JetBlue plus card is offering 80,000 after spending $1000 in 3 months with a $ 99 annual fee.. That's up 30,000 points over their standard offer of 50,000 after spending $1000 in 3 months.
Bank
Barclaycard
The Highlights
Barclay is more of a niche bank in this hobby, but they have some great partner cards. Barclay seems to use a combination of factors in approving or denying cards, so hard and fast rules don’t tell the whole story.
Here are some factors to be mindful of:
- Your first Barclay cards seem more likely to be approved than second. Nearly always will you want to cancel one of the first two before attempting to open a third.
- They look for consistent recent spending on existing cards for approval on a second. Spend for at least two months before applying for a second card.
- Too many cards in the last 24 months is used, but depending on other factors, that number could be as high as 6-10 before being denied.
- They use TransUnion (Same as Chase & Bank of America) for credit report. So the fewer pulls there, the better your chance of approval.
Other rules can be viewed below:
When points appear
Application Rules
Card approval not subject to 5-personal-cards-in-24-months rule
You're more likely to be declined on a Barclay application if you currently have a Barclay card that has not been used in the past 6 months
What to Know Before Canceling
Barclay doesn't seems to have many cancellation penalties, nor do you benefit by keeping a card that you don't use.
Best for Series
Below is a snapshot of where this bank performs best compared to the other banks in our database:
Breaking Points
Mini Points - September 2024
- AAdvantage American Airlines Citi Mastercard - Limited time offer, earn 75,000 miles after spending $3500 in 4 months, $0 annual fee for first year then $99/year.
- World of Hyatt Business Chase Visa - Limited time offer, earn 60,000 points after spending $5000 in 3 months, $199/annual fee.
- Ink Business Unlimited Business Chase Visa - $900 cash back after spending $6000 in 3 months, $0/annual fee.
- Miles & More Barclays Lufthansa Mastercard - 80,000 miles after spending $3000 in 3 months, $89/annual fee.
- Wyndham Earner Visa - Earn 45,000 points after spending $2000 in 6 months, $0/annual fee.
Mini Points - September 2023
- Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Chase Card has a sign up offer with 3 Free Nights after spending $3000 in 3 months - $95/annual fee.
- Barclays Miles & More Lufthansa card has 100,000 miles sign up bonus right now after spending $3000 in 3 months + lounge vouchers - $89/annual fee.
- Marriott Bonvoy Business American Express card has a 125,000 points sign up bonus if you spend $8000 in 6 months - $125/annual fee.
- World of Hyatt Business Chase Card offering a 75,000 bonus points sign up offer after spending $17,000 in the first 6 months - $199/annual fee.