Uber Credit Card To Be Discontinued [Replaced With New Card]

The Uber Credit Card has been on the scene for a few years now and was a solid cash-back great card, especially for those who are superfans of Uber’s ridesharing platform. But unfortunately, the card will be short-lived, as come October 22, 2021, the Uber card will be discontinued and its users transitioned to a different Barclays card.

Here is everything you new to know about the upcoming swap.

Table of Contents

Old Benefits of the Uber Card
Transition to Barclays View Card
Final Thoughts

Old Benefits of the Uber Card

As of October 22, 2021, the Uber card will be officially be discontinued, and all current cardholders will be transited to the Barclays View™ Mastercard®.

For comparison’s sake, here are the rewards rates and perks that will be no more:

5% back on Uber purchases (including Uber Eats)
3% back on dining, hotels, and airfare
1% back on all other purchases
No annual fee, no foreign transaction fees, and up to $600 in cell phone insurance coverage for damage or theft when you use your card to pay your monthly phone bill

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Transition to Barclays View Card

Baclays View Mastercard — Image Credit: Barclays

Depending on your purchase habits, you may even come out better by using the new Barclays View card.

Here are its bonus categories:

3x points per $1 on restaurant purchases (including takeout and delivery)
2x points per $1 on select streaming, internet, phone, and TV services
2x points per $1 on grocery store purchases
1x point per on all other purchases

The card will still feature no annual fee, but your overall redemption options will expand significantly, allowing you to redeem your points for cash-back into your bank account, statement credits, and gift cards to brand-name restaurants or retailers.

Final Thoughts

So, as of October 22, 2021, all Uber cardholders will officially be transitioned to the Barclays View card. While it is not clear why exactly Uber and Barclays made the decision to discontinue the card, most would agree that it had been increasingly less and less competitive to begin with, thanks to its limited redemption options.

While you’re losing 5% back categories on Uber purchases and 3% back categories on hotels and airfare, you’re gaining 2% back categories on groceries, along with internet, select streaming, phone, and TV services. Given that the new categories being added are more regular purchases for most people, you might end up even better off with the new card!

The information regarding the Uber Credit Card and Barclays View™ Mastercard® was independently collected by Upgraded Points and not provided nor reviewed by the issuer.

5 comments

LARRY October 10, 2021

The new barclays card that is replacing the Uber Credit card is a nightmare. For one it does not support the instant payout feature that is popular with both Uber and Lyft drivers. I have found this out the hard way having to to of my express pay deposits declined. It was also not activating the card and took several calls to the Uber debit card customer service that seemed to know nothing or about activation. I am going to not use this card in future.

Mw November 6, 2021

For feedback purposes, the transition to this new card has been frustrating so far. I agree with the other commenter that as of right now the instant payout feature has not been accepted along other platforms that I use such as venmo and instacart. Customer service has been working diligently to solve this problem and I went from being cold that would take a week which has now turned into a week and a half. If the company is aware of these glitches it would be advantageous for them to inform the card users of these issues ahead of time so that we don’t get into complicated situations and have our funds held up.

James December 9, 2021

The loss of cell phone insurance is a not insignificant loss and one that is not easy to find elsewhere. This write up is a little too friendly to Barclays and Uber by representing that its just a friendly change over…

Jarrod West December 9, 2021
Hi James,
If the cell phone insurance was very important to you, then yes you’re correct that the new card is probably worse. However, from a cash-back perspective, many cardholders might fare much better thanks to the addition of 2x back on grocery and streaming service purchases.
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Rick May 16, 2022

The card has been dumbed down to “what everyone else offers” – except not as good. I already have cards that give cash back on the same categories, but at higher rates. 2 percent on groceries? Whoopee. I get 5 percent on Amex Blue.

As the card is now I would have never applied for it. Haven’t canceled a card in ages but the changes in benefits now make this one largely pointless.

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Uber Credit Card To Be Discontinued [Replaced With New Card]

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Transition to Barclays View Card

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