Credit to Doctorofcredit... link below.
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/barclays-uber-card-to-be-discontinued-replaced-with-barclays-view-car...
"Barclays has sent out a letter to Uber cardholders stating that the card will be discontinued on October 22, 2021. Cardholders will be product changed to the Barclays View card that offers the following earning rate:
- 3x points per $1 spent on Dining
- 2x points per $1 spent on streaming, internet, phone & TV
- 2x points per $1 spent on grocery
- 1x points per $1 spent on all other purchases
Uber cardholders will lose cell phone insurance and no foreign transaction fees as well. Barclays has been consolidating other cobranded cards into the View card as well (Barclays with Apple Rewards & Barclays Financing). It’s unclear if Uber will partner with another card issuer or exit the co-branded marketplace."
And a link to Barclays View Mastercard info with some FAQ's that may help some of us out.
https://cards.barclaycardus.com/banking/cards/barclaysview/
I was wondering about PCing to some other Barclays card after this transition occurs (if they allowed it), but everything in Barclays possession is very "meh"... guess I'll hold onto my neutered Uber -> View card to see if any benefits are bestowed later. I have been getting a lot of BT offers from Barclays that are decent (0% apr with a 2% fee) in case I ever need those someday.
Woooow! I have not received my message yet. It's no surprise they're shutting it down though. I'm sure after they nerfed the thing down to Uber Pts they probably lost 80% of the usage they would have had otherwise.
I'm already planning to grab the Elan Max Cash to replace my Phone Protection.....glad I am in a good position for this. But I'm not going to have any use for the View card. I'll have to decide later if I'm going to close it down or sock-drawer it for the CL.
Thanks for the post @Duke_Nukem
On Deck: No Plans Currently
Yeah, I never got this letter in March (or April - July for that matter).....thanks Barclays.
For full details, including the date your account is changing, refer to the "Important Information - Your Account is Changing" letter that was mailed to you in March.
Although this card really lost the bulk of its usefulness, I guess the one positive out of this is that all my Uber Points I've accumulated by paying my phone bill for cell protection will be converted back to actual cashback.
The card was not very profitable, after switching the reward system to Uber cash only in the app (have to use it for commute or Uber eat). I think, it happened before starting the pandemic.
If you want 5% cashback on Uber, US Bank Cash+ is one of the best cards (also, BOA Cash Rewards if being platinum honor).
Before pandemic, I was using Uber in a daily basis for commute. After drastical changes in Uber policies including price increases (~30-50%), mandatory CA driver benefit fees, finally I decided to buy my own car.
This card was so hot and now so depressing cold .....
I didn't mind the change from cash back to Uber credits as I use Uber eats and meal delivery in general regularly but now I guess this card will be put in the card holder and used just to keep its heart pumping 😪
@staticvoidmain wrote:First of all, I haven't received a notice yet.
Secondly, I am disappointed because I actually started using it for UberEats. I was about to make it into my main dining card, then decided to just close it? Oh well, from semi-useless to completely useless.
Same I got no notice either