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I ll be the first to admit that I primarily atlanta car rental got the US Airways MasterCard for two reasons. First, I was hoping for an easy hit in the 2012 US Airways Grand Slam that never happened. Second, I wanted the 40,000 US Airways miles that were awarded after the first purchase with the card. I didn t really intend to put a substantial amount of spending on the card throughout the year, but it turns out that that this card is really atlanta car rental the surprise dark horse of spending bonuses.
A few months after I got the card (and barely used it) I was targeted for a promotion that awarded 15,000 bonus miles if I spent $1,250 on the card each month for three consecutive months. I met the requirement, atlanta car rental and the miles posted within a couple of weeks. atlanta car rental Shortly after that I was targeted atlanta car rental for a promotion that awarded 5x miles on the first $500 in spending atlanta car rental over the summer at gas stations, drug stores, and amusement parks. I finished with that promotion recently and am waiting on those bonus miles.
Then a few days ago I received another targeted promotion that again awards 5x miles on the first $500 in spending, but this time in restaurants, department stores, and electronics stores over the next few months. In all, that will be a total of 20,000 bonus miles on that card for a very reasonable amount of spending over a 12 month period. It s not quite as lucrative as a sign-up bonus, but it s not too bad either.
This is in addition to some of the other perks, like the current 2x elite and redeemable miles promotion if you pay for US Airways flights with this card through 10/31 (registration required). The US Airways MasterCard also saves you 5,000 on each US Airways award ticket atlanta car rental on US Airways flights. I booked two award tickets on US Airways metal this year, so that is another 10,000 miles that this card saved my family. I have to admit that I didn t use the $99 companion tickets this year. The companion ticket can be a really good deal, but it didn t work out very well for me since it has to be used for US Airways flights, and for me that meant that a connection something I didn t want to do with my family when their were direct flights available on United.
These spending promotions were targeted, but many people who have this card seem to be targeted in a similar pattern. From what I have gathered, it makes sense to get this card and then not use it heavily after making your first purchase. This seems to increase the likelihood of getting targeted for similar offers atlanta car rental to encourage you to use the card.
This is a card that has historically been churnable . In fact, it was common for people to have more than one US Airways MasterCard active at one time. Barclays seems to have clamped down on this some, and it is getting harder to justify the need for a second card. I don t think it is impossible, but there are many more problems reported with getting a second card than in the past. That is important because it may mean that you need to cancel your current US Airways card and wait a bit before applying for another if you want to churn this card. In other words, it s become a slow churn instead of one that you can just crank out over and over again. I d love to hear recent experiences atlanta car rental with this!
As long as they continue to give me a good chunk of bonus points for spending and category bonuses (as well as the other standard benefits) I am likely to hang on to this card for a while even with the $89 annual fee. I will probably drop it at some point so I can get it (and the sign-up bonus) again, but I m going to at least keep it through the second year. I don t like to establish a pattern of dumping everything at the one year mark, and the surprise spending bonuses atlanta car rental are enough to keep me interested for another year.
I have to agree that this card has become a power horse after being targeted for 15,000 after $750 in spend over 3 months shortly after getting the card. I am in the middle of that now, so we ll see what happens after I stop using the card come November.
I never got the targeted promotions atlanta car rental after signing up for it about 14 months ago. However, atlanta car rental it was my regualr use card for about 8 months until I got my SPG Amex. I haven t used this one at all for about 2 months now, so hoping for a targeted bonus sometime. My wife however signed up for it about two months ago, and I told her to buy one thing and not anything else with it. Sure enough, she just got a targeted spend $750/mo for 3 months, get 15k miles promo, so that strategy seems fairly reliable.
I never got a Barclay s card until recently. I got this one, and my wife got the NFL card ($200 after first purchase). We both get regular bonus spending promos (the ones you mentioned, and we just got NFL 5X bonus points at restaurants, department stores, and electronics stores from October 1 through December 31. Up to 2500 bonus points per month ($500 spend/month).). It seems that it s something that Barclay s does with more than just this card.
I was targeted for Barclay s $500 5x spend per month, but not targeted for others. Curious that both CitiAA and now Barclays each targeted me exactly 90 days prior to annual fee coming due. So, are the bonus points really worth the annual fee?
My wife also received the offer for 15k for $750 in purchases for three months, but I did not. Again, it does seem to point to (lack of) activity on the card, because I was using it more regularly atlanta car rental than she was, and thus apparently didn t get the offer
I applied for a second World Card last month. No instant approval but called up immediatly and they approved me. This brings me to 4 total; 2 world card, plat card and a business. I m thinking I will cancel my newest card after i renew next year.hard to beat 10,000 miles each year for $89 but 40,000 free does
@fauxblogger, the points by themselves aren t worth the annual fee, but they do weigh into the overall equation. I have no behind the scenes info on the GS. US Airways is tight lipped on that one. Last year it was announced in Aug and started atlanta car rental 9/15. Clearly that (sadly) didn t happen atlanta car rental this year.
@IPBrian, I didn t even get into the 10K bonus in this post because atlanta car rental I think it is an issue all its own. In short, it is one of the biggest myths in the miles and points community. Some of the cards do give 10K bonus RDMs each year, but some do not. They just convert 10K miles to premier qualifying if you spend $25K annually on the card. I thought mine was getting 10K miles, but now that I look at the benefits atlanta car rental online it isn t listed, so I am guessing I don t have one of the versions that does award that bonus. I ll find out for sure in a few months. Very confusing.
I have not been targeted I stopped using it about 3 months ago, although I do have a $3K 0% interest loan on it right now. Also, does anyone know if the $99 companion pass is annual or a one-time deal? I never got around to using it.
I got the card more than 6 months ago, made a couple of purchases then stopped using it. I didn t get the first two offers, but the 5X points on the first $500 spent at restaurants and stores atlanta car rental appeared in the post this week. Of course I will try to do this along with my other credit card spends I am trying to complete this quarter. I too got it to be positioned for the Grand Slam, which I only dabbled in last year.
Got the card about two months ago. Completed the spend for the 40K. No targeted offers yet. If there aren t any good ones I will drop it before annual fee. I don t think the annual companion pass is worth it to me.
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My husband and I each signed up for the card a couple months ago, and got the 15,000 offer if we spend $750 each month over 3 months. We only had one or two small expenses on each card before atlanta car rental we got the offer.
We are pretty new to this game, so forgive me, but I have a question. We are taking a trip to Florida in a few months (our son will still be under two, barely), and we re unsure if we should use the US Airways companion pass (so around $400 total), or use miles. I don t want our passes to go to waste, but I want to make sure it s a good deal. However, it seems like the pass is only good for roundtrip, so if we decide to fly home from a different city after visiting friends, it might influence our decision.
I too never expected to use this card much. I received a similar atlanta car rental targeted offer, but for three months of $750 spend to get 15k miles. As such, I ve been using this card at the beginning of each month an then finishing off the month with my CSP card.
My husband and I both have this card, neither of us used it much. However he was targetted for the recent spend $750 in Aug, Sept, Oct and get the bonus 15k points. Me, I got nada. I ve decided atlanta car rental I won t use the card unless a target bonus offer comes my way. I can be patient.
We made a list of all the non-stop destinations for US Airways out of our home airport, and we ll try to include one in our travel plans each year. We like to save our miles and points for non-domestic trips so the companion pass is great for domestic long-weekend type trips.
I got via email today an offer that read, Use your US Airways Dividend Miles® Ma
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