Apologies for application issues with Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

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• DJ says:

  2 Mar2 March 11:13

  So jealous of those readers who were able to switch via the app. Mine is still showing as “No Option Available” 🥲

  • Tim says:

    2 Mar2 March 11:29

    Ditto

  • itzmichael says:

    2 Mar2 March 12:10

    Also seeing “No Option Available” with my Platinum Visa at the minute when trying to switch during the app

    • Roberto says:

      2 Mar2 March 16:01

      Ditto

• Eric Hiscock says:

  2 Mar2 March 11:36

  Re Upgrading flights from Premium Economy to Business class am I being too optimistic to think that it refers to a return flight? I am forever hopeful to get to Sydney!

  • Rob says:

    2 Mar2 March 11:39

    It’s not technically an upgrade voucher, its a ‘pay the Avios cost of the cabin below you’ voucher. So, yes, if you can get Club World Avios seats to Sydney then you’d only pay the Premium Economy cost.

• James says:

  2 Mar2 March 12:46

  Sorry if this is already posted somewhere (I have looked!) but will you be able to combine the Amex 2-4-1 voucher with the Barclaycard cabin upgrade voucher?

  • Rob says:

    2 Mar2 March 13:14

    No – unless you are a family of 3.

    • Nick says:

      2 Mar2 March 13:42

      Imagine calling BA at midnight and going through that for flights to SIN or SYD :P. Obviously requires further looking into, but I wonder if all that could actually be done quick enough to help a family of 3. And will the upgrades be done online or require calling?

• J says:

  2 Mar2 March 13:07

  Can the upgrade voucher be used along with the companion voucher?

  E.g. Buy a Premium Economy, use the companion voucher to make it 2 seats. Then use upgrade vouchers on those seats to Business?

  • Rob says:

    2 Mar2 March 13:13

    No

• namster says:

  2 Mar2 March 13:54

  can i do a BT from my Amex to barclaycard plus and trigger the bonus ?

  • DJ says:

    2 Mar2 March 14:33

    No, purchase only, just like every other reward cards in the market.

• mark says:

  2 Mar2 March 14:45

  Word of caution: closing existing credit cards and opening line of credit with new cards does affect one’s credit rating. Please make sure you are well aware of the terms and conditions.

  • Rob says:

    2 Mar2 March 14:50

    Unless you were planning to get a mortgage or a remortgage within the next 6 months, it really isn’t worth giving a second thought to any credit report impact in my view.

• Sam says:

  2 Mar2 March 15:23

  Thank you for sharing details relating to this!

  Couple of questions

  1) Can one cancel/downgrade post award of the 25k welcome bonus?

  2) Could one open the credit card account and then use the current account switching service to harvest avios from both the current account and credit card (and still being eligible to receive the 25k bonus on both?)

  Thank you!

  Sam

  • Rob says:

    2 Mar2 March 15:25

    Yes and Yes

• Barb says:

  2 Mar2 March 16:41

  Was so excited to have an non-amex avios card, but turns out they won’t accept Channel Island residents, which at least Amex does.

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