Student Barclaycard Reviews

I've been using student barclaycard for four years now and I've had nothing but satisfaction from them. Their service line is always polite and helpful. One experience in particular where my card was stolen whilst I was on holiday in Rome was dealt with very well . The person on the other end of the service line sounded genuinely ...  Read the complete review

When I started university, in freshers week while we were getting used to the new surroundings, one of the stalls that were arond uni the most were those of Barclays. The Barclays team were there to, 'help us settle in'. They were going to help us new students. How were they going to do that? Well, its easy, give a new ...  Read the complete review

A word of warning for those of you considering the Student Barclay card.... I took mine out in the second year on my course and I have to say that I can't get rid of them. We all know how skint students are and I was no exception to the rule. I ran up my Barclaycard to its limit and eventually began to fall behind with the ...  Read the complete review

It doesn’t matter how careful you are, if you get one of these, you will almost certainly use it once. Once you’ve used it once, you will use it again… and again. I got offered one when I was 18 and took it “for emergencies”. Well I spent £200 on my first bill thinking it would come to about £40… oops! I ...  Read the complete review

A long title, but a needed one. You have to be completely stupid to use a credit card when you are a student unless you have some kind of sponsorship or part time job which pays you mega bucks and you are using the card to collect air miles or something. This said, it is useful whilst at university to have a student credit card as often there ...  Read the complete review

The first thing you think of when somebody mention "VISA card" is ... a credit card. Together with Master Cards, Visa is a widely accepted credit cards in all business be it e-commerce or not. Hence, don't be fooled by the VISA symbol on the Student Barclaycard. It is not a CREDIT CARD but a DEBIT CARD. A credit ...  Read the complete review

As a student, I would recommend that you all avoid using a credit card unless you can afford to pay off the balance you will run up immediately. Students already have to cope with enough debt what with student loans and bank overdrafts without getting an extortionate interst rate to pay on a credit card. If you can, speak with your bank ...  Read the complete review

As a graduate I would advise any student considering to have a credit card to think again, the banks offer you excellent deals when you initially ask for a credit card, but in reality you end up paying an APR of somewhere in the region of 22%. If you had a guaranteed salary coming in then the bill could be cleared and no interest paid, but as a ...  Read the complete review

After recieving a Barclaycard with my student account I for the the first ever time had a credit card. Not a huge credit limit but used sensibly it can be a very useful asset. Barclaycard like other credit card companies offer a reward scheme, however, I think they abuse their position of dominance in the market. The points ...  Read the complete review