The Sallie Mae card from Barclaycard is one of my favorites, it gives you 5% cash back on gas purchases ($250 monthly limited), grocery store purchases ($250 monthly limit) and bookstores ($750 monthly limit) and Amazon.com gift card purchases code as a bookstore so it’s basically 5% year round there as well.
Reader koloinik let me know that the Sallie Mae page for the credit card is no longer working, they said it was redirecting to the Upromise card but now it just shows a general 404 error. The card is also not listed anywhere on the Barclaycard site.
I was able to find this application link that’s still working (although I didn’t try to actually apply, if you do let us know how it goes in the comments), but my gut feeling is that Barclaycard is planning on phasing this card out. I hope they don’t product change existing cardholders, but I suspect at some stage they will do a forced product change to the Upromise card if they do plan to discontinue the Sallie Mae card.
Who knows, I might be completely off base with this speculation and Barclaycard/Sallie Mae are doing some minor maintenance, or even making the card even better.
