Сan you balance transfer from an Amex to a Barclaycard?

mfs2

It must be a matter of whether Barclay's system accepts 15-digit card numbers. This thread from 2014 https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4815412/can-you-balance-transfer-from-an-amex-to-a-barclaycard-visa suggests you can't, but maybe has it changed since then?

Sandtree

This is purely a decision for Barclaycard... why not just ask them?

maxximus75

A lot of providers can but it has to be done manually by them.

jay1804

I did one September and it went through fine. 

Jasonh2015

Yup, done this a few years ago, and with MBNA. I had to call MBNA due to the 15 digits. 

jpsartre

I've done several over the last 2-3 years without problems.

Alex9384

Does anyone know why Amex use 15 digits instead of 16 ?

EarthBoy

Alex9384 said:

Does anyone know why Amex use 15 digits instead of 16 ?

Credit and charge cards haven't always had 16 digits, -my first Barclaycard back in the 80s only had 13 digits.  I presume that the numbers got longer to cater for more customers.  Maybe Amex still doesn't have enough customers to need 16 digits?

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EarthBoy said:

Alex9384 said:

Does anyone know why Amex use 15 digits instead of 16 ?

Credit and charge cards haven't always had 16 digits, -my first Barclaycard back in the 80s only had 13 digits.  I presume that the numbers got longer to cater for more customers.  Maybe Amex still doesn't have enough customers to need 16 digits?

Even allowing for the fact each card number has limited variations e.g. using 5 for master card or 4 for visa, plus the other identifiers and the final digit being a checksum, every issuer (and there are approx. 100,000 in the world) can have a billion or so combinations based on the 16 digit one, highly unlikely that is the reason.