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Barclaycard has sent out e-mail offers offering a bonus for adding an authorized user.
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Barclaycard Arrival Plus
- Receive a bonus of $10 when you add an authorized user from November 1st until November 15th, 2017.
- Receive a bonus of $15 when you add an authorized user from November 1st until November 15th, 2017.
Hat tip to Sam Simon & @patrick_sears
Barclaycard Aviator Red
- Receive a bonus of 1,500 American Airline miles when you add an authorized user from November 1st until November 15th, 2017.
- Receive a bonus of 3,000 American Airline miles when you add an authorized user from November 1st until November 15th, 2017.
Hat tip to reader @Wizmanison, israel s & Jason X
Barclaycard Aviator Silver
- Receive a bonus of 3,000 American Airline miles when you add an authorized user from November 1st until November 15th, 2017.
Barclaycard CashForward
- Receive a bonus of $10 when you add an authorized user from November 1st until November 15th, 2017.
- Receive a bonus of $15 when you add an authorized user from November 1st until November 15th, 2017.
Hat tip to @aNomA1i
Barclaycard JetBlue Plus
- Receive a bonus of $10 when you add an authorized user from November 1st until November 15th, 2017.
Barclaycard Price Line Visa
- Receive a bonus of $10 when you add an authorized user from November 1st until November 15th, 2017.
Hat tip to reader Gnarly Cow
The Fine Print
- The bonus will appear 6-8 weeks after the end of the promotion.
- One 3000 miles bonus per account
Our Verdict
Pretty good offers considering no spend requirements. Keep in mind Barclaycard does report authorized user accounts on your credit report, so if you’re added as an authorized user it will count towards your 5/24 total.
neither of my Aviator Red and Priceline has it.
Doc, $15 for adding AU on my JetBlue Plus
Same here
My Aviator Red offer was also for 1500 miles rather than 3000 miles.
Thanks, added.
My offer for Aviator Silver is also for 1500 only.
If I mAke up a name for the AU they have no way of adding it to someone’s credit report right?
if only the name is totally different from the real name, you will be fine….
DoC,
I know you mentioned in the Aviator Red post that you can upgrade to silver after 3 months. I keep calling back and they tell me it’s not available. Have you seen any DP’s recently of people being able to upgrade? Or is there a specific way to go about it?
Thanks
I haven’t heard of anybody trying it recently apart from you, what do they say when you call?
They just tell me it’s not available for me. And that if it is they will usually call/email me.
It’s probably because I literally just spend $1 on it and haven’t used it since.
I did get this 3k bonus for AU, which is why I remembered about the Silver upgrade.
Try putting some spend on it, that might help
Does Barclaycard assign a new credit card number to the authorized user?
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/card-issuers-issue-unique-card-numbers-authorized-users/#Barclay8217s
Thanks! I should have looked for it.
The reason I was asking is because I’m not sure if it’s worth making someone who is at 4/24 an AU. I know it is possible to make Chase not consider the 5/24 rule if some of those cards are AU cards but AFAIK that’s not guaranteed.
Not worth it
Won’t do it then 🙂
Thanks!
They didnt ask for SSN, so it shouldn’t matter who that AU is.
They figure out who the person is from the other information that you provide them.
Mo, all banks now have the auto system, even if you give similar name for example, I’m Sam Simon, but will be assigned as Sammy Sim as authorized user without social security, and they will check in database your address and find the match, so if you have the same address I believe as Sam Simon, they will attached this card to you, and to your credit records, as “Sammy Sim” will be on your records.
For the CashForward, I got $15 statement credit instead of the $10 you wrote.
Thanks, added that.
Got this tonight:
When you add an authorized user to your Barclaycard Arrival Plus™ Mastercard® account from 11-01-2017 — 11-15-2017 you will earn a $10 statement credit.
I got the 1500 mile offer as well on my AAviator.
Was this targeted? For some reason, I never get emails for my aviator red and wonder if adding an authorized user will automatically trigger the reward or if I had to be targeted….
Yes it’s targeted, updated post.