaining cards are pretty lackluster and can be easily beaten.

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K-in-Boston — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 00:39:43 GMT

Lufthansa, Hawaiian, and Jet Blue cards can be worthwhile for frequent flyers I suppose. Their hotel and cruise line cards would really need a dedicated cardholder for them to have much value after the SUB. It's strange exactly how specialized some of their cards are; like the NFL card that's 2% back on NFL purchases and 1% back on everything else. I mean I suppose if you didn't have a 2% card and had a serious hobby of collecting team memorabilia....

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simplynoir — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 00:46:50 GMT

To be fair the Uber card was not sustainable as it was constructed for very long especially with no AF attached to it. All the data mining Uber wanted out of that card they got so unless they're willing to nerf the rewards or add fees then it might be gone for good. I'm actually surprised Uber didn't pull the plug sooner with the pending law changes as how they classify their drivers and current Covid-19 pandemic which is not a good mix at all

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CreditCuriosity — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 01:09:09 GMT

Uber/lyft will be around unless they of course go bankrupt. Getting a cab in decently big city excluding NYC and a few others is near impossible you can literally wait 2 hours for a cab to showup after you called one and then they still might show up. This is why uber/lyft dominated the over cabs and so on.

Dont know if the card is gone for good or what, obviously the card kinda stunk after the nerf.. Although Us Bank Altitude Go card is very close to it with no AF being the earlier version of the uber card. Granted both Barclays and Us Bank are known to nerf cards, so it will be interesting to see how long the new Altitude Go last until the nerf bat hits it as it is a good card and a bit generous imho compared to its competition.

edit: last thought barclays is very flaky with their CC's unless it is priceline or cruise card or a few airline cards otherwise it is like they don't seriously want to compete in the CC market in the US as others eluded to.

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Anonymous — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 01:29:10 GMT

The Uber was an excellent card. It has been nerfed into oblivion into a practically useless card(for most). Not too many people will lose sleep over the application being gone.

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VPExecutive — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 19:48:35 GMT

@kdm31091 wrote:
I'm still waiting for the day when Barclays exits the US market altogether. They just cannot seem to come up with (or at least, come up with and keep) a competitive product. Do they even have any cards worth having for the majority of consumers at this point?

Outside of maybe the AA cards for a signup bonus, I think most of their remaining cards are pretty lackluster and can be easily beaten.

Jet Blue is about the only decent card they have.

The improvements on the Citi AA cards beat out Barclays' offerings.

I would like to see them exit the market as well. Would be nice if JetBlue moved to a better card issuer... Maybe to Citi or Chase. When you sit there and bring cards to the market and then constantly pull them, you're a joke of an issuer. The Ring was a nice card with a low APR... They ruined that one. Where did the 2% card with the $89 annual fee go? They also weren't good enough for Apple's new credit card, rendering their own Apple card absolete. What's left over? The nerfed Sallie Mae card? The medicore NFL card? Cruise Line cards? Who cares about those.

I would give them less than five years before they pull out of the market.

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wasCB14 — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 19:52:51 GMT

@VPExecutive wrote:
@kdm31091 wrote:
I'm still waiting for the day when Barclays exits the US market altogether. They just cannot seem to come up with (or at least, come up with and keep) a competitive product. Do they even have any cards worth having for the majority of consumers at this point?

Outside of maybe the AA cards for a signup bonus, I think most of their remaining cards are pretty lackluster and can be easily beaten.
Jet Blue is about the only decent card they have.

The improvements on the Citi AA cards beat out Barclays' offerings.

I would like to see them exit the market as well. Would be nice if JetBlue moved to a better card issuer... Maybe to Citi or Chase. When you sit there and bring cards to the market and then constantly pull them, you're a joke of an issuer. The Ring was a nice card with a low APR... They ruined that one. Where did the 2% card with the $89 annual fee go? They also weren't good enough for Apple's new credit card, rendering their own Apple card absolete. What's left over? The nerfed Sallie Mae card? The medicore NFL card? Cruise Line cards? Who cares about those.

I would give them less than five years before they pull out of the market.

Paying a $99 AF and making one purchase for 60k miles is still a pretty attractive deal for a card that doesn't conflict with Citi's AA bonus eligibility.

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Loquat — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 21:09:52 GMT

Good riddance to the Uber Card. Was done with it after they took the axe to it.

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Anonymous — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 21:47:48 GMT

@VPExecutive wrote:

I would like to see them exit the market as well. Would be nice if JetBlue moved to a better card issuer... Maybe to Citi or Chase. When you sit there and bring cards to the market and then constantly pull them, you're a joke of an issuer. The Ring was a nice card with a low APR... They ruined that one. Where did the 2% card with the $89 annual fee go? They also weren't good enough for Apple's new credit card, rendering their own Apple card absolete. What's left over? The nerfed Sallie Mae card? The medicore NFL card? Cruise Line cards? Who cares about those.

I would give them less than five years before they pull out of the market.

Don't see much harm in an issuer staying in. Just don't expect their great cards to be long-lived, such as Sallie Mae, Uber and Arrival+, but you can get good value from the next one while it lasts. They are also hardly alone in nerfing great cards, perhaps a difference is that many others nerf from Great to Good/Fair, whereas Barclays goes from Great to pretty useless!

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wasCB14 — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 22:29:40 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@VPExecutive wrote:

I would like to see them exit the market as well. Would be nice if JetBlue moved to a better card issuer... Maybe to Citi or Chase. When you sit there and bring cards to the market and then constantly pull them, you're a joke of an issuer. The Ring was a nice card with a low APR... They ruined that one. Where did the 2% card with the $89 annual fee go? They also weren't good enough for Apple's new credit card, rendering their own Apple card absolete. What's left over? The nerfed Sallie Mae card? The medicore NFL card? Cruise Line cards? Who cares about those.

I would give them less than five years before they pull out of the market.
Don't see much harm in an issuer staying in. Just don't expect their great cards to be long-lived, such as Sallie Mae, Uber and Arrival+, but you can get good value from the next one while it lasts. They are also hardly alone in nerfing great cards, perhaps a difference is that many others nerf from Great to Good/Fair, whereas Barclays goes from Great to pretty useless!

Whatever the next Barclays FOTM is, I'm skipping it like I skipped Uber unless it has a great SUB or some really exceptional feature. During the last few years I've had Prestige, CSR, Savor, and BofA Premium. $100 and any marginal rewards from a 4% dining category was never going to amount to much for me.

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staticvoidmain — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 23:51:44 GMT

@Anonymous wrote: Don't see much harm in an issuer staying in. Barclays goes from Great to pretty useless!

There you go. If they're gone, they can't compete for co-brands. It's a double-edged sword, but the edge where they are out of the picture cuts less to me, personally.

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Anonymous — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:42:33 GMT

Good riddance uber card.

I never have to look at your ugly rainbow foil squares design again, or have a waitress ask me if I work for uber.

The rewards were good but was it really worth all that?

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Anonymous — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:51:06 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Good riddance uber card.

I never have to look at your ugly rainbow foil squares design again, or have a waitress ask me if I work for uber.

The rewards were good but was it really worth all that?

Um, yes?

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K-in-Boston — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:52:16 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Good riddance uber card.

I never have to look at your ugly rainbow foil squares design again, or have a waitress ask me if I work for uber.

The rewards were good but was it really worth all that?

Could be worse. At least that's a simple yes/no. When Amex Platinum first changed to metal, I had an Amex Offer for a restaurant. Our server loudly brought coworkers over to the table to see it.

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wasCB14 — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:59:57 GMT

@K-in-Boston wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
Good riddance uber card.

I never have to look at your ugly rainbow foil squares design again, or have a waitress ask me if I work for uber.

The rewards were good but was it really worth all that?
Could be worse. At least that's a simple yes/no. When Amex Platinum first changed to metal, I had an Amex Offer for a restaurant. Our server loudly brought coworkers over to the table to see it.

I got a "that's a heavy card" at Chipotle about a week after it launched. Only comment I've ever gotten - guess it was old news in NY/CT after that.

While I don't use it due to its mediocre earn rate, I suspect I might get a few "what's IHG?" comments if it became my daily driver. People only know of Holiday Inn, not the company behind it.

If asked if I worked for Uber, I might make some comment about writing "a few lines of code back in high school".

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morgacj2004 — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 03:53:59 GMT

I had the Uber VISA card for several years with a 30+k CL. It was my daily driver for rest spend until they changed the format at which time I closed the acct. I also closed my ARR + when they changed the format on that card. Now I have no more BC as I also closed my Aviator card in favor of keeping g my CITI AA cards.