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Icelandair World MasterCard:

(Update 27 June 2014: this card is no longer available to new applicants; it has been removed from the Icelandair and Barclaycard websites.)

• Card issuer: Barclays (excludes Iowa residents)
• Type: World MasterCard/Platinum MasterCard (automatically considered for lesser Platinum if rejected for World)
• Sign-up bonus (public):
  • $39 annual fee version: 10,000 miles after first purchase
  • No annual fee version and Platinum card: 5,000 miles after first purchase
  • All versions: 1 mile per $1 in balance transfer in first 60 days of account opening, maximum 10,000 miles
• Annual fee: Two versions of World MasterCard, $39/$0; Platinum card is $0
• Annual fee waived first year: No
• Additional cardholders: $0
• Foreign transaction fee: 3%
• Rental Car Collision Damage Waiver (CDW): Secondary
• Earning:
  • $39 World MasterCard version: 2 miles/$1 on Icelandair purchases, 1 mile/$1 everywhere else
  • No annual fee World MasterCard version and Platinum: 1 mile/$1 on Icelandair purchases, 1 mile/$2 everywhere else
• Redeeming (card specific): No card specific redemption benefits
• Redeeming (general):
  • Redeem on Iceland Air and airline partners Air Iceland, Alaska Airlines and Finnair
  • Other partners include Hilton, Icelandair Hotels, Radisson, and Hertz
• Special benefit(s): None
• Annual benefit(s): None

Review: Little to like, no benefits on Iceland Air.