Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Red Card: Calculator & Miles Guide

Fees

Earning Rates

Earn 2 AAdvantage Miles per $1 on American Airlines purchases.
Earn 1 AAdvantage Mile per $1 spent on all other purchases.

Main Benefits

First checked bag free
$99 companion certificate
Preferred boarding
In-flight Wi-Fi statement credits
Discounts on in-flight purchases
Great travel insurance

Our Take

The Aviator Red Card is great for benefits, but comes up short on helping you build AAdvantage miles due to having no additional bonus category multipliers outside of AA purchases.

Last Updated: 04-03-2025

Aviator Red Mastercard Miles Calculator

Use this calculator to estimate how many AAdvantage miles you’ll earn with the Aviator Red Card from Barclays based on your spending. You can also compare it against other AAdvantage or travel cards, adjust benefit values, and customize fees to build your ideal rewards strategy.

Quick Card Overview

Calculator Options

Add Card Categories

When On, adding a card to the calculator will add that card's bonus categories if they aren't already present.

Change Card Name

Name the card something else for your own records.

Add To Column

Edit Card Name

Set the name of the card to something of your choosing. Leave it blank to default back to normal card name.

Quick Assign

Use quick assign to quickly toggle this card on for Spend Categories in the calculator. If the card is already assigned, toggling off will set the category to No Selection.

Any currencies you add to the tool will be selectable when entering spend into the Spend Categories section of the calculator.

Do note that any foreign currencies selected will automatically be converted to the card's default currency when calculating rewards.

You can add elite status to one or more columns. This allows you to calculate the extra points you would receive from having status with that program.

If the status is already added, you can update the currency the status is based on by specifying a different currency than what the one in the calculator already has.

NOTE: Elite status is automatically added to the calculator for most credit cards that grant it.

Statuses

Add To Column

Status Value Based On

Clears all spend from a single column or all columns in the calculator. This resets the spend to 0 (zero) for each field, sets the time unit back to 'Monthly' and resets the currency to column's default.

Remove all credit card selections from a single column or all columns in the calculator.

^*NOTE: This has no impact on columns that feature only one credit card.

If you're looking to quickly assign cards to multiple categories, click on the card itself under the Credit Cards section.

Removes all categories from the Spend Categories section (for all columns).

Category:

Spend:

Select the card you will use for this category.

Do note that the order of the categories in the Category Spending section makes a difference. Spend is calculate by month in order of categories listed.

No Selection

Apply the selected card to all categories in this column.

Credit Cards

Search Cards

Search through our credit card database by keyword. This is the most basic of searches. Keywords include:

Credit card name (e.g. Chase Sapphire Reserve, American Express Gold Card)
Credit card code (e.g. PLAT, CSR, VEN)
Issuing bank (e.g. American Express, Chase, U.S. Bank)
Currency (e.g. Membership Rewards Points, Altitude Points, Delta SkyMiles)
Network (e.g. Visa, Mastercard, Discover)

Enter spaces between keywords. Click on a card to view the details as well as the option to add it to the tool.

Show Unavailable Cards

When On, credit cards that are discontinued or currently unavailable will show up in the list.

Credit Card Codes

Enter credit card codes (3-13 characters each).

Use (+) plus sign to add multiple cards to the same column. (e.g. PLAT + PRG2)
Use (,) comma to start a new column. (e.g. PLAT + PRG2, BINKP, CSR + CSP)
Skip columns with empty entries (,,). (e.g. ,, PRG2)
Spaces are ignored.
Max: 10 columns. No max on cards in a column... at the moment.

New cards will be added to the tool along with any already existing entries. When adding more than one card to a column, there will be no selected cards for the column (as in, you will have to select which cards you'll use for each category manually).

(I apologize in advance for some of the codes these credit cards have.)

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Add All Categories

When On, adds all the spend categories from each of the cards above.

Welcome To Our Credit Card Calculator Tool

Use this tool to calculate total credit card earnings and the overall cash value of credit cards side-by-side.

To get started, to the calculator.

Currency Worth

Memberships / Loyalty

Spend Categories

Add Categories

Search for categories and click 'Add Category' to add selected categories to the calculator.

Show selected categories

When On, only shows currently selected categories.

Show category descriptions

When On, shows the descriptions for each of the categories.

Bonus Rewards

Total Rewards

Monetary Bonuses

Fees

Total Column Value

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AAdvantage® Aviator® Red World Elite Mastercard® Details

Earning Rates

The Aviator Red Card earns AAdvantage miles at the following rates:

2 AAdvantage miles per $1 spent on eligible American Airlines purchases
1 AAdvantage mile per $1 spent on all other purchases

When compared to AA's other co-branded credit cards, this is one of their lowest earning cards due to having no bonus multipliers outside of AA purchases.

Rewards Value & Calculator

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Key Benefits

Here are the main benefits of the Aviator Red Card:

Each anniversary year, earn a Companion Certificate good for 1 guest at $99 (plus taxes and fees) if you spend $20,000 on purchases and your account remains open for 45 days after your anniversary date.
First checked bag free on domestic AA itineraries for the primary cardmember and up to 4 companions traveling on the same reservation.
Up to $25 back as statement credits on in-flight Wi-Fi purchases every anniversary year on American Airlines operated flights.
Receive 25% in-flight savings as statement credits on food and beverages when you use your card on American Airlines operated flights.
Preferred boarding for the primary cardmember and up to 4 companions on their reservation for all American Airlines operated flights.

As a cardholder, you will also receive a handful of great travel coverage. This includes Travel Accident Insurance, Trip Cancellation and Interruption coverage, Baggage Delay Insurance, and Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver.

Fees

Annual Fee

The Aviator Red Card has a $99 annual fee.

You can easily make up for this with one to two round-trips on AA using the free checked bag perk, especially if multiple people are traveling with you on the same itinerary.

Authorized User Fee

There is no fee to add additional users to the Aviator Red Card. Adding additional cardholders will help you build your AAdvantage miles faster.

Foreign Transaction Fee

The Aviator Red has a 0% foreign transaction fee. This makes it a fantastic card for earning AAdvantage miles on purchases made worldwide, with no penalty.