Not exact matches
These points can be used to book
travel through the UR portal,
cash back, statement credit
against previous card
purchases, or even transferred to a number of different airline and hotel partners.
It's hard to make a case
against signing up for this card, it comes with a sign up bonus worth $ 500 in
cash or statement credit (using for
travel / gift cards doesn't make a lot of sense, just redeem for statement credit and then make those
travel / gift card
purchases on the card instead) and you can also get $ 200 in
travel incidental credits and only pay a $ 95 annual fee.
This makes this card 2.1 % +
cash back on all
purchases when redeeming
against travel expenses.
The Rewards card is a
cash - back card with no annual fee, and the Arrival card has an $ 89 annual fee (waived the first year) and earns «miles» that can be used as statement credits
against travel purchases.
The only way to receive the 2.10526 %
cash back rate is to redeem your rewards as a statement credit
against a
travel purchase over $ 100, and you must have made that
purchase within the last 120 days.
These points can be used to book
travel through the UR portal,
cash back, statement credit
against previous card
purchases, or even transferred to a number of different airline and hotel partners.
Back in February I explained how the card earns a «true» rate of 2.22 %
cash back because of the 10 % rebate you get every time you redeem points
against travel purchases, but cautioned that the $ 89 annual fee is only worth paying if you spend more than $ 40,050 on the card after the first, fee - free year.
I've written extensively about the Arrival card because — during the first, fee - free year — it functions as a 2.22 %
cash back card when you redeem your miles
against travel purchases.
That is, miles are worth 1 cent apiece whether you redeem them for credit
against travel purchases or
cash back via direct deposit.
Barclaycard Arrival miles can be redeemed for half a cent each in
cash back or 1 cent each
against travel purchases over $ 25 made with the card;