What are true UK Mastercard World Elite cards?

[wasylf]

Hello!

I have Barclaycard Avios Plus credit card. It is MasterCard World Elite card, but it barely has any MasterCard benefits. There is no access to travel.mastercard.com, concierge, etc. I was wondering which cards in the UK come with “full” MasterCard World Elite benefits. Quick googling shows that curve metal, revolut metal, Premier World Elite Mastercard don’t seem to have such perks.

What are “good” MasterCard World Elite cards in the UK?

[Rob]

These perks are not free – issuers pay MC to access them. Any card with the full range would have a high fee or bad rewards.

Barcs is very open in saying the money simply isn’t there if they give 1.5 Avios per £.

[Luca M]

As Rob said, MC WE benefits are on subscription basis, so not all issuers sign up to them and/or may offer alternative arrangements that they organise themselves (e.g the concierge offered by Coutts and RBS/NatWest).

In the UK, I believe, in order of most to least benefits, these are the MCWE cards that subscribe to some MCWE additional perks:

Coutts Silk
RBS/NatWest Black Rewards
Santander World Elite
HSBC Premier World Elite
Barclaycard Avios Plus (with the additional Premier Account you get Dragon Pass Memberships)

all of the above (plus Chase Debit Card, which is indeed a World Elite) will allow you to get Car Rental top status with Avis and Hertz (and by status match with many more).

[09R]

Luca M wrote:

As Rob said, MC WE benefits are on subscription basis, so not all issuers sign up to them and/or may offer alternative arrangements that they organise themselves (e.g the concierge offered by Coutts and RBS/NatWest).

In the UK, I believe, in order of most to least benefits, these are the MCWE cards that subscribe to some MCWE additional perks:

Coutts Silk
RBS/NatWest Black Rewards
Santander World Elite
HSBC Premier World Elite
Barclaycard Avios Plus (with the additional Premier Account you get Dragon Pass Memberships)

all of the above (plus Chase Debit Card, which is indeed a World Elite) will allow you to get Car Rental top status with Avis and Hertz (and by status match with many more).

Just tried accessing travel.mastercard.com with my Natwest Black and HSBC Premier WE and neither worked

[Rob]

I just accessed travel.mastercard.com with my HSBC Premier WE and it worked – this was to the special HSBC version of the site. There is a link on the Home&Away site to get you there.

Some half decent offers but messed up with a pile of rubbish ones, and so random that I doubt you’d ever remember to look at them.

[09R]

Rob Burgess wrote:

I just accessed travel.mastercard.com with my HSBC Premier WE and it worked – this was to the special HSBC version of the site. There is a link on the Home&Away site to get you there.

Some half decent offers but messed up with a pile of rubbish ones, and so random that I doubt you’d ever remember to look at them.

Yes I can access but I can’t sign up. When signing up you have to enter your 16 digit card number and it isn’t accepting my HSBC Premier WE card. (And yes – I accessed the site from the HSBC portal)

[Alex G]

Luca M wrote:

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all of the above (plus Chase Debit Card, which is indeed a World Elite) will allow you to get Car Rental top status with Avis and Hertz (and by status match with many more).

What makes you think the UK Chase Debit Card is World Elite? It isn’t advertised as such, and mine doesn’t say WE on the card.

[Skywalker]

My Revolut metal cards have the words “World elite” on them but they don’t work on the Mastercard portal.

[Lady London]

Not sure if everyone is using this, but for my Mastercard i get some sometimes quite interesting event offers on priceless dot com – both proactively searching and getting the odd smaller event details by email

[charles]

Lloyds/Halifax has also recently launched a World Elite Mastercard with lounge access for £15 a month

[HampshireHog]

charles wrote:

Lloyds/Halifax has also recently launched a World Elite Mastercard with lounge access for £15 a month

Upon which subject I’m scratching my head how to activate the PP and fast track on a Lloyd’s supplementary card. The instructions say the lead account holder has to activate the card and then register the benefits, but where? Only the main card appears in the app and there’s no way of adding a card to a supplemental card holders app??? Dreading a phone call…

[Yamahareo]

The Currensea World Elite card, even though a debit card, can also access the MC travel portal!

[BBbetter]

Yamahareo wrote:

The Currensea World Elite card, even though a debit card, can also access the MC travel portal!

Does the access include fast track etc?

[Kuestrian]

Luca M wrote:

As Rob said, MC WE benefits are on subscription basis, so not all issuers sign up to them and/or may offer alternative arrangements that they organise themselves (e.g the concierge offered by Coutts and RBS/NatWest).

In the UK, I believe, in order of most to least benefits, these are the MCWE cards that subscribe to some MCWE additional perks:

Coutts Silk
RBS/NatWest Black Rewards
Santander World Elite
HSBC Premier World Elite
Barclaycard Avios Plus (with the additional Premier Account you get Dragon Pass Memberships)

all of the above (plus Chase Debit Card, which is indeed a World Elite) will allow you to get Car Rental top status with Avis and Hertz (and by status match with many more).

It doesn’t appear as though NatWest Black Rewards will get you Avis Preferred/Hertz Gold, unfortunately.

I’m also waiting for an increased SUB for the BARC Avios Plus but there’s no mention of Avis/Hertz on there either.

[cavallin]

None of my BARC and Chase would login in the portal either. All World Elite and can’t see where in the world this person got that Hertz and Avis are benefits of these cards

[JDB]

cavallin wrote:

None of my BARC and Chase would login in the portal either. All World Elite and can’t see where in the world this person got that Hertz and Avis are benefits of these cards

This is the link for Hertz/WE. You don’t need to log into anything for the car benefits. I think it might be necessary for the WE hotel programme, but that, like FHR etc, is prestidigitation rather than anything preferential so you aren’t missing anything.

https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/rental-car-deals/world-elite-15-discount

Avis will also give you President’s Club with HSBC or Barclaycard WE.

[Sprout]

Congratulations @JDB, it’s been a while since I’ve had to look up a word!

[Deek]

Sprout wrote:

Congratulations @JDB, it’s been a while since I’ve had to look up a word!

My thoughts exactly! My goal for the day is to use that in a conversation, potentially around my boss’s work output 😂

[Wiseoldman]

JDB wrote:

cavallin wrote:

None of my BARC and Chase would login in the portal either. All World Elite and can’t see where in the world this person got that Hertz and Avis are benefits of these cards

This is the link for Hertz/WE. You don’t need to log into anything for the car benefits. I think it might be necessary for the WE hotel programme, but that, like FHR etc, is prestidigitation rather than anything preferential so you aren’t missing anything.

https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/rental-car-deals/world-elite-15-discount

Avis will also give you President’s Club with HSBC or Barclaycard WE.

@JDB Love “prestidigitation”!