Co-branded credit card program rewards cardmembers for online travel and everyday purchases.
WILMINGTON, DEL. – Barclaycard US, the payments business of Barclays in the United States, and priceline.com, a leader in online and mobile travel, have extended their co-branded credit card agreement under which Barclaycard issues the priceline.com rewards Visa card.
“We are thrilled to extend our partnership with priceline.com,” said Ann-Marie Archino, director of travel and entertainment partnerships, Barclaycard US. “Since 2009, priceline.com has been one of our fastest-growing travel portfolios. We share a mutual commitment to providing great value and service to our customers. We look forward to building on our shared success in the years to come.”
“The priceline.com rewards Visa card provides us with another way to reward our customers for their loyalty and offers incremental value for everyday purchases,” said Ben Harrell, Senior Vice President at priceline.com. “We are pleased to continue our ongoing relationship with Barclaycard as a benefit to our customers.”
“We were excited to advise priceline.com, a leader in online and mobile travel, in developing its next generation credit card program, and appreciated the creativity and true spirit of partnership that both Barclaycard US and Visa displayed in structuring the new agreement,” said Steve Serra, Director, Partnerships at Auriemma Consulting Group.
The priceline.com rewards Visa card helps leisure travelers earn points for rewards when they use the card to pay for online travel deals as well as everyday purchases like gas and groceries. The credit card has no annual fee, and each dollar you spend earns points that can be redeemed for statement credits, gift cards and merchandise beginning at $25.
Benefits exclusive to the priceline.com rewards Visa card
- No annual fee
- Earn 5,000 bonus points after your first card purchase – That’s enough to redeem for statement credits totaling $50 toward purchases of $25 or more made in the 120 days before redemption
- Earn 5 points for every $1 of eligible priceline.com purchases
- Earn 1 point for every $1 spent on all other purchases
- Get 10% points back every time you redeem points for statement credits toward eligible priceline.com or travel purchases of $25 or more made in the last 120 days
- Chip Card Technology designed to make paying for your purchases more secure at chip-card terminals in the U.S. and abroad
- Plus, no foreign transaction fees on purchases made while traveling abroad.
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