Chip Chip Chip, CLUNK - No More 1000 mile CC booking bonus eff 1 AUG 12
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Originally Posted by SOCguy
As seen on my Signature card statement today:
"Effective August 1, 2012 there will no longer be a 1,000 mile bonus for Alaska Airlines purchases on www.alaskaair.com. Thank you for your continued patronage."
Per this poster in another thread.
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I looked on my statement dated 26 Jun and there is no notice there, so this must be new on July(?) statements. Kinda crummy to give less than one month's notice.
This was perhaps the single most valuable benefit of the AS MP after the waived change fee for Golds. I've earned north of 100K miles just from this booking bonus alone.
Guess I may be back to booking round-trip tickets from now on.
For as much as we whined about the paid baggage for upgraders, this cut stings a lot worse. It seems downright dirty to change terms like this on a whim when people have to pay for the privilege of having this card a year at a time.
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Well, kerplunk.
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Originally Posted by 98103
Another reason to not really like Bank of America at all.
I am sure this is a B of A decision, not an AS decision, and dealing with B of A is for me the worst part of my relationship with AS. I hate B of A. This will probably accelerate my decision to drop the card at next renewal window. I don't need it and I already miss the lounge passes.
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My statement is due tomorrow, I will be really disappointed if this is true. My anger will be focused on BOA not AS.
Why is everyone's anger focused at BofA? This is a jointly-marketed product. Do you think BofA actually buys 1000 miles from AS every time we buy a ticket? Or do you think AS gives us 1000 miles so we use the AS Visa (where AS already gets a benefit) and not spend the $ on another card?
Look at all of the chips over the past couple of years. Where was your anger focused?
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Why is everyone's anger focused at BofA? This is a jointly-marketed product. Do you think BofA actually buys 1000 miles from AS every time we buy a ticket? Or do you think AS gives us 1000 miles so we use the AS Visa (where AS already gets a benefit) and not spend the $ on another card?
Look at all of the chips over the past couple of years. Where was your anger focused?
I agree with your comments that these airline credit cards mutually benefit the bank and airline.
However, I don't care for BOA while Alaska is my friend. If this benefit goes away, I'm closing the card, no matter at AS or BOA's loss. This won't shift my business to another airline, it will make sure I don't use BOA again.
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