Barclays Arrival

[corymcd88]

Is the Barclays Arrival card a thing of the past? It is not on the website any longer and when I called Barclays they told me the card is going away.

[Anonymous]

I'm a bit confused. If you called Barclay and someone confirmed the card will no longer be available doesn't that answer your question? 😐

[Anonymous]

OP is in denial.. lol. accordance comes soon..... not before bargaining though

[corymcd88]

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@Anonymous wrote:
I'm a bit confused. If you called Barclay and someone confirmed the card will no longer be available doesn't that answer your question?😐

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Some people have said that you can still get the account.

[Anonymous]

Got it

[Skye12329]

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@corymcd88 wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:
I'm a bit confused. If you called Barclay and someone confirmed the card will no longer be available doesn't that answer your question?😐

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Some people have said that you can still get the account.

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I tried googling it and its not on their like main website but if you google Arrival + you can still apply for it. I saw another thread on here that they are possibly revamping it. 

[corymcd88]

I have a Barclays card that I got in Jan 2015 and was looking for one more card and I have heard a lot of good things about this card.

[Dw4250]

Arrival had a great sign up bonus.  But the AF is relatively high, and you really need a high spend rate to justify what is basically a 2.2% cash back card.  

My plan for my Arrival+ is to try to get the CL as high as possible through SP requests every couple fo months until the next AF is due, then close it and roll the limit to my Sallie Mae.

[noobody]

Since when you can request SP CLI on barclay and why you need super high CL on such low CAP Sallie Mae?

[Dw4250]

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@noobody wrote:
Since when you can request SP CLI on barclay and why you need super high CL on such low CAP Sallie Mae?

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If you call into CSR you can ask if they have any interest rate reductions and/or CLI offers on file for you.  They will transfer you to their retention dept who will review your file to see if you have offers available.  Be sure to specify you want a SP.  They will either tell you you have an offer or not.  There are many threads on the forum talking about how to do this...

As far as moving the CL to Sallie Mae, there is no real advantage in terms of rewards.  However I would be closing a card I do not use often (and has an $89 AF) while retaining its CL for future UTL purposes.  A Sallie Mae with a $15 K limit is better than a Sallie Mae with a $6k limit!