Curve and Barclaycard Avios Plus

[Umgowah]

Whilst the Barclaycard plus card works when spending through Curve, the option of paying off the balance using Curve has now been disabled, you get a lovely little message that they only accept payments from UK debit cards. Still, it was good whilst it lasted (i.e. last month)

[Rui N.]

Barclays hasn’t accepted payments via Curve for several years now.

[iamlost]

What about using Curve/Barclaycard to pay off Amex – does that work?

[Rui N.]

Yes.

[trader363]

Doesn’t work for me! Amex says it doesn’t accept curve. It says something along the lines of . . . “This banking institution is not supported”

[trader363]

Just tried again – says it needs curve frronted on

[duggie1982]

I could do it with Barclaycard via curve with fronted off to pay amex last month (managed to pay 1k off) but now it needs fronted on

[Rui N.]

trader363 wrote:

Just tried again – says it needs curve frronted on

Of course it needs fronted on. That’s a given to pay credit cards…

[duggie1982]

Rui N. wrote:

trader363 wrote:

Just tried again – says it needs curve frronted on

Of course it needs fronted on. That’s a given to pay credit cards…

Not for me last month, only asks for it now (assuming curve updated their database with new bc avios)

[Swiss Jim]

The “not working on Barclaycard” anymore is hugely frustrating, as it’s one of the reasons I’m a latecomer to Metal (not the only one….). Hey, you win some, you lose some. Are there other cards (beyond Amex) that are good from a points perspective – and which can still be settled via Curve?

[duggie1982]

Swiss Jim wrote:

The “not working on Barclaycard” anymore is hugely frustrating, as it’s one of the reasons I’m a latecomer to Metal (not the only one….). Hey, you win some, you lose some. Are there other cards (beyond Amex) that are good from a points perspective – and which can still be settled via Curve?

Good luck in getting a reply, awfy hush hush as there was a spy in the group i have gathered

[iamlost]

duggie1982 wrote:

Good luck in getting a reply, awfy hush hush as there was a spy in the group i have gathered

I just want to clarify one thing. I know I’ll have to pay the 1.5% Fronted fee (or get Metal) to be able to pay Amex, but will Barclaycard charge anything e.g. by treating it as a cash-like transaction?

[duggie1982]

iamlost wrote:

duggie1982 wrote:

Good luck in getting a reply, awfy hush hush as there was a spy in the group i have gathered

I just want to clarify one thing. I know I’ll have to pay the 1.5% Fronted fee (or get Metal) to be able to pay Amex, but will Barclaycard charge anything e.g. by treating it as a cash-like transaction?

Last month i paid with the free Barclaycard through curve without fronted on and worked, that loophole is now closed, however i never got a charge on Barclaycard. Try it with curve fronted on for £10 to test it, hopefully you will not be charged from Barclaycard

[jek]

Sorry to reviving this old thread but it may be better than open a new one.

Barclaycard may have gotten much more attentive. They just closed my Barclaycard account and I suspect it is because of using it with Curve fronted.

So this is a warning if you want to do something similar. Barclays does not incur fees, but they just close your account.

Bye bye Barclaycard!

[can2]

Did they give any reason?

[NorthernLass]

Which Barclaycard? Can you give some more detail?

[jek]

I had the free Avios Barclaycard. Barclaycard have suspended the account and I don’t think that they will give a reason. So I don’t know for sure if it is connected to Curve, but I quite confident that it was because of a fronted cash-like transaction which I did a couple of days ago (and similar transactions last month, too).

Be careful out there.

[redethernet1]

are you likely to open another cc again (amex or barclaycard) after being suspended? I take it the answer is no?

[can2]

I guess you mean if the closure is by the bank, does that reflect on your credit report in a way other lenders may see it?

[PeteM]

redethernet1 wrote:

are you likely to open another cc again (amex or barclaycard) after being suspended? I take it the answer is no?

You will never have any credit ever again… Mwahahahaha

With various card closures behind me I can confirm the above is not the case ✅