Author Topic: Barclays mileage cards (Read 6663 times)

bem684 · « **on:** May 14, 2012, 09:54:23 AM »

Anyone have the Lufthansa card? I see that there's an offer floating around out there for 50,000 points after $2,500 spend in 90 days. I know nothing about Lufthansa miles..... is this worth adding to a future app binge? All I know is they fly to Israel and partner with United

I see they offer many different airline cards:

Aer Lingus,
China Airlines,
Frontier,
Icelandair,
USAirways,
and Virgin America

If the offer is still good I also see that the USAirways card is giving 40k miles on first purchase and first year fee waived

What are your experiences with these cards?

Yitz · « **Reply #1 on:** May 14, 2012, 09:58:04 AM »

On the US Airways, on the forum it has been mentioned that getting CS to get you a ticket is time consuming. It is a lot more time consuming then getting a ticket from United. No experience with the other cards.

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #2 on:** May 14, 2012, 10:07:07 AM »

I would considr the LH as one of the best offers currently, but it may have an annual fee or something like that.

Dan · « **Reply #3 on:** May 14, 2012, 10:11:34 AM »

Quote from: PlatinumGuy on May 14, 2012, 10:07:07 AM

I would considr the LH as one of the best offers currently, but it may have an annual fee or something like that.

Enjoy the YQ.

aussiebochur · « **Reply #4 on:** May 14, 2012, 10:15:01 AM »

Quote from: Dan on May 14, 2012, 10:11:34 AM

Enjoy the YQ.

And the great availability they dont release to partners.

bem684 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 14, 2012, 10:17:22 AM »

How bad is the YQ on Lufthansa?

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #6 on:** May 14, 2012, 10:18:01 AM »

Quote from: Dan on May 14, 2012, 10:11:34 AM

Enjoy the YQ.

So long as the brokers pay more for LH than UA, I enjoy every bit of it.

aussiebochur · « **Reply #7 on:** May 14, 2012, 10:18:29 AM »

Quote from: bem684 on May 14, 2012, 10:17:22 AM

How bad is the YQ on Lufthansa?

RT to TLV from NY is around $700-$800 IIRC.

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #8 on:** May 14, 2012, 10:22:05 AM »

Quote from: aussiebochur on May 14, 2012, 10:18:29 AM

RT to TLV from NY is around $700-$800 IIRC.

IIRC their chart is bad for that, but availability is nearly perfect. There are some better values though.

bem684 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 14, 2012, 10:22:37 AM »

Quote from: aussiebochur on May 14, 2012, 10:18:29 AM

RT to TLV from NY is around $700-$800 IIRC.

Thats insane. That's 2/3 of a cash ticket

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #10 on:** May 14, 2012, 10:31:17 AM »

Quote from: bem684 on May 14, 2012, 10:22:37 AM

Thats insane. That's 2/3 of a cash ticket

Cash first class ticket cost $8000+

Dan · « **Reply #11 on:** May 14, 2012, 10:34:50 AM »

Quote from: aussiebochur on May 14, 2012, 10:15:01 AM

And the great availability they dont release to partners.

Is F availability with M&M really that good?

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #12 on:** May 14, 2012, 10:53:12 AM »

Quote from: Dan on May 14, 2012, 10:34:50 AM

Is F availability with M&M really that good?

IME both J and F are amazing.

Dan · « **Reply #13 on:** May 14, 2012, 10:54:33 AM »

J is very good through UA with no YQ.
It's the F that's interesting.

LH F doesn't excite me, but is LX F availability good through M&M?

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #14 on:** May 14, 2012, 11:04:00 AM »

Quote from: Dan on May 14, 2012, 10:54:33 AM

J is very good through UA with no YQ.
It's the F that's interesting.

LH F doesn't excite me, but is LX F availability good through M&M?

Not perfect, but pretty good.
M&M has almost every day available for J, with UA you can often get stuck or the only option being multiple stopovers

LAXtraveler · « **Reply #15 on:** July 30, 2013, 05:26:12 PM »

Looking to refund a purchase made with a Barclays card. After last statement my miles already posted with the bonus, but this will put me back under the spend requirement. Do they clawback or will this just be a credit for my next bill? Can I get them to send me a check instead of it being a credit (as Amex does)?

LAXtraveler · « **Reply #16 on:** July 31, 2013, 12:06:57 PM »

Quote from: LAXtraveler on July 30, 2013, 05:26:12 PM

Looking to refund a purchase made with a Barclays card. After last statement my miles already posted with the bonus, but this will put me back under the spend requirement. Do they clawback or will this just be a credit for my next bill? Can I get them to send me a check instead of it being a credit (as Amex does)?

No one has any experience with Barclays cards? How they deal with credits/refunds? Clawbacks?

jaywhy · « **Reply #17 on:** July 31, 2013, 01:22:24 PM »

Quote from: LAXtraveler on July 31, 2013, 12:06:57 PM

No one has any experience with Barclays cards? How they deal with credits/refunds? Clawbacks?

I booked a refundable ticket with them. Once I cancelled, they clawed back the points.
No experience with the bonus though.

Dan · « **Reply #18 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:51:10 AM »

Quote from: LAXtraveler on July 30, 2013, 05:26:12 PM

Looking to refund a purchase made with a Barclays card. After last statement my miles already posted with the bonus, but this will put me back under the spend requirement. Do they clawback or will this just be a credit for my next bill? Can I get them to send me a check instead of it being a credit (as Amex does)?

No bank claws back bonuses that I know of.
And they have to cut you a check if you ask for a refund of an account balance. Some banks will do ACH as well.

LAXtraveler · « **Reply #19 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:08:29 PM »

Quote from: Dan on August 02, 2013, 12:51:10 AM

No bank claws back bonuses that I know of.
And they have to cut you a check if you ask for a refund of an account balance. Some banks will do ACH as well.

Great, thanks for the feedback!