Barclays has sent out a letter to Barclays Financing Visa cardholders informing them that on 5/7/21 they will be product changed to a new card called ‘Barclays View Mastercard‘. This card will have the following benefits:
- Card earns at the following rates:
- 3x points per $1 spent on Dining
- 2x points per $1 spent on streaming, internet, phone & TV
- 2x points per $1 spent on grocery
- 1x points per $1 spent on all other purchases
It’s unclear if this card will be available to new cardholders or not.
Hat tip to MyFICO Forums
@WilliamCharles
Barclays View landing page:
https://cards.barclaycardus.com/banking/cards/barclaysview/
How many points do I need to have I order to redeem $1? For example: 100 points per $1 ?
I have this card and would’ve canceled it if it wasn’t my oldest card. I wonder if they are getting rid of the rental car coverage that it currently has. If they had grocery at 3X I would be excited about it.
I hope this is the start of Barclays refreshing the Arrival family of cards. Or at the very least they start allowing product changes between the grandfathered cards. I’ve been wanting to go from Arrival back to Arrival Plus or even Arrival Premier for the last 2 years. The reps are clueless about anything not related to co-branded products.
Is this the same as the Apple Rewards card?
yes what used to be it before Goldman and then it was replaced by the barclays visa , and now replaced again apparently
3-2-1 cards are so unexciting
Edit: Perhaps this means Barclays is going to start issuing its own cards again. Wonder if they’ll ever update the arrival cards.
I hope so. Without travel my No-AF Arrival is fairly useless. And I have a better card for dining.
I’m holding onto my no-AF Arrival and making sure to put a little bit of activity on it every few months because whenever international travel does finally start again, I want it for the offline PIN verification for chip+PIN transactions. Wanting a card that could handle that is the primary reason I applied for the Arrival+ in the first place—get the SUB and then downgrade after a year specifically for offline PIN.