Barclaycard tweaks Avios earning on its credit cards

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• Jonathon says:

  7 Apr7 April 08:42

  Does Amex have a similar rule?

  • Rob says:

    7 Apr7 April 12:38

    No

• AndyS says:

  7 Apr7 April 09:04

  I applied for one of these cards on 31st March. It told me I’d hear in a few days whether successful, but haven’t heard anything yet! I was going to post here “is this common” but seeing comments above about their IT etc. it probably is. I wonder if they had a large amount of “last minute” applications for the million avios competition.

  • sam says:

    7 Apr7 April 09:48

    seems odd as i suspect not much checking done other than credit check. i applied start of march and was accepted with £200 limit 2 days later.

    • AndyS says:

      7 Apr7 April 09:57

      200 limit? Blimey can’t do much with that! How can you possibly get your 20k a year spend on that? That makes the 4x credit limit on points seem a lot more understandble.

      • TP Hunter says:

        7 Apr7 April 11:15

        That’s the ‘holding’ credit limit they give when they haven’t yet verified your income.

        • AndyS says:

          7 Apr7 April 11:47

          I see. Thanks. Been back to their website / FAQs and see
          >>>
          For most applications we are able to confirm whether you have been successful almost instantly. There are times however when we need a bit more time to access the required information or further information from you to be able to make a decision. If this is the case you’ll either receive a letter in the post within approximately 7-14 days detailing what we need you to provide to progress your application or a letter informing you that you have been unsuccessful at this time.
          <<<
          By post !! Give royal mail performance round here, only one delivery per week due to lack of posties, I shouldn't be surprised to be still waiting!

    • Rob says:

      7 Apr7 April 12:37

      That’s the temporary limit until you submit the info they requested.

      • Angelamc11 says:

        7 Apr7 April 13:04

        Mine has been £200 since it was opened in August. They won’t increase it despite sending documents and having a decent salary. I use the curve go back in time feature to accumulate around 15-20k points a month. Each night Mon to Fri I can pay off the £200 multiple times (within an 15 min window) allowing me to put as much as I want through the card using card. This was bad news for me this morning.

• NFH says:

  7 Apr7 April 09:12

  This reminds me of when I used my Hilton Barclaycard via Curve to contribute more than £50k into my SIPP just before Curve imposed a £10k monthly limit on debit-fronted credit in December 2021. My £20k credit limit meant that I had to pay off the balance several times in one month. I should have received more than 100,000 Hilton points, but it turns out that Barclaycard’s system can’t cope with more than 5 digits of points transfers to Hilton, so the initial 1 was missing on the points transfer, meaning that I received 100,000 points less than I should have done. This is a known issue and Barclaycard have a procedure to rectify it manually but only upon request.

  • QFFlyer says:

    7 Apr7 April 13:23

    Not on request; it is manual, but in my experience it’s rectified whether you moan about it or not, it’s just that the multiples of 100k turn up separately, at some point a couple of weeks later.

• Joe says:

  7 Apr7 April 09:26

  I can’t see this being a problem for me. Barclaycard gave me a whopping £950 credit limit when I applied! I can hardly use the card for fear of going over the limit. 2-3 food shops and I have to put the card away so I don’t go over and get charged. Barely worth having 😂

  • BuildBackBetter says:

    7 Apr7 April 10:45

    I received a 2k limit. Requested twice for an increase and was rejected even when I had the premier bank account and my salary was credited there. Closed both card and bank account once the 100k bonus was received.
    If they cannot do basic stuff, the best policy is to pump and dump.

• Simonbr says:

  7 Apr7 April 09:27

  Anyone know.. Are we ever going to get an IHG points credit card in the UK following the messy end with Creation?

  • Rich says:

    7 Apr7 April 09:32

    It wasn’t a messy end for some, I still have my card.

    • NFH says:

      7 Apr7 April 09:54

      Yes, and my cards remain operational, even though Creation “closed” my accounts. But they don’t earn any points.

      • pauldb says:

        7 Apr7 April 15:01

        I’m uncertain if my account is still active but IHG still show me as a credit card holder and so I have Platinum status. Is that a common hangover? Since that status currently has us in an enormous Presidential Suite, this mess has a few benefits still in play.

        • Rob says:

          7 Apr7 April 17:16

          My wife shut her card account 4-5 years ago and still shows as a cardholder.

• Nick says:

  7 Apr7 April 09:45

  I’m going through it trying to apply for this card (upgrade from a Visa Plat.) IT on the phone says offer to upgrade should be there—app says no. Being passed pillar to post by Barclaycard 🙁

  • RussellH says:

    7 Apr7 April 10:19

    Being passed from pillar to post is standard practice for B’card CS.

    Senior CS staff assure me that all the info they need is available through their IT system, but when I tried to press them on training to use it…

    So I suspect training is the real issue.

• Myriad says:

  7 Apr7 April 10:24

  Considering how low my Barclaycard credit limit is compared to my Amex it would entirely be possible I end up getting capped.

  Small possibility at that, again very unlikely it happens to most people, still “unfair” for them to do it.

• Layerden says:

  7 Apr7 April 11:34

  Safe to say Amex still is the best card for heavy usage in the points game.

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