The Offer
- There are increased bonuses on the no annual fee and annual fee versions of the Barclaycard Wyndham credit cards, they are as follows:
- $69 Annual fee card: 30,000 points after your first purchase and an additional 15,000 points after you spend $1,000 within the first 90 days of account opening
- No annual fee card: 15,000 points after your first purchase and an additional 3,000 points after you spend $1,000 within the first 90 day of account opening
The Fine Print
Annual fee card:
- Card earns at the following rates:
- 5x points per $1 spent on stays within the Wyndham portfolio
- 2x points per $1 everywhere else
- Anniversary bonus of 6,000 points
- Annual fee of $69 (not waived the first year)
- Standard Visa Signature benefits
No annual fee card:
- Card earns at the following rate:
- 3x points per $1 spent on stays within the Wyndham portfolio
- 2x points per $1 everywhere else
- No annual fee
- No anniversary bonus
- Standard Visa Signature benefits
Our Verdict
Normally the sign up bonus on the annual fee card is 30,000 points after first purchase and 15,000 points after first purchase on the no annual fee card. These aren’t the highest sign up bonuses offered, when the new Wyndham loyalty program was launched (with all hotels a fixed rate of 15,000 points per night) the no annual fee card came with 30,000 points and the annual fee card had an anniversary bonus of 15,000 points.
I don’t think the no annual fee card is worth considering at all (you can always downgrade to this later). When the annual fee card came with the 15,000 anniversary points, I thought it was a strong deal as the annual fee of $69 would cover a free nights stay at any Wyndham property. I no longer think that this card is worth holding long term with only a paltry 6,000 anniversary points (meaning you’re paying well over 1¢ per point).
It could be worth getting for the sign up bonus alone, Wyndham has some nice properties (read our list of the best properties they have here). But I wouldn’t be doing that unless I had a specific redemption in mind. You can read our full in depth review of these cards here.
Another thing to consider is the fact that Barclaycard has been pushing out some interesting promotions to cardholders:
- Two Targeted Barclaycard Promotions: 10,000 Wyndham Bonus Points + $10 From Sallie Mae
- Earn 3x Wyndham Points On Purchases Under $25 Until December 31st
Apologies, I can’t remember where I first saw this deal
