Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite Mastercard
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2.1 percent on everything toward any travel, pulled without warning in 2019.
Welcome Bonus
None
Discontinued
Spend Requirement
None
Annual Fee
$89
No FTF
Credit Score
740+
(Excellent)
Common Questions
Is the Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite Mastercard discontinued?
Yes. Discontinued. 2.1 percent on everything toward any travel, pulled without warning in 2019.
What can I use instead of the Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite Mastercard?
The closest open alternatives we track are the Chase Sapphire Reserve, Chase Sapphire Preferred, Capital One Venture X. Each links to our full review with its current offer and complete breakdown.
Open Alternatives
The Arrival Plus is gone, but these cards do a similar job and are still accepting applications.
The flagship premium travel card, rebuilt in 2025 with a credit stack that can out-earn its fee.
The best first travel card in the game. Full transfer partner access for $95.
Premium travel with the easiest break-even math in the category.
Historical Offers Chart
Every public offer change we've tracked. Hover for details, timing your application is worth hundreds of dollars.
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Earning Rates
- 2xEverything
Credits
No statement credits, this card wins on earn rates, not coupons.
Benefits
- ✦Travel eraser redemptions against any travel charge from any merchant
- ✦Barclays added airline transfer partners for surviving cardholders in 2022
Why it earns its spot
- +2.1 percent flat on all spend led the market for years
- +No portals, no blackout dates, just statement credits on travel
Where it costs you
- −89 dollar fee after the first year on a flat-rate card
- −Redemption minimums made small travel charges awkward to erase
The Compound Verdict
Arrival Plus was the travel eraser archetype: 2x miles on everything, a 5 percent rebate when you redeemed, and credits against any travel purchase you could find. It peaked with a 70,000 mile offer in spring 2019, then Barclays yanked applications overnight that June. Surviving cardholders even got airline transfer partners in 2022, a strange afterlife for a dead icon that flat-rate cards still get compared to.
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