In the UK, Barclaycard has 8.4 million customers.

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Posted on 15 / 01 / 2006

I have owned a barclaycard for as long as I have a credit card (nearly 20 years). As you can well imagine I have therefore spent a great deal of money using my Barclaycard. The reason I went with Barclaycard is they were my Bank, not for reasons like the Interest rate which is probably not the best around. Over the years I have had both Mastercard and Visa card from them, and also a Gold and Plantium card. I have always paid it off monthly, so have never needed an extended credit, and all this has helped minimise any interest payments I would have paid. Barclaycard has over the years had plenty of useful loyalty schemes with free gifts for the using the card X number of times. I have always taken advantage of these, which has included free wine, cinema tickets, leisure vouchers or just free meal tickets for chain stores like Pizza Hut and Brewer's Fayre pubs. But recently I have been solely disappointed because Barclays has decided to drop almost all of the free offers. These free offers were one of the few perks of staying with Barclaycard in an increasingly competitive market. With all the lower interest rates around I am very tempted to jump ship after a long partnership. Barclays should remember that customer loyalty only goes so far.

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Posted on 24 / 03 / 2006

I first signed up with Barclays as a student and received their student Barclaycard about four years ago. As a poor student I had a low credit limit of £350, I have paid all my necessities on my Barclaycard and of course tried my best pay it off in full at the end of each month so to avoid the interest rates. There are some good advantages of using a Barclaycard, when I have bought electrical goods I've phoned Barclays and then received a free extra years warranty. And I recently phoned Barclaycard for a car insurance quote and got a £70 discount. The staff are always efficient and helpful either in-store or on the phone when you ring them up. The rewards points are a plus, and the other advantages are all available on their web page www.barclaycard.co.uk.

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One in five UK credit cards is a Barclaycard. Barclaycard can be used to pay for goods and services in more than 22 million places in over 200 countries.

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