The Uber Barclay credit card will earn 2% for online purchases using third-party payment providers including Paypal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Android Pay. They’ve sent out an email to cardholders with news of the change. Previously it earned 1% on those purchases.
Uber and Barclays came out with a surprisingly relevant credit card (our review here). It’s pretty stale in Uber benefits, but otherwise the card is highly competitive. Card earns:
- 4% back on dining which includes restaurants, fast-food restaurants, takeout, and bars, including UberEATS
- 3% back on airfare, hotels, travel agencies, and vacation home rentals including AirBnB
- 2% back on online purchases which includes online shopping, Uber, and streaming services.
- 1% on everything else
Previously, online payment providers like Paypal were excluded in the terms and only earned 1%. With this change, all online purchases earn 2%, with the exception of Utilities, Contracted Services, Government Services, or Professional Services. Sounds like only online purchases with third-party providers will earn 2%; in-store mobile wallet purchases will continue to earn 1% as before.
I wrote in our review that the card is actually an impressive cashback card, and perhaps the first tiered card I’d consider recommending as a daily driver. The Paypal exclusion hit a bit hard and for that reason Double Cash was probably simpler and better for most. Maybe Barlcays read the review? 😉 With this change it could really start making more sense for someone who wants to use a single cashback card for everything, depending on the person’s spend patterns.
Surprising they changed this so fast given the level of interest in the card – good for them.
Thanks to reader Ryan Goldstein for sending this our way
