Wyndham & Barclays have launched three new co-branded credit cards. The cards are as follows:
- Earner Rewards
- Sign up bonus of 30,000 points after $1,000 in spend within the first 90 days
- Card earns
- 5x points at Wyndham properties and on qualifying gas purchases
- 2x points on eligible dining and grocery purchases
- 1x points on all other purchases
- No annual fee
- Automatic Wyndham gold status
- 10% discount on go free awards
- Anniversary bonus of 7,500 points after you spend $15,000 on eligible purchases
- Earner+ Rewards
- Sign up bonus of 45,000 points after $1,000 in spend within the first 90 days
- Card earns
- 6x points at Wyndham properties and on qualifying gas purchases
- 4x points on eligible dining and grocery purchases
- 1x points on all other purchases
- Annual fee of $75, not waived first year
- Automatic Wyndham platinum status
- 10% discount on go free awards
- Anniversary bonus of 7,500 points
- Earner Business
- Sign up bonus of 45,000 points after $1,000 in spend within the first 90 days
- Card earns
- 8x points at Wyndham properties and on qualifying gas purchases
- 5x points on marketing, advertising and utilities
- 1x points on all other purchases
- Annual fee of $95, not waived first year
- Automatic Wyndham Diamond status
- 10% discount on go free awards
- Anniversary bonus of 15,00 points
Our Verdict
All Wyndham properties used to cost 15,000 points per night. But this now varies from 7,500, 15,000 or 30,000 points per night. If you value Wyndham points highly then the 8x gas earning rate could be interesting, but I suspect most people would prefer to earn 5% cash back instead. The sign up bonuses are in line with what Barclays & Wyndham have offered in the past, but we often see the 45,000 point offers with the annual fee waived. It’s unclear what will happen to existing cardholders of the old Wyndham cards. I’d recommend holding off waiting for a better offer to come along and as such we won’t be adding this to our list of the best credit card bonuses.
Might be time to update:
https://www.wyndhamrewardscreditcard.com/earner-business-card/?referrerid=SearchGoogleJul21ENBKW2217&gclid=CjwKCAjwlrqHBhByEiwAnLmYUC_SYx1hoVIT6O3eWVtsUeIvMhUq3JJJxukPFVdEsoSuEiKTmCMTkxoC4DIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Earn up to 90,000 Bonus Points, Enough For up to 12 Free Nights
Earn 60,000 bonus points after spending $1,000 on purchases in the first 90 days, plus earn an additional 30,000 bonus points after spending a total of $2,000 in the first 6 months.
Fort Knox FCU Visa Platinum still earns 5% on gas.
Have the old 75 AF signature card.
Questions: can I keep the old one, apply for the new one earner+ and get 45k bonus?
DP: Just applied for the card. Got auto-declined because had applied and got approved for another CC with them within the last 120 days. Call for a recon and got approved.
Are points transferable to spouse (or pooled)?
Is the Earner Business actually a Visa Signature Card? If so, this might be the first business card without the Visa Signature Business designation that I’ve seen.
There are others. Costco biz comes to mind.
At what gas stations can you do any serious MS volume? 7-11 is totally unreliable, and they only sell Vanillas, which aren’t as useful.
What gas stations sell is determined by the operator of the specific location, not by the brand. One Shell might have a big store with lots of things, and another Shell might have a tiny store with way fewer things. Same for one Chevron vs another, one Speedway vs another, one 7-11 vs another, one Exxon vs another, etc, etc. And what exactly each store stocks is up to the franchise owner of that store.
So you have to figure it out yourself for the gas stations in your exact area. No one who is not your exact area can figure it out for you.
But perhaps start by looking for the gas stations with the biggest stores. They’re more likely to have space for more types of gift cards. A gas station with much less space is less likely to devote a lot of that space to gift cards. And you often need a big rack of gift cards to have a decent variety of them.
Radisson is my everyday card. They give the most points.
Wyndham and others are sock drawn
ah yes, “the most points”….. And pray tell, where doest thou useth them? Spouse and I have been sitting on pool of nearly a zillion (m) Raddi-Shack points, but as we can’t travel to Europe, rarely use them much anymore…. (Missed a decent offer to convert them to cash last month — will jump on it if it ever comes ’round again)
ps, as for the annual free night whatever here in N.A., so very few properties we’d want to use it at. (The Radisson @ Melbourne, Fl is a gem right on the beach — but it was built in 87 — feels a lot older…. (and it’s been undergoing supposed very minor upgrades within for years….. a very tired place… and that’s the best option we can find.)
ah, nevermind, the radishack cards gives the most points…. right-oh. .
Sucks that the $95 card is a business card. Diamond status is useful for matching to various other programs (Wyndham Diamond status match from IHG/Hilton/Marriot is no longer offered now).
Wyndham Diamond > Ceasar Diamond > MLife Gold > Hyatt Explorist
Ceasar Diamond/MLife Gold > Hard Rock’s Rock Loyalty status
Ceasar Diamond/MLife Gold > Ocean Casino Resort Platinum
Correct me if I’m wrong, but people have previously not had trouble getting Barclays Biz cards without an EIN? Has something changed?
Time to get an EIN then. Or a couple of them
Historically Barclays hasn’t allowed to product change (downgrade) from $75 AF fee card to No AF fee card. Do you know if this will change for Earner plus to Earner ?
Actually, it’s unclear if they don’t allow you to product change. The person who answers the phone typically doesn’t allow you to product change. However, the VERY FEW people who’ve bothered to escalate up to a supervisor and reported about the results online have typically been able to product change to a no AF card, at least on the Barclay AA Aviator card.
So at Barclays, if you want to downgrade, plan a long call, because you mean need to talk to more that one person to get your desired result.
Interesting claim about “history.” Maybe that’s been common, but (to my own surprise)I had no problem a few years ago downgrading a Barclay’s Frontier card from af version to no annual fee. For several years I’d been calling in to get af waved or reversed, til one rep. kindly suggested I just convert to the no a/f version (which I didn’t even know existed)….. Keep it for my credit history and occasional b/t use. Mostly sock drawer to be sure on spending, but would have ditched it long ago without the downgrade to no af….