Barclaycard have just introduced something called the “Rewards Fan Zone”, this new section of the website allows you to earn Fan Zone Miles (which are really just Barclays Arrival Miles which are worth 1¢/1.11¢ when redeemed against travel expenses).
The idea is that you’ll earn miles for completing certain actions, a lot of these actions are social media related (e.g following Barclaycard on Twitter) but there are some other tasks such as watching a video or logging into online banking.
Eligibility
At the moment, it looks like only certain people have been targeted for this offer (although I strongly suspect this will be rolled out slowly to all cardholders). If you’re targeted in the left sidebar you should see the following image:
Tasks
The amount of miles you’ll earn varies from task to task, but they all seem to be in the 10-100 mile range. Here are some of the tasks and how many miles you can currently earn:
- Use #Barclaycard on twitter: 10 miles
- Visit Barclaycard RewardsBoost: 10 miles
- Connect to Twitter: 25 miles
- Schedule an e-mail alert: 25 miles
- Monthly website log in: 25 miles
- Connect to instagram: 25 miles
- Monthly mobile app log in: 25 miles
- Watch a how to redeem video: 50 miles
- Join the travel community: 100 miles
- Fan Zone Feedback survey: 100 miles
Our Thoughts
I can see this being somewhat useful for people that need a few extra miles for a redemption, but the value of the miles you’re earning is quite low. At best you’ll be making $1.1 for completing one activity, but in most cases you’d only be earning 25¢ which is hardly worth the time involved.
I think you’d be much better off writing travel stories for the Barclaycard Travel Community instead. Did you receive this offer on your account? If so, let me know your thoughts in the comments. If you’re not already familiar with the Arrival cards, I’d recommend reading our in depth reviews which can be found at the following links:
Hat tip to Giddy For Points
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I checked my account and found it too. But I haven't yet bothered doing any of them.
This showed up on my account a couple days ago. I agree time is better spent writing stories for the travel community instead. I completed the tasks anyway though because I was procrastinating and wasn't doing anything else at the time anyway.
The monthly website log in and monthly mobile app log in are a nice touch though - a small bonus for something I already do more than once a month.