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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×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

JetBlue Premier Card

Annual fee
$499
Network
mastercard
Welcome value
Min spend

Top earning rates

  • 6×JetBlue purchases · JetBlue TrueBlue
  • 2×Restaurants · JetBlue TrueBlue
  • 2×Grocery stores · JetBlue TrueBlue
  • 1×All other purchases · JetBlue TrueBlue

Key benefits

  • Additional $1,500 Companion Pass Statement Credit (Spend Tier) · $1500
  • $500 Companion Pass Statement Credit (Spend Tier) · $500
  • TrueBlue Travel statement credit · $300
  • Free first checked bag · $140
  • Global Entry or TSA PreCheck application credit · $120
Full Barclays JetBlue Premier Card review

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