How to Redeem Barclaycard Arrival Miles

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The Barclaycard Arrival Plus is a tool every frequent flyer should have in their wallet, especially big spenders and families. In essence, the card earns 2.1% back toward travel on all purchases.

Barclaycard Arrival Miles Are Worth 1.075 Cents Each

The Barclaycard Arrival Plus™ World Elite MasterCard® comes with 40,000 bonus Arrival miles after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first 90 days.

You also earn 2x miles on all purchases with the card. That means you'll have at least 46,000 Arrival miles after meeting the minimum spending requirement.

Arrival miles are worth about 1.075 cents each toward travel, so meeting the minimum spending requirement is worth about $495 in free travel.

Barclaycard Arrival Miles Are Worth 1.075 Cents Each

The Barclaycard Arrival Plus™ World Elite MasterCard® comes with 40,000 bonus Arrival miles after spending $3,000 on purchases in the first 90 days.

You also earn 2x miles on all purchases with the card. That means you'll have at least 46,000 Arrival miles after meeting the minimum spending requirement.

Arrival miles are worth about 1.075 cents each toward travel, so meeting the minimum spending requirement is worth about $495 in free travel.

Hurry? Rumor is That Arrival World MasterCard Minimum Spending Requirement Set to Triple

Update 2/21/14: This post was about a rumor that the spending requirement on the Arrival card would go to $3,000. It has gone to $3,000. The minimum spending requirement is now $3,000 in the first 90 days to unlock the 40,000 bonus miles. Full offer details:

Earn 40,000 bonus miles if you make $3,000 or more in purchases in the first 90 days from account opening.