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Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Red Barclays Frontier Airlines

Annual fee, welcome offer, top earning categories, and key benefits — compared side-by-side using Perqt's catalog data.

Bigger welcome offer: Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Red

Barclays

AAdvantage Aviator Red

Annual fee
$99
Network
mastercard
Welcome value
$900
Min spend
$1 / 3mo

Top earning rates

  • 2×Eligible American Airlines purchases · American Airlines AAdvantage
  • 1×All other purchases · American Airlines AAdvantage

Key benefits

  • Preferred boarding · $0
  • 25% inflight food and beverage savings · $0
  • No foreign transaction fee · $0
Full Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Red review

Barclays

Frontier Airlines

Annual fee
$99
Network
mastercard
Welcome value
$500
Min spend
$500 / 3mo

Top earning rates

  • 5×Frontier Airlines purchases · FRONTIER Miles
  • 3×Restaurants · FRONTIER Miles
  • 1×All other purchases · FRONTIER Miles

Key benefits

  • Two Free Checked Bags · $140
  • $100 Flight Voucher (Spend Tier) · $100
  • Instant Elite Gold Status · $0
  • Miles Never Expire · $0
  • No Foreign Transaction Fees · $0
Full Barclays Frontier Airlines review

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