At all-time highTracked since Mar 1

AARP Travel Rewards Mastercard

At its all-time high

Best offer this card has ever had: 100 dollars.

Current sign-up bonus

100

Bonus dollars

Earn 100 dollars after you spend $500 in the first 3 months. That's ~$100 in value.

Earning rates

3%

Airfare, hotel stays, and car rentals

2%

Restaurants

1%

Everything else

Key benefits

  • ✓3% cash back on airfare, hotel stays, and car rentals
  • ✓2% cash back at restaurants
  • ✓0% intro APR on balance transfers for 15 billing cycles
  • ✓Barclays donates $10 to AARP Foundation for every new account, plus 1% of eligible purchases (up to $1 million annually)
  • ✓No foreign transaction fees
  • ✓No annual fee

We list the highlights. See the issuer for full benefits & terms

Welcome bonus history

Every welcome bonus we've recorded for this card. The dashed line marks its all-time high, and the green dot is today, sitting right at the peak.

Highest bonus ever recorded:
100 dollars, first seen March 2021
Current offer since:
March 2021
All-time high100100 dollars · from Mar 2021Current2021Today · 2026
  1. 100 dollarsCurrent★ Highest ever
    2021-03-01 to 2026-10-17 · $500 / 3mo · Launch offer (DoC 3/23/21); unchanged since launch and still the current offer on the issuer page as of 7/18/26
    Source: doctorofcredit.com

Historical offers are tracked for reference. Past offers may not return.

Common questions

What is the highest welcome bonus the AARP Travel Rewards has ever offered?

100 dollars, first recorded March 2021. Today's offer matches it.

When did the AARP Travel Rewards's welcome bonus last change?

The current 100 dollars offer has run since March 2021, the earliest offer we have on record. Every change is recorded with the date it was first seen.