RIP Barclaycard Cashback Platinum for everyone? 26 October 2022 at 1:13PM in Credit cards 21 replies 1.5K views

TMMBT

I've had the Barclaycard Cashback Platinum for years and it had two benefits: 0.25% cashback, and free foreign currency spending. Just got a text that after 31 October all foreign currency spending will end. Are there any alternatives from Barclaycard?

Shame that this is over.

Ebe_Scrooge

When you say "free foreign currency spending", do you mean a card that doesn't charge FX fees?  If so, Halifax Clarity is one of the old stalwarts, but there is plenty of information on other alternatives here: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/credit-cards/travel-credit-cards/

robbo990

Hasn't it now become the BarclayCard Rewards Card? You can change in app.

Your Barclaycard at a glance

• Get 0.25% cashback on your everyday spend*

  On new purchases that you make. Terms and conditions apply which you can find in the important information section below.

• No fees abroad

  You’ll be able to withdraw cash from an ATM or buy your souvenirs without any charges and benefit from Visa’s competitive exchange rate.

• Protection on purchases over £100

  If there’s a problem, you could be covered for a refund – that’s a feature that comes with every UK credit card (conditions apply).

pgraber

Yes, but that hasn’t yet been updated to reflect the Barclaycard withdrawal.

Albermarle

I have a cashback platinum Barclaycard, I must have had for 15 ? years. 0.5% cashback on everything + an extra 1.5% on supermarket shopping and all fuel purchases. So I get about £200 back every year. I have been expecting for ages that it will get withdrawn.

Aidanmc

TMMBT said:

I've had the Barclaycard Cashback Platinum for years and it had two benefits: 0.25% cashback, and free foreign currency spending. Just got a text that after 31 October all foreign currency spending will end. Are there any alternatives from Barclaycard?

Shame that this is over.

Yeah, i also got this text and also said i could switch to a different card. I don't have apps, so i contacted Barclaycard to see if i could switch to the Barclaycard Rewards credit card. After 1.5hr waiting on call, they told me i wasn't eligible.

Will prob use Halifax Clarity or Virgin debit card now for foreign purchases/withdrawals

NoodleDoodleMan

Received our replacement Rewards cards today.

Nothing enclosed to flag up a change of Ts and Cs when used abroad.

I would have thought MSE would have headlined that - or did I miss it ?

WillPS

NoodleDoodleMan said:

Received our replacement Rewards cards today.

Nothing enclosed to flag up a change of Ts and Cs when used abroad.

I would have thought MSE would have headlined that - or did I miss it ?

The Rewards product is different to the one mentioned by the OP, which appears to be a long withdrawn legacy product (albeit one with similar benefits).

I've just semi-reluctantly parted company with my 0.5% Barclaycard. 100,000 Avios was too good an opportunity to miss.

Andy7856

TMMBT said:

I've had the Barclaycard Cashback Platinum for years and it had two benefits: 0.25% cashback, and free foreign currency spending. Just got a text that after 31 October all foreign currency spending will end. Are there any alternatives from Barclaycard?

Shame that this is over.

Yes, download the app and switch to a Reward Card.  You get the same perks, just without the Platinum name. Oddly enough my statement says the offer (0.25% cash back, and 0% overseas) expires on 31 August 2023, but I still got that text!  I phoned to query that, but when the wait time was advised as 60 mins I just swapped to the Rewards Card.

jimroy

I had the same text recently too and my platinum plus card offer wasn’t due to expire until the end of August ‘23 either. I thought it was due to me recently putting in a switch request to the Avios card after my next statement but maybe not.

ForumUser7

WillPS said:

NoodleDoodleMan said:

Received our replacement Rewards cards today.

Nothing enclosed to flag up a change of Ts and Cs when used abroad.

I would have thought MSE would have headlined that - or did I miss it ?

The Rewards product is different to the one mentioned by the OP, which appears to be a long withdrawn legacy product (albeit one with similar benefits).

I've just semi-reluctantly parted company with my 0.5% Barclaycard. 100,000 Avios was too good an opportunity to miss.

100,000 Avios = 160,000 Nectar Points when converted. 2 Nectar Points = 1p. That makes £800 for shopping in Sainsburys for example, a very good opportunity indeed!

Do you have a link to that product please?

*EDIT* Nevermind, I've found it - I was looking in the wrong website section