{"id":3214,"date":"2014-05-17T11:41:38","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T15:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/?p=3214"},"modified":"2016-02-14T11:18:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T16:18:22","slug":"barclaycard-announces-benefits-eliminated-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/2014\/05\/17\/barclaycard-announces-benefits-eliminated-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"BarclayCard Announces Benefits to be Eliminated in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\">BarclayCard to Eliminate some Key Benefits at the end of 2014<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/05\/MasterCard.png\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3216\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/05\/MasterCard.png\" alt=\"MasterCard\" width=\"910\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/05\/MasterCard.png 910w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/05\/MasterCard-300x63.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/05\/MasterCard-560x118.png 560w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/05\/MasterCard-260x55.png 260w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/05\/MasterCard-160x33.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">I just received the following information in the mail from BarclayCard concerning the<strong> US Airways<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>MasterCard\u00ae.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The mailing outlines some of the benefits that will be continuing throughout the life of the card as well as pointing out many of the benefits that will be going away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">I can&#8217;t say that I am too bothered by the upcoming loss of a Day Pass for the Club, nor the discount on Club Membership as I personally didn&#8217;t ever use these. \u00a0I do believe that<strong> losing the 10K Preferred Qualifying miles<\/strong> and the Companion Pass are a big blow to the overall benefits of the card. \u00a0Perhaps the new benefit of receiving 10% of miles back for award redemption might help to offset those losses.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">Maximize these Benefits &#8211; They Will Be Discontinued in 2015<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000\">Companion Certificate<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>If you have not already received your companion certificate, on your account anniversary in 2014 you will receive your final companion certificate for up to 2 guests to travel with you on a US Airways flight for $99 each (plus taxes and fees). You must purchase your tickets within 9 months of issuance and travel within 12 months.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000\">Miles Towards Preferred Status<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>When you spend $25,000 or more in 2014, we&#8217;ll automatically convert 10,000 of your existing miles into Preferred-qualifying miles &#8211; which will cont towards your 2015 Preferred status.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000\">US Airways Club day pass and Membership discount<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>If you have not already received your club day pass, on your account anniversary in 2014, you will receive your final complimentary day pass to visit a US Airways Club, valid for 12 months. \u00a0You will not receive another $75 discount coupon toward an annual US Airways Club membership in the mail. However, you may still be able to take advantage of this discount through September 30, 2014 by calling 800-828-8522 or by visiting any of the domestic Clubs.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000\">First Class Check-in<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Continue to enjoy First Class check-in until the end of 2014<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The new benefits are outlined below. The only positives that I see are that flyers will now have the ability to receive 10% of award travel miles redeposited. As many award levels have increased, this will help to soften that blow a little bit. It also appears that US Airways (The New American) will be changing their award rules to now allow one way awards just as American already does.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>In 2015 the US Airways and American Airlines frequent flyer prorams will be integrated. \u00a0Your card will become the American Airlines AAdvantage\u00a0MasterCard\u00ae issued by Barclaycard and will offer new benefits, including:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000\">10% of your miles back<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>When you redeem your miles for award travel, you will receive 10% of your miles back into your account.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000\">25% off in-flight purchases<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Save 25% on in-flight food and veverage purchases when you use your card.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000\">$100 Flight Discount<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>As a cardmember, you can earn a $100 flight discount each year in which you spend $30,000 or more in purchases while maintaining cardmembership.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000\">Additional redemption flexibility<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Enhance your award travel experience with redemption for one-way travel and First Class upgrades.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">All in all, the changes are not too drastic, although losing the opportunity to earn Preferred Qualifying Miles will certainly hurt some.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">If you do not yet have the BarclayCard US Airways Premier World<strong style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/strong>MasterCard\u00ae, now might be the time to get it so that you will receive the existing benefits throughout the end of 2014.<a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/05\/MasterCard-2.png\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3217\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/05\/MasterCard-2.png\" alt=\"MasterCard 2\" width=\"129\" height=\"76\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">[The US Airways Premier World MasterCard\u00ae]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BarclayCard to Eliminate some Key Benefits at the end of 2014 I just received the following information in the mail from BarclayCard concerning the US&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":3217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[420,6,7,21],"tags":[61,446,428],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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