The Offer
(We’ll add a direct link when it becomes available)
Barclay’s pulled the Arrival Plus card entirely for new signups back in March/April when they launched the Arrival Premier card – a card that comes with $150 annual fee and no signup bonus – to give the premium card “a clean launch.” And they’re now bringing back applications on the Arrival Plus card, as was told to Gary at Viewfromthewing.
The card will become available online on July 1st, and some mailer offers are being sent out already this week. They also have a special signup bonus coming:
- Signup for the Barclay Arrival Plus World Elite Mastercard and get 60,000 bonus points after spending $5,000 within 90 days.
- $89 annual fee is not waived the first year.
Card Details
- $89 annual fee
- No foreign transaction fee
- Points are worth $.01 per point when redeemed for travel (which makes the 60k signup bonus worth $600)
- Double points on all purchases (effective earning rate of 2.1% back on all purchases)
- There’s also a 5% bonus after redeeming points (redeem 60,000 points and get 3,000 points bonus, for example)
Our Verdict
Looks like the Arrival+ card is here to stay. They’ve never offered more than a 50,000 points bonus on the card, but honestly I’d rather the old offer of 50k which had the $89 annual fee waived the first year and had a lower spend threshold of $3,000. Either way, this offer is definitely a very nice offer and well worth considering.
Remember that Barclay doesn’t limit us to once bonus per life – so long as you don’t currently have the card you can signup again. It’s not quite as simple to get approved if you currently hold the no-fee Arrival card; worth cancelling that first if you’d like to try for this offer.
IMPORTANT: Last we know, Barclay’s has a 6/24 rule on the Arrival+ card. It may not be a hard rule and it’s possible something changes since then, but it affected most people who tried applying last time around.
It’s worth reading 26 Things You Should Know About Barclaycard Credit Cards before applying.
Hat tip again to VFTW
How soon do the bonus miles post after meeting the $5k spend requirement? Is it at the end of the statement cycle?
A few days after meeting spending requirement.
60K offer application link:
https://www.barclaycardus.com/apply/Landing.action?campaignId=2504&cellNumber=2
Thanks @Esbie. Approved!
Thanks
Esbie! How did you get the link?
I received a mailer for this card, but need $6k spending (30k miles in first $3k spending and 30k in second $3k spending in 180days). Can’t decide if i want to fuss with miles. If can be redeemed for statement credit at 1:0.01 i would have definitely applied.
Did barclay bounce back their dicision not to launch arrival plus with this offer? Now its a two way sword for arrival premier.
It is July 3rd 2018 why are we not seeing applications available for the Barclay Arrival Plus bonus card?
No idea
Any update on this? I’m not seeing the public offer yet. I’m trying to decide whether to apply for this one or the Marriott Premier (which expires today). I’d move forward with the Marriott if I knew this one wasn’t going to materialize.
Maybe starts July 2?
Yeah probably, usually offers go live on the Monday
Hmmm. I wonder if the pushed back the re-launch. Can’t find anything on it.
Me either
Got the offer in the mail today. Says I must apply by August 10th 2018.
If you’d apply July 1st and make your spend by the end of August, would the purchases that you want to use the points on have to be made after your bonus posted? We are going on a trip to Australia in the middle of August, but I’m sure the bonus would not have posted by then, so didn’t know if I’d be able to use the points on expenses from that trip?
With the no-fee Arrival card, you would spend first and request a statement credit online for the purchase within a few statement cycles. So you can even use the same expenses from the trip to earn and redeem the sign-up bonus.
Just cancelled my no-fee Arrival card in anticipation. 🙂