Barclays Business Aviator Card Returns With 70,000 Miles

Update 6/23/23: Available again.

The Offer

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  • Barclays is offering a bonus of up too 70,000 miles on the business Aviator card. Bonus is broken down as follows:
    • Earn 60,000 miles after $1,000 in purchases within the first 90 days
    • Earn 10,000 additional miles after a purchase is made on an employee card

Card Details

  • Limited time offer (no precise expiration given)
  • $95 annual fee is not waived
  • Earn an American Airlines companion certificate. When you spend $30,000 or more in a card member year, you earn an American Airlines companion certificate. You pay $99 + taxes/fees and get a companion ticket to accompany you on any round trip economy fare.
  • 5% annual mile bonus. You’ll receive an additional 5% bonus on all miles earned in the previous card member year (e.g earn 100,000 miles receive a 5,000 mile bonus) – you must pay the annual fee before you receive this bonus.
  • Free checked bag
  • Board with Group 5 on American
  • 25% statement credit for all in flight purchases
  • Card earns at the following rates:
    • 2x American Airline miles on American Airline purchases
    • 2x American Airline miles on office supply merchants, telecommunications merchants, and car rental merchants
    • 1x American Airline miles on all other purchases
  • Read our full review here

Our Verdict

This card was pulled when American Airlines announced changes to elite status, including the introduction of Loyalty Points. Now that those changes have been introduced this card has made a return. This is an OK offer, but we’ve seen it be as high as 80,000 miles with a higher spend requirement before. I’d recommend waiting for a bigger offer to return unless you have a short term need for American Airline miles.
    William Charles
  • On June 23, 2023, 10:00
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View Comments (135)

  • I forgot the add my employee at the time of application for the extra 10k points. Can I still do that after I receive the card?

    • Yes, per the T&C:
      You will also earn an additional one-time 10,000 bonus AAdvantage® miles after at least one employee is added to the Account at the time of the application or within the first 30 days of the Account open date, and a purchase is made with the employee card on the Account within the first 90 days of the Account open date

  • Opened in 2019, closed at one year anniversary in 2020. App'd today and got the 10 day message. Bummed to not get instant approval. I did include my AA number on the app, maybe that was a mistake. Assume they'll contact me soon, will update outcome.

      • I called recon this afternoon. Just had basic questions about business and income. Approved in 10 minutes. Said they couldn't expedite, though, which is annoying.

  • Can you have multiples of this card with a sole prop? or do you need to cancel first then apply? Also do you need to wait between cancelling and applying again? and can you cancel your previous cars before a year? or do you need to wait for the annual fee to post and then cancel to not have points clawed back

  • I am seeing 75k offer but as follows:- Earn up to 75,000 AAdvantage® bonus miles
    Earn 50,000 bonus miles after spending $4,000 on purchases in the first 90 days, and earn 25,000 bonus miles after spending $10,000 in the first 12 months. PITA offer

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