Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan - AS Visa Signature now comes with EMV chip

BofA seems to have rolled out EMV chip-and-signature cards this week, one of which being the AS MP VISA card.

When going to the "additional benefits" section of BofA's website, it says:

Chip Technology
Shop easily and more securely with a credit card that comes with both a magnetic stripe for transactions in the US and an embedded chip for use in more than 130 countries including Canada, the U.K. and Mexico.


https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit-cards/products/alaska-airlines-credit-card.go

Thanks for the information. I just finished a chat with BOA to update my card to the chip. I was debating dropping this card before my next anniversary date because of the change in companion tickets, but now I plan to keep it.

My new cards with the chip arrived today (July 23rd), 5 days after I requested them. That was fast service.

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So this is the chip & sign vs chip & pin that's needed for rail stations in Europe?

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So this is the chip & sign vs chip & pin that's needed for rail stations in Europe?

Chip and Sign but people have had success getting chip and pin to work in unmanned places as well. Atleast better than nothing.

Chip and Sign but people have had success getting chip and pin to work in unmanned places as well. Atleast better than nothing.

...but it still has 3% forex fee vs. 1% at Andrews or 0% at State Dept or others :( (plus AFCU and SDFCU support chip and pin)

Mine stays in my wallet when I'm not spending USD and would continue to do so if it had a chip.

...but it still has 3% forex fee vs. 1% at Andrews or 0% at State Dept or others :( (plus AFCU and SDFCU support chip and pin)

Mine stays in my wallet when I'm not spending USD and would continue to do so if it had a chip.

Agreed...there are plenty of zero forex fee cards out there that have chip capabilities. I wonder if this is a sign of increased EMV chip usage coming to the USA...would be about time.

Does the chip still work when my AS BoA card goes through the shredder on Jul 31st?

Does the chip still work when my AS BoA card goes through the shredder on Jul 31st?

I'm sure the chip, chip, chip will live on, yes.

Unless the chip goes into the head of the BofA customer service reps to help them understand what "customer service" is (especially the floor supervisor with which I spoke, Steven, who I'm tempted to give a starring role in an upcoming column as an example of patronizing cluelessness), it's of minimal interest.

Chip and PIN is really way more interesting for European travel.