Earning credit card points is great long-term for those who want to
book travel a few months from now. But not all of us are on our game enough to
plan that far in advance, and sometimes we find ourselves needing to book
something relatively soon. The problem is that if you don’t have points, it’s
not necessarily a quick process to earn them. Signup bonuses usually don’t show
up on your account at least until your first statement comes, which is generally
a month after you get your card. No good if you’re trying to book something
ASAP.
Enter the Barclaycard Arrival.
The Arrival card earns you 40,000 points after you spend $1,000 within
90 days. Like other credit cards, if you meet the minimum spend, you’ll receive
the points at the end of that statement cycle. But there’s a catch with this
card that makes this card’s points basically available as soon as you receive
the card.
Unlike most points, which are redeemed directly for travel via an
airline or a credit card travel site, Arrival points are really “purchase erasers”.
This means that you actually make the travel purchase on your credit card, and
then you use your points to take that purchase off of your credit card bill.
Barclaycard allows you to use your points for any travel purchase up to 90 days
prior. That means if you book travel today, you have 3 statement cycles to earn
the points to cover it. What a deal!
What this means for you is that if you’re trying to book travel within
the next few days, you can apply for the Arrival card and make your travel purchase
as soon as you receive it. If you earn enough points in the next 90 days, you
can erase that purchase. So theoretically you could use points about five days
from now if you applied today.
Here’s a link to the card: Barclaycard
Arrival
Got other questions about credit cards? Head over to WenneTravel at www.wennecorp.com and we’d be happy to
answer anything you’re wondering for free.
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