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Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Red Barclays JetBlue Premier Card

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

Lower annual fee: Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Red

Barclays

AAdvantage Aviator Red

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

Top earning rates

  • 2×American Airlines · American Airlines AAdvantage
  • 1×all other purchases · American Airlines AAdvantage

Key benefits

  • First Checked Bag Free · $160
  • Anniversary Companion Certificate · $150
  • Preferred Boarding · $50
  • No Foreign Transaction Fees · $45
  • 25% In-Flight Savings · $25
Full Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Red review

Barclays

JetBlue Premier Card

Annual fee
$499
Network
mastercard
Welcome value
—
Min spend
—

Top earning rates

  • 6×JetBlue purchases · TrueBlue
  • 2×dining · TrueBlue
  • 2×grocery · TrueBlue
  • 1×all other purchases · TrueBlue

Key benefits

  • Mosaic Status (Spend Tier) · $500
  • 2x points on Restaurants and Grocery Stores · $250
  • 1x points on All Other Purchases · $195
  • Free First Checked Bag · $140
  • 6x points on JetBlue Purchases · $117
Full Barclays JetBlue Premier Card review

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