Barclays · Mastercard

Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite Mastercard

$89 annual fee · 2x on everything else · no foreign transaction fees

Earn rates · how we got this

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Everything else 2x uncapped

Non-cash perks

  • Miles redeemable toward travel statement credits at 1 cent each (2,500 miles = $25 in travel credit), or cash back/gift cards/merchandise at lower value
  • No foreign transaction fees

Does the fee earn out? · how we got this

The $89 fee minus $0 in printed credits leaves $89/yr to earn back through rewards — roughly $4,046 of spending at the base rate (valuing Barclays points at the same mid-range value the optimizer uses). Whether that clears depends on your actual spending.

Check the current offer on the issuer's site → Where a card link will appear once available — no link on this page pays us today.

Who this card is not for

Every point below is a term the issuer prints, read off this card's own row in our database — not an opinion about the card. One thing on this card rules out a kind of spender:

  • Anyone applying today. The issuer no longer opens this card to new applicants. It stays published because people still hold it, not because it can be applied for.

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Which card should this spending actually be on? The demo re-scores a year of realistic spending against every card in a wallet — free, no signup. See it on sample data →

Verified 2026-08-21 against issuer terms · sources: www.nerdwallet.com. This card is closed to new applicants. Spot an error? Tell us.

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