Increased Bonuses for Wyndham Rewards Credit Cards
Wyndham and Barclays have launched increased welcome offers on all three co-branded cards. The no fee Earner Card has a 45K bonus, Earner+ has a 75K bonus and the Earner Business card has a 80K bonus. While these offers are better than usual, we have seen even better bonuses in the past.
The cards run on the Visa network and provide increased earning at Wyndham properties, restaurants, grocery stores, and bonus points at gas stations. The cards come with no foreign transaction fees and Visa Signature benefits, which include access to Visa concierge services and travel and auto protections. You also get 10% points discount on award nights. Let’s see the details of these new Wyndham Rewards cards bonuses.
Wyndham Rewards Earner Card
Welcome Bonus
- Earn 45,000 bonus points, enough for up to 6 free nights, after spending $2,000 on purchases in the first 180 days.
- Enjoy a 0% introductory APR for 15 months on balance transfers made within 45 days of account opening. After that, a variable APR will apply. There’s a balance transfer fee.
Card Details
- 5x points per dollar spent on Wyndham hotels and gas purchases.
- 2x points per dollar spent on restaurants and grocery purchases (excluding Target and Walmart).
- 2x points per dollar spent on eligible purchases made at Wyndham Timeshare properties (including maintenance fee and loan payments).
- 1x point per dollar spent on all other purchases.
- Earn 7,500 bonus points each anniversary year after spending $15,000 on purchases.
- Automatically receive Wyndham Rewards Gold membership, which includes free WiFi, preferred room selection, late checkout and more.
- Redeem 10% fewer Wyndham Rewards points for go free® awards, and earn your free nights faster.
- No Annual Fee
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Wyndham Rewards Earner Card replaces the Wyndham Rewards Visa Card.
Wyndham Rewards Earner Plus Card
Welcome Bonus
- Earn 75,000 bonus points, enough for up to 10 free nights, after spending $2,000 on purchases in the first 180 days.
- Enjoy a 0% introductory 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.
Card Details
- 6x points per dollar spent on Wyndham hotels and gas purchases.
- 4x points per dollar spent on restaurants and grocery purchases (excluding Target and Walmart).
- 4x points per dollar spent on eligible purchases made at Wyndham Timeshare properties (including maintenance fee and loan payments).
- 1x point per dollar spent on all other purchases.
- Receive 7,500 bonus points each anniversary year.
- Automatically receive Wyndham Rewards Platinum membership, which includes early check-in, car rental upgrades and more.
- Redeem 10% fewer Wyndham Rewards points for go free® awards, and earn your free nights faster.
- $75 Annual Fee
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Wyndham Rewards Earner Plus Card replaces the Wyndham Rewards Visa Card.
Wyndham Rewards Earner Business Card
Welcome Bonus
- Earn up to 80,000 bonus points, enough for up to 10 free nights:
- Earn 40,000 bonus points after spending $4,000 on purchases in the first 90 days.
- Plus earn 40,000 bonus points after spending $15,000 on purchases within the first 12 months.
Card Details
- 8x points per dollar spent on Hotels By Wyndham and gas purchases.
- 5x points per dollar spent on marketing, advertising and utilities.
- 1x point per dollar spent on all other purchases.
- Receive cell phone protection for the next calendar month when you pay your wireless bill with your card.
- Receive 15,000 bonus points each anniversary year.
- Automatically receive Wyndham Rewards Diamond membership, which includes suite upgrades, welcome amenity at check-in at select hotels and more.
- Redeem 10% fewer Wyndham Rewards points for go free® awards, and earn your free nights faster.
- $95 Annual Fee
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What to Know About Applying for Barclays Cards
Here are a few things worth noting regarding Barclays credit card applications:
- There’s no real limit on the maximum number of credit cards you can have with Barclays.
- Normally, Barclays will only approve you for one card every 6 months.
- You can however apply for multiple Barclays cards on the same day, and those inquiries will be combined into a single hard pull. Normally only one application will auto-approved.
- 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.
- If you have a Barclay card, is best 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.
About Wyndham Rewards
Wyndham Rewards boasts a total of more than 9,100 properties in its portfolio, across 95 countries. Those hotels are categorized in 19 separate brands within the program, including a couple of boutique and luxury options. Value wise, Wyndham Rewards points are probably worth about 1 cent each, but that can vary slightly, based on brand and specific property. Here’s a quick look at how you can accumulate and use points:
- When it comes to earning points through stays, you get 10 points for each dollar spent on qualifying nights, or 1,000 points, whichever is higher. “Qualifying nights” include paid nights with an average nightly rate of $25 or more per night. Elite members earn more. You get a 10% bonus as a Gold member, 15% for Platinum and 20% for Diamond. You can also earn points by using the Wyndham credit cards, or you can transfer points from Capital One miles to Wyndham Rewards at a 2:1.5 transfer ratio.
- Wyndham is a simple program for redeeming points. There are three tiers that cost 7,500, 15,000 or 30,000 points per night. There is no dynamic pricing or peak and no-peak season variations. Wyndham also gives members the option to combine points with cash. You will need 1,500, 3,000, or 6,000 points plus cash to book these stays. You can also redeem points at Wyndham Vacation Clubs, Caesars Entertainment destinations, Vacasa bookings (although value has gone down) and by transferring to 10 transfer partners, nine of which are airline frequent flyer programs.
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