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The Miles & More World Elite Mastercard helps you fly Lufthansa like a king. You earn 2 points for every dollar spent on Miles & More. A cardholder will receive 2 Lufthansa business lounge vouchers annually.
Earn a total of 75,000 points after a total of $20,000 spent within the first year. Earn 50,000 points after $3,000 spent within the first 3 months. Plus, earn an additional 25,000 points after $20,000 spent within the first year. Intro 0% APR for 15 months on balance transfers.
- Good credit needed
- Barclays bank will (usually) only approve you for up to 2 personal credit cards within 12 months
- Barclays will not approve you for their business cards if you have opened 6 or more credit cards within the past 24 months.
- Barclays may not approve you for a credit card that you’ve already had in the past (and closed, for whatever reason).
- If you do not use your open Barclays cards often, then Barclays may hesitate to approve you for a new one
- Barclays Bank will usually pull your Transunion credit report
- You can check your application status here
- If declined you can call 1 866 408 4064 to be reconsidered
- Either $5 or 3% of the amount of each transfer, whichever is greater
- You cannot transfer balances from other accounts issued by Barclays bank
- Balance transfers must be made within 45 days of account opening to qualify for the intro rate
- No penalty APR
Achieve Miles & More status faster - You can convert your award miles earned on purchases into status miles. You can convert 5,000 to 25,000 award miles at a 5 to 1 ratio. For example, 5,000 award miles convert to 1,000 status miles
Free annual companion certificate. The companion certificate is valid for any economy ticket booked with Lufthansa. you will need to pay the companions taxes and fees.
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Receive 2 Lufthansa worldwide business airport lounge vouchers annually
Coverage for canceled or interrupted travel due to a unforeseen medical emergency, etc. Max $5,000 per trip for a max of $10,000 per year.
Worldwide coverage on rentals up to 31 days. Coverage is secondary for domestic rentals and primary for international rentals.
Get coverage If you god forbid die in an accident on a Common Carrier while traveling or lose a limb, sight, speech or hearing, receive up to $250,000 in compensation
Pay your monthly cell phone bill with this card and be covered in case your phone is stolen, or damaged. (There is a $50 deductible on each claim. Max $800 per claim, $1,000 per year. Limit 2 claims per year).
If delayed for a minimum of 4 hours you can claim up to $100 a day for up to 3 days
