On our recent trip to Italy this summer, my goal was to have every portion of the trip that constituted travel to be paid with using rewards. After all, we had already gotten the flights on British Airways Avios saving, $4,700 and our 4 night stay in Milan was paid for using 120,000 World Of Hyatt […]
Category: Barclays Arrival Plus World Elite MasterCard
We Are Using Rob’s 50,000+ BarclayCard Arrival Miles For Our Train Fares From Amsterdam To Paris-Another $580 Saved
This past spring, Rob applied for the Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite MasterCard which had a limited time 50,000 Arrival Mile bonus offer and no fee the first year. Back when Rob got the card, I knew we would get a FREE $500 for travel, but didn’t know how we would use it. Recall that when you […]
I Used The Wrong Card Trying To Get A Travel Credit
Ugh, I made a card blunder and it cost us a few hundred in travel (temporarily). Rob recently got the Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite MasterCard with a 50,000 Arrival mile sign-up bonus. These 50,000 can be redeemed for $500 in statement credits on travel purchases. So I thought I was so smart and brought […]
Free Ubers And Taxis For Me For Awhile
I have about $900 in free travel and some I need to use by the end of the year. All of our flights and hotels are taken care of for our upcoming trips to Chicago next week and Europe this Christmas, so I see a lot of free Ubers (and taxis, trains, etc ) in […]
Rob Is Saying Goodbye To His Barclays Hawaiian Airlines Card But Hello To A Barclays Arrival Card
Back last year, Rob got an offer on the plane back from Hawaii and signed up for the Barclaycard Hawaiian Airlines World Elite MasterCard.. He got a very nice line of credit with the card. Once Rob secured the 50,000 HawaiianMiles from the bonus offer, he stopped using the card. Fast forward a year later, […]
Negative Changes To The Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite MasterCard
Barclaycard has made the following NEGATIVE changes to the rules/benefits of the Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite MasterCard. 1. Redemption Bonus Changes-The bonus miles you receive when you redeem for travel statement credits will be reduced from 10% miles back to 5% miles back. Boo! 2. Minimum Redmeption Threshold Changes-Under the old (current) rules you […]
About Barclays Arrival Plus World Elite MasterCard
This card is no longer available to new card members Card Highlights Barclays Arrival Plus World Elite MasterCard is a Credit Card With a credit card, you can carry a balance and accrue interest if necessary. Note this is not advised by me. The points game does not work well, if you are […]