Some Barclays Aviator Cards Won’t Move to Citi, Will Convert to Legacy Barclays Products
Barclays told a subset of Aviator customers their accounts will convert to Arrival Plus or Juniper Business, prompting new uncertainty.
Overview
- Most Barclays American Airlines cards are still slated to transfer to Citi on April 24, with Citi becoming the exclusive U.S. issuer for AAdvantage cards.
- Frequent Miler reports some cardholders received notices that their Aviator accounts will stay with Barclays and be converted rather than moved.
- Reported conversions include Aviator Red and Silver to the legacy Barclays Arrival Plus Mastercard and Aviator Business to the Barclays Juniper Business Mastercard.
- The criteria for who is excluded from the move remain unclear, with reader data points suggesting possible links to prior Citi shutdowns but also showing inconsistent cases.
- Arrival Plus has not been open to new applicants in years and is described as a 2x-everywhere card, a replacement many affected customers view as a poor fit for those seeking to keep an AAdvantage card.