Update: This offer is expired.

Update: There will be some changes coming to this card in 2015. The card itself will become an American Airlines AAdvantage MasterCard from Barclaycard, and with that there will be some tweaks to the benefits of the card.

1. The Annual $99 companion pass will be eliminated.
2. First class check in, will also go.
3. The 5,000 mile rebate on award redemption’s will cease and will be replaced by a 10% discount on redemption’s.

Ultimately,  you may want to get this card now, for 1.) to maximize the option to use the companion pass before the benefits change. and 2.) so that you can double dip and churn this card before the current card becomes obsolete in 2015.
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The Barclaycard US Airways Premier World MasterCard offer just got better. Up until now it had a 30,000 bonus mile offer + up to an extra 10,000 bonus miles, only after you made a balance transfer, at 1 point per dollar.

As of now the offer is for 40,000 bonus miles after your first purchase, which can be as little as only $1 and there is no need for a balance transfer. This is a solid offer, especially since there is no minimum spend requirement as most of the other cards have.

Full Benefits:

• 40,000 Bonus Miles after your first purchase.
• First checked bag FREE on eligible bags for you and up to 4 companions on domestic US Airways operated flight.
• One free companion certificate good for up to two guests on US Airways operated flights at $99 each, plus taxes and fees. (Certificate is sent to new cardholders 6-8 weeks after the first purchase is made on the card.)
• Priority Boarding Zone 2 on US Airways operated flights.
• Earn 2X miles on all US Airways purchases and 1X miles on all other purchases.
• Check in at the First Class counter for all of 2014.
• One complimentary US Airways Club day pass each year.
• Redeem flights for 5,000 fewer miles on US Airways.
• 10,000 Preferred-qualifying miles every year you spend $25,000 or more on your card.
• 0% introductory APR for 15 months for each Balance Transfer made within 45 days of account opening.

There is an $89 annual fee which is not waived the first year, but 40,000 bonus points are more than definitely worth the $89.

US Airways:

US Airways is now part of the Oneworld alliance which includes the following airlines:

American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, US Airways, Qantas, Qatar Airways, and Royal Jordanian Airlines. You can redeem US Airways award flights on any of the Oneworld airlines.

US Airways allows one free stopover or one open-jaw on award redemption’s. On international tickets, it’s only considered a stopover, if your stop is for 24 hours or more. If it’s less than 24 hours it will not use up your free stopover, it’ll just count as a transfer. An open-jaw means you can fly into one city and fly out of another city on the same award ticket.

Also, USAirways is currently not collecting any fuel surcharges for travel on partner airline British Airways. Most British Airways partner airlines are required to collect BA’s fuel charges which can be pretty hefty at times. USAirways is currently not collecting any of these fuel charges. Though this may very well be a glitch or something, and may not last forever.  Update: US Airways has updated their pricing system and has now started collecting fuel surcharges for British Airways awards.

With USAirways miles…

• Domestic round-trip awards on USAirways are normally 25,000 miles. With the US Airways Premier World MasterCard credit card, your total round-trip will be only 20,000 miles, as this card offers a 5,000 mile discount on all awards. 40,000 miles = 2 free round trip domestic flights.
• Round-trip to Australia in first class is only 140,000 miles. In Business it’s just 110,000 miles.
• Round-trip to North Asia (including China, Hong Kong, Japan), with this card is just 55,000 miles round-trip in coach, 105,000 miles round-trip in Business and just 115,000 miles round-trip in First class.
• To Israel, It’s normally 80,000 miles for a round-trip coach class ticket, 120,000 miles in Business, and in First it’s 180,000 miles. Again with this card, your total will be 5,000 miles less. So in coach it will be just 75,000 miles for a free round-trip ticket to Israel and 115,000 for a free business class round-trip ticket.
• Off-peak award flights to Europe or South America is only 30,000 miles round-trip with this card when flying USAirways metal.

Barclaycard credit cards are fully churnable, so you can earn the bonus again even if you’ve had this card in the past.

In light of the recent USAirways / American Airlines merger, this card which is offered by Barclaycard will cease to be offered to new applicants at some point in the future. The new post merger card will be issued by Citibank. So this may just be the opportunity to get in on this mega offer before the card ceases to exist (especially if your looking to churn this card).

All USAirways miles will eventually be converted int AAdvantage miles. If you still have this card at that point, you will earn AA miles instead of the USAirways miles you earn now. This won’t stop you from double dipping and applying for the new issued card by Citibank.

If you applied for this card and were denied, you can call Barclays reconsideration at 866-408-4064.

Click here to apply for the US Airways Premier World MasterCard.