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Barclay reconsideration line: 866-408-4064, Mon-Fri 8AM - 5PM EST.
The 24-hour number is 866-408-4064
New 24 hour number is 866-205-5973
you can finally fax documents to Barclays the number is 866-836-6959

Based on the phone reps, an application usually remains in the system for 90 days, during which you can ask for a reconsideration.
However, if 30 days have passed, it will incur another hard pull.

There have been a few reports of Barclay pulling credit again when reconsidering - even when specifically asked not to.
Make sure to explicitly tell the rep that you don't want another credit pull. The benefit of such action would be that if later you see they did pull your credit you can call up and speak to a manager and have the pulls removed (based on first-hand accounts from this thread).

If you want to guarantee that you don't get another pull, freeze your credit report.

While Barclay recon reps are usually very tough to deal with, there have been sporadic reports of them reconsidering by reallocating credit-line from other cards. Additionally, there are a few reports indicating success with the 3BM.
Personal and biz didn't combine

Barclay recon reps take notes of each phone call and subsequent reps usually regurgitate the previous rep's reply.

Barclays has a 6/24 rule similar to chase 5/24. Not hardcoded like chase though.

Random: see this great article about negotiating tactics with Customer Service Reps.
not working. Found it on the wayback machine https://web.archive.org/web/20161018151314/https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-negotiator-shares-negotiating-tricks-2015-1/ref=cyberdust.com

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #380 on: September 16, 2013, 07:59:01 PM »
Applied for Us and arrival, instantly denied. Called up and got Us approved in 2 min.  :)
He asked me why I opened up so many cards recently, just told him that Im trying to build credit.
Offered to move over NFL card to arrival, no dice.
Now to HUCA for Arrival.  8)
good luck

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #381 on: September 16, 2013, 08:00:31 PM »
anyone know if you can have 2 of the same cards?
i currently have an arrival, and when the AF comes i would like to keep the card without paying the AF. do i have to close, and then reapply again? and how long is suggested

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #382 on: September 17, 2013, 04:33:59 PM »
anyone know if you can have 2 of the same cards?
You can.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #383 on: September 22, 2013, 08:09:01 AM »
You can but imho Barclay won't give you more than x amount of credit so it's worth closing a card a couple of weeks before an app.

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #384 on: September 22, 2013, 10:24:16 AM »
You can.
I assume you refer to the USAir. Anyone have any experience with the Arrival? And if yes, do they combine the 'miles' of the two cards? I'm asking because i'm wondering what to do when the AF hits.

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #385 on: October 18, 2013, 09:52:08 AM »
Their recon is impossible,  HUCA does not work with them.

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #386 on: October 18, 2013, 09:54:38 AM »
Their recon is impossible,  HUCA does not work with them.

Which we all know.
Waste of cellphone minutes.

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #387 on: October 18, 2013, 10:21:01 AM »
Which we all know.
Waste of cellphone minutes.
Lol waste of unlimited minutes.
He was like you called 13 min ago and spoke to etc.
Also they pulled all 3!

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #388 on: October 18, 2013, 12:05:56 PM »
Lol waste of unlimited minutes.
He was like you called 13 min ago and spoke to etc.
Also they pulled all 3!

All 3 bureaus? Really? First such report that I remember.

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #389 on: October 18, 2013, 12:14:15 PM »
All 3 bureaus? Really? First such report that I remember.
Yes and 2 each

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #390 on: October 18, 2013, 12:39:04 PM »
Yes and 2 each

Waiting from someone else to report if they also had this.

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #391 on: October 21, 2013, 10:20:01 AM »
Recon looked into my report and asked why I had so many cards from OTHER BANKS in the past year. So, yeah. Heads up with that.

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #392 on: October 21, 2013, 11:52:12 AM »
Recon looked into my report and asked why I had so many cards from OTHER BANKS in the past year. So, yeah. Heads up with that.
you got approved?

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #393 on: October 21, 2013, 02:45:58 PM »
you got approved?

Was applying for my first cards with them (3bm). They approved Lufthansa once I called to verify my address (I had given a diff address than the one on my credit report) but for the other cards they asked why I had so many new cards with other banks recently and didn't approve the other 2. Strange that they even asked that b/c they kinda accepted my response and then said we'll you're too knew to Barclays, so 1 card at 10K is enough to try out for now and no we can't split that 10K among 2 cards.

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #394 on: October 21, 2013, 03:15:37 PM »
Was applying for my first cards with them (3bm). They approved Lufthansa once I called to verify my address (I had given a diff address than the one on my credit report) but for the other cards they asked why I had so many new cards with other banks recently and didn't approve the other 2. Strange that they even asked that b/c they kinda accepted my response and then said we'll you're too knew to Barclays, so 1 card at 10K is enough to try out for now and no we can't split that 10K among 2 cards.
What was your 3bm and what is the general 4bm people are doing at Barclay's?
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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #395 on: October 21, 2013, 03:23:17 PM »
What was your 3bm and what is the general 4bm people are doing at Barclay's?

Lufthansa
Arrival
US Airways

Some ppl have tried the NFL card I heard, but any links I found have basically no bonus.

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #396 on: October 23, 2013, 02:33:48 PM »
This thread should be renamed to Barclays Denial Dept

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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #397 on: October 23, 2013, 09:17:27 PM »
This thread should be renamed to Barclays Denial Dept
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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #398 on: October 24, 2013, 09:24:44 PM »
You can.
i.e one could technically do a 4BM of the lufthansa cards??
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Re: Barclays Reconsideration
« Reply #399 on: October 24, 2013, 11:00:50 PM »
i.e one could technically do a 4BM of the lufthansa cards??
Yes definitely and you'll get 4 pulls for one card.