Barclays Uber Credit Card gone for good?

[Semi_Lost_Hiker]

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/

[M_Smart007]

Also gone from the Uber App.

The Link was always there to apply.

[DaveInAZ]

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. 

[kdm31091]

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.

[K-in-Boston]

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....

[simplynoir]

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

[CreditCuriosity]

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]

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.

[VPExecutive]

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@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.

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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. 

[wasCB14]

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@VPExecutive wrote:

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@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.

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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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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.