Barclays Choice Privileges Card Has a Best Ever 75K Bonus

November 4, 2021

Barclays Choice Privileges Card 75K Bonus

The Barclays Choice Privileges Visa Signature Card has an increased welcome bonus that can earn you a total of 75,000 points. This is not one of the most valuable points currencies out there, but the spending requirement is low and this is the best ever bonus for this card. These points can come in handy when you just need a cheap stay. The best redemptions are for stay overseas. Let’s see take a look at the details of this Barclays Choice Privileges Card 75K bonus.

Update: New link added.

Offer

Earn up to 75,000 bonus points, enough to redeem for up to 9 free nights! Here’s how this welcome bonus works:
- Earn 50,000 bonus points after spending $1,000 on purchases in the first 90 days.
- Plus earn 25,000 bonus points after spending $2,000 on purchases in the first 180 days.
Earn an additional 2 points for every $1 spent on purchases this year (total of 4X)!
0% introductory APR on balance transfers 0% intro APR for 15 months on balance transfers made within 45 days of account opening. After that, a variable APR will apply. There is a fee for balance transfers.

The bonus will be reflected on the billing statement in which you have qualified to earn the bonus. Please allow 4-6 weeks for bonus points to be deposited into your Membership account after the qualifying purchase(s) have posted to your Card Account. This offer may be canceled at any time without notice.

You also earn 8,000 anniversary bonus points every year you spend $10,000 or more on purchases with your card by your account anniversary date—enough points for up to 1 free night!

Card Details

Earn 8,000 anniversary bonus points every year you spend $10,000 or more
Earn 15 points per $1 spent at eligible Choice Privileges locations
10% point bonus every time you purchase a stay with Choice Hotels
Earn 5 points per eligible $1 spent on the purchase of Choice Privileges points or Choice Hotels gift card purchases
Earn 2 points per $1 spent anywhere else
Elite Gold Status
No Annual Fee

Applying for The Card

Direct link to Application Page

Barclay will usually only approve you for a card every 6 months. If you have a Barclay card, is bet to put some spend on it before applying for another card. They don’t like dormant cardholders. There’s no real limit on the number of cards you can have with Barclay.

They also have a 6/24 rule. That means that they might not approve you if you’ve had more than 6 new cards in the last 24 months. I say might, because we’re not sure if it still applies, and even before it was never really a hard rule.

Now they also added the following language:

In addition, you may not be eligible for this offer if, at any time during our relationship with you, we have cause, as determined by us in our sole discretion, to suspect that the account is being obtained or will be used for abusive or gaming activity (such as, but not limited to, obtaining or using the account to maximize rewards earned in a manner that is not consistent with typical consumer activity and/or multiple credit card account applications/openings).

Choice Privileges Loyalty Program

Choice Privileges loyalty program is a bit different from other programs and a bit confusing. There’s no rewards chart as far as I know but you can still check the rate for any hotel at their website. Just select your destination and preferred dates and select “Choice Privileges Reward Night” in the drop down menu.

You might not find anything decent at that rate stateside, but there’s some great properties overseas that surely are worth it. There’s actually some properties that can be booked at 6,000 a night. Now you can also use Points Plus Cash for reward nights starting at just 6,000 points plus cash.

The worst part is availability. Mainly because you can’t book more than 30 days prior to planned arrival. With this card you have Elite Gold Status, so that gives you 50 days, but it’s still not a lot of time when you’re planning a vacation, especially now.

In the US there’s not many opportunities that would be considered great redemption options. But you can find good properties for 8,000 points in Paris, Rome, Stockholm, Prague, Japan etc. Also check their points forfeiture policy here.

Guru’s Wrap-Up

This is the best ever welcome bonus for the have seen for the Barclays Choice Privileges Visa Signature Card. The previous high was 64,000 points. This is a good bonus for a no fee card and the spending requirement is relatively easy. You can also earn 4X on all purchases this year. Just make sure you check your booking options before applying and see if it is a good value for you.