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Applications are live once again for the Barclaycard Arrival® Plus World Elite Mastercard®! And it’s returned in style with an all-time high welcome bonus!
You’ll earn 60,000 Arrival Plus miles (worth $600 in travel) after spending $5,000 within the first 90 days of account opening.
The perks of the card look exactly the same as before.
The Barclaycard Arrival Plus Credit Card Is Back!
Link: Barclaycard Arrival® Plus World Elite Mastercard®
With the Barclaycard Arrival Plus card you can earn 60,000 Arrival Plus miles after spending $5,000 on purchases within the first 90 days of account opening. The card comes with an $89 annual fee which is waived for the first year.
You can redeem Arrival Plus miles for 1 cent each toward travel expenses like airfare, hotels, campgrounds, car rentals, cruise lines, trains, buses, taxis, and ferries. You can also redeem Arrival Plus miles at a rate of 0.5 cents each for cash back and gift cards. So you’ll want to use your miles toward travel expenses.
You can redeem Arrival Plus miles for eligible travel purchases made in the past 120 days. And you’ll need to redeem at least 10,000 Arrival Plus miles ($100) at a time. But you don’t have to redeem in $100 increments. So if you book a $211 flight, you can redeem 21,100 Arrival Plus miles toward the expense.
The card also has the following perks:
- 2 Arrival Plus miles on all eligible purchases
- 5% miles rebate on all redemptions
- NO foreign transaction fees
The 2 Arrival Plus miles you’ll earn per $1 is essentially 2% back toward travel. But when you include the 5% miles rebate on redemptions, you could actually be earning up to 2.1% in travel rewards on every purchase (2 Arrival Plus miles + 5% miles rebate)!
Is This a Good Deal?
Before you apply for this card, remember that Barclays is one of the tougher banks when it comes to credit card approvals. You’ll typically only be approved for 1 or 2 Barclays cards a year. And if they see a lot of recently opened cards, you’re likely to be denied.
In the past, I’ve had Barclays applications denied for not spending much on my current Barclays card. So keep that in mind. And data points show that you aren’t eligible for the bonus if you hold either the Barclaycard Arrival Plus or the no-annual-fee Barclays Arrival.
Update: Leana, from Miles for Family, pointed out this new restriction from the Barclaycard Arrival Plus card’s terms & conditions:
From time to time, we may offer bonuses of miles or other incentives to new Barclaycard Arrival Plus Mastercard cardmembers in connection with an application for a new account.
These bonuses and/or incentives are intended for persons who are not and have not previously been Barclaycard Arrival Plus Mastercard cardmembers. You understand and agree that you may no longer be eligible for any bonuses and/or incentives in connection with a new Barclaycard Arrival Plus Mastercard account after this Account is opened.
If you receive a bonus or incentive for which you are not eligible due to your status as a current or former Barclaycard Arrival Plus Mastercard cardmember, we may revoke the bonus or incentive, or reduce your miles by the amount of the bonus or incentive, or charge your Account for the fair value of the bonus or incentive, in our sole discretion.
I haven’t heard of anyone applying for this card and being denied the bonus because of this rule, so I don’t know how strictly it is enforced. But before you apply, know that if you’ve had the card in the past, you may not be able to get the bonus again.
If you’ve been affected by this new rule, or if you had the card in the past and were still able to earn the sign-up bonus again, please let us know in the comments.
Bottom Line
The Barclaycard Arrival Plus card has returned from the dead!
It has a 60,000 Arrival Plus mile sign-up bonus, which you’ll earn after spending $5,000 on purchases within the first 90 days of account opening. The bonus is worth at least $600 in travel!
This is a great card to get if you like earning travel rewards that can be redeemed for expenses like Airbnbs, trains, and cruises.