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occasionalranter 37 posts
I passed the 4 month qualifying threshold 5 days ago. No sign of the bonus yet, no new communication from Barclays. I definitely qualify, had the email confirming that back in November.
18th January 2023 at 12:24 in reply to: Intermittent rejection for cards (Barclaycard and Amex)occasionalranter 37 posts+1 to @jdb
Always carry a debit card for cash machines abroad. I carry and use Curve and Starling, and Chase in the US. Rob is promoting a similar card for use abroad if these products don’t suit you.
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/withdrawing-cash-abroad-credit-record/
Moneysavingexpert has an entire article on this. I seem to recall many years ago they used to recommend withdrawing cash using the Halifax clarify card which is why I had one. Looks like the advice has moved over time.
Yeah, I’ve been proceeding on an out of date assumption, I think, have withdrawn cash about 15 to 20 times in the last year while abroad, at about £400 a time. In NZ for example cash can still make sense for a UK visitor as restaurants and shops tend to charge for use of cards.
Still, if the credit agencies’ software was actually sophisticated, it would see that all the withdrawals were abroad and not in £ and the balance was paid off in full each month.
Am looking at Chase now…
Thanks everyone for your input.
6th October 2022 at 11:11 in reply to: Barclays Premier Account, can’t sign up for Barclays Avios Rewards on appoccasionalranter 37 postsJust registered to add to this thread. Was having the same issue with not being able to select the radio button for the a/c to debit the £12 monthly fee from. I updated the app (android) to v2.67.0 this morning and the bug is gone, was able to proceed, link bank a/c to BA Exec Club a/c and see avios activity, targets etc within the Barclays banking app.
(long time Premier customer, no rewards option switched on before this 100k avios offer, BA exec club a/c created 24 hours ago).
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