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Barclays doesn't approve a second card in almost all circumstances.
Iv'e got my wife this card and 3 weeks later applied for US Airways got approved as well without closing first one although only $600 credit line. so YMMV
The way to go is to close your card, wait a week (I can only vouch for a week, might be less), apply for a new card (I can only vouch for a different card, it might not matter. Try it out!) and bam! get approved instantly! (that's what almost all Barclays approvals are)

The evidence is still only from a small number of cases, but it works.

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There are many, many reports of success churning the card without needing a new FFN.

Ask for the annual fee to be waived. It will be. Don't give up after 1 no. The first responders are "relationship managers." They are often unhelpful with the fee. Just ask specifically to speak to "an account specialist." They can waive the fee. If you have trouble getting to an account specialist, you can tell the relationship manager who answers the phone that you were on the line with an account specialist and got disconnected. They should be more than happy to "reconnect" you.
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Author Topic: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card  (Read 545568 times)

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #680 on: July 03, 2014, 03:24:25 AM »
What's the procedure for getting the AF waived?  Call up and say please waive fee?  Sounds a bit lame, why did you sign up for a card with an AF?

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #681 on: July 03, 2014, 07:44:45 AM »
I am loving my Lufthansa card right now.
This week I booked 3 last minute business first seats from JFk-Lax for only 2.50 in taxes each and 17,000 miles.  These are the lie flat seats.
In the past I had bad luck getting these seats but there seems to be amazing availability now.

How did you go about finding availability? Do you have to call or can you do it online?

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #682 on: July 03, 2014, 08:32:41 AM »
How did you go about finding availability? Do you have to call or can you do it online?
For M+M members you can book online, the rest of *A needs to be booked over the phone.

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #683 on: July 03, 2014, 08:38:24 AM »
For M+M members you can book online, the rest of *A needs to be booked over the phone.

I am an M+M member but I tried searching and nothing at all came up. You searched through the M+M site?

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #684 on: July 03, 2014, 11:26:22 AM »
I am an M+M member but I tried searching and nothing at all came up. You searched through the M+M site?
Meaning you can only book online for airlines that are members of M&M.
Members are:

Lufthansa
Lufthansa Regional (Air Dolomiti, Augsburg Airways, Eurowings and Lufthansa CityLine)
Lufthansa Private Jet
Austrian Airlines Group
LOT Polish Airlines
Swiss International Air Lines
Adria Airways
Croatia Airlines
Condor Flugdienst
Luxair
Brussels Airlines
Germanwings

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #685 on: July 03, 2014, 11:28:45 AM »
Meaning you can only book online for airlines that are members of M&M.
Members are:

Lufthansa
Lufthansa Regional (Air Dolomiti, Augsburg Airways, Eurowings and Lufthansa CityLine)
Lufthansa Private Jet
Austrian Airlines Group
LOT Polish Airlines
Swiss International Air Lines
Adria Airways
Croatia Airlines
Condor Flugdienst
Luxair
Brussels Airlines
Germanwings

Ok got it. So for a ticket from JFK to LAX (which would have to be UA) I would have to call?

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #686 on: July 03, 2014, 11:30:31 AM »
Ok got it. So for a ticket from JFK to LAX (which would have to be UA) I would have to call?
Yup.

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #687 on: July 03, 2014, 12:16:55 PM »
An account specialist just told me that she would be more than happy to waive my annual fee, but that I should just know that as per the card agreement, if I have the fee waived they will claw back the 20k first spend bonus.

Anyone else heard this?

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #688 on: July 03, 2014, 12:20:23 PM »
An account specialist just told me that she would be more than happy to waive my annual fee, but that I should just know that as per the card agreement, if I have the fee waived they will claw back the 20k first spend bonus.

Anyone else heard this?
It's BS. DROPR.

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #689 on: July 03, 2014, 12:21:55 PM »
Total garbage. I had mine wiaved, no clawback.

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #690 on: July 03, 2014, 12:49:46 PM »

What's the procedure for getting the AF waived?  Call up and say please waive fee?  Sounds a bit lame, why did you sign up for a card with an AF?
You Signed up up for the $95 AF? No! You signed up for the awesome card it is, and you just didn't realize it has an AF, did you.

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #691 on: July 04, 2014, 12:45:36 PM »
You Signed up up for the $95 AF? No! You signed up for the awesome card it is, and you just didn't realize it has an AF, did you.
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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #692 on: July 05, 2014, 11:33:51 PM »
After many HUCAs, I've found that the easiest way to get to an account specialist is to tell them immediately after they answer that you were just speaking with one and that you got disconnected.

Still haven't managed to get my fee waived though.. :-(

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #693 on: July 06, 2014, 08:53:26 AM »
Still good value for transcon flights and exTLV flights if you change the address.

I live in Israel. All my CC and bank accounts have a US address.  I have 3 cards with Barclays.

Do I need to change my address with Barclays or with M&M?

If I change with Barclays, is there a way to do it just for M&M and not the other cards?

Will a foreign address on my credit report do funny things?

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #694 on: July 06, 2014, 09:22:02 AM »
Just called in and got waived on the spot, no need to speak to account specialist....

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #695 on: July 06, 2014, 09:22:50 AM »
I live in Israel. All my CC and bank accounts have a US address.  I have 3 cards with Barclays.

Do I need to change my address with Barclays or with M&M?

If I change with Barclays, is there a way to do it just for M&M and not the other cards?

Will a foreign address on my credit report do funny things?
Just your M&M account. Takes 30 seconds.

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #696 on: July 06, 2014, 09:30:07 AM »
Just called in and got waived on the spot, no need to speak to account specialist....

What did you say?


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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #697 on: July 06, 2014, 09:34:05 AM »
I thought that the first year is waived as all of my cards..... and seems i was mistaking..... Pls if you.., bla bla bla

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #698 on: July 06, 2014, 10:29:11 AM »
I live in Israel. All my CC and bank accounts have a US address.  I have 3 cards with Barclays.

Do I need to change my address with Barclays or with M&M?

If I change with Barclays, is there a way to do it just for M&M and not the other cards?

Will a foreign address on my credit report do funny things?
Just change the address in your M&M account.

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Re: Barclays Lufthansa Miles & More Card
« Reply #699 on: July 06, 2014, 10:55:05 AM »
Why do u need to change at all? Why can't u have one address with barclay on your credit report and a different address on your M&M account??

Pls explain
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