Barclaycard Avios Plus (rewards CC)

sparkiemalarkie

Looks like I can top up my British Gas account using a credit card. 
I am in credit at the moment - just wondering if I would have to pay fees if I did this.
Has anyone any idea?

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WillPS

MrFrugalFever said:

WillPS said:

There is 0 chance that a gift card bought in a physical retail store will result in cash charges unless that retailer attracts cash advance charges for normal purchases. It appears the same to Barclaycard.

It’s still worth them checking. When Sainsburys had the saveback scheme (disbanded last year), I paid in to my savings account via the deposit card at a physical till with a cashier. Tesco charged cash advance, as did virgin, but BC didn’t.

Presumably this appeared as a separate transaction to your shopping tho (thus a different MCC), unlike gift cards which appear the same as any other shopping when purchased in store (same MCC).

sparkiemalarkie

I've just applied and went through Quidco for £14.25 cashback, which has already tracked.
That will almost pay one monthly fee !
Hopefully I've done my maths right and won't need to mess about too much to meet the £3,000 spend.

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saajan_12

Applied for the Barclaycard Avios Plus and got my confirmation email on Sunday 17th on the 50k Avios offer. Now activated the card, and the app says I have 25k bonus Avios, conditional on the 3k in 3 months spend target. 

Their chat is constantly offline, but keen to have some assurance I'll get the 50k points before I put my spending on the card - otherwise I'd divert it elsewhere (and before too many of the monthly charges if I won't use it). 

Anyone else seen the same? 

MrFrugalFever

If you have set up the online account, send them a secured message. That offer was valid up until 18th July so you absolutely should be applicable if accepted on 17th!

dr_adidas01

MrFrugalFever said:

If you have set up the online account, send them a secured message. That offer was valid up until 18th July so you absolutely should be applicable if accepted on 17th!

You can’t send secure messages any more they removed that feature sometime last year. 

You can only either use the chat function In the app or sadly you have to call them. 

James_bk

saajan_12 said:

Applied for the Barclaycard Avios Plus and got my confirmation email on Sunday 17th on the 50k Avios offer. Now activated the card, and the app says I have 25k bonus Avios, conditional on the 3k in 3 months spend target. 

Their chat is constantly offline, but keen to have some assurance I'll get the 50k points before I put my spending on the card - otherwise I'd divert it elsewhere (and before too many of the monthly charges if I won't use it). 

Anyone else seen the same? 

I have the same issue and have contacted them numerous times now but no one seems to know how to help. I have a complaint in with them (a 2nd one) to see if they can resolve.

I applied on the 16th but never received a letter saying it was approved. I just had the card turn up. The last person I spoke to said my account was opened on the 19th so I think that is the issue. I had the point that I applied days in advance of their deadline so we’ll see

PeterPepper

Hmm.... have you seen the DragonPass reviews on Trustpilot? With 93% of 146 reviews attracting just one star, it's not worth the hassle for me, I'm afraid.

PeterPepper

PeterPepper said:

Hmm.... have you seen the DragonPass reviews on Trustpilot? With 93% of 146 reviews attracting just one star, it's not worth the hassle for me, I'm afraid.

Sorry... posted the above on the wrong forum.

Marchitiello

PeterPepper said:

PeterPepper said:

Hmm.... have you seen the DragonPass reviews on Trustpilot? With 93% of 146 reviews attracting just one star, it's not worth the hassle for me, I'm afraid.

Sorry... posted the above on the wrong forum.

Worth pointing out about the DragonPass  subscription linked to Barclays/Barclaycard, that you need the DragonPass Premier + app and  subscriptions and unfortunately that will give you access to less lounges then the regular DragonPass (was travelling with my sister in law last summer and at the lounge in Doha, Priority Pass and DragonPass were accepted but DragonPass Premier+ was not). 

With regards to reviews, the problem of those lounge subscription/benefits services (PriorityPass, LoungeKey, DragonPass, etc) is that access is ultimately subject to capacity and many lounge operators have introduced guarantee entry advance booking (at additional fee) which means that people then turn up to the lounge at peak time and are either refused entry or asked to wait 45 minutes plus.. AmericanExpress Platinum is slightly better, because in addition to PriorityPass, you have access to some extra lounges outside the main networks, like the CenturionLounge (the one at Heathrow T3 is very nice) , Plaza Premium and some airline lounges around the world when flying with said airlines (even in economy).

back to the Avios Plus card itself, aside of any introductory bonus, I think is a vastly inferior product then the Amex BAPP, as the upgrade voucher is not great and vastly inferior to the companion voucher offered via Amex BAPP