Mar 12, 2014, 3:53 pm
Last edit by: muji
As an additional resource for these cards see this thread: Alaska Airlines Visa
PERSONAL CARDS
30k mile offer, $75 AF, $1k spend: https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit...s-credit-card/
+2k miles if done with onboard paper application
30k mile offer with $100 credit and fee for companion ticket waived the first year, $75 AF, $1k spend: https://secure.bankofamerica.com/app...aignid=4020594
link no longer working
30k mile offer with $100 credit, $75 AF, $1k spend: https://secure.bankofamerica.com/app...aignid=4009277
link no longer working
If you are applying for a personal Alaska card, and are not an expert on applying for Alaska cards STOP, don't apply yet.
Instead, read this post. Doing that first may save you a huge amount of wasted time and frustration.
A few people in the Alaska Airlines forum have in the past received personally targeted, single-use links for a 50k offer
when they opt-in to "Partner Offers" in their Mileage Plan account preferences.
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BUSINESS CARDS
30k mile offer, $75 AF, $1k spend, no foreign transaction fees:
https://www.bankofamerica.com/smallb...-credit-card//
Note: There are two different earning formats for the business card, which you choose when you apply:
To avoid billing confusion later, make sure you choose the Individual Level Earning Plan if you are not going to have employee cards under the same account as your account.
Also see the Applying for Business Credit Cards [Consolidated] thread (not-BofA-specific) for general tips on applying for business cards.
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Reconsideration # (for personal cards):
1-800-354-0401 (8am-7pm ET Mon-Fri) direct, referring agent from another BofA line called it their "credit department"
1-866-811-4108 from the Alaska Airlines Visa thread post 949
Business card Recon Line:
866-695-6598 (8-7 EST M-F from what I was told)
Biz card status line: 888 663 6262
Biz Card credit analyst line: 877 665 5022, 877 665 5023 (seems to be non-working number)
Check application status online here:
https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit...status-form.go
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Credit Enquiries for Personal cards come from BofA. Enquiries for business cards come from FIA. Credit bureaus usually merge enquiries from the same requester made on the same day. Enquiries from BofA and FIA will not be merged.
When do the initial bonus miles post? You will get the miles after the statement closes for the cycle in which you meet your minimum spend. Usually AS points show up the Sunday evening after your statement closes, but sometimes it takes an additional week.
If there's a statement credit, when does it post?
It seems to be batch-processed. It will post automatically. Can be on the same statement or the next statement. It does not appear to be based on the statement close date.
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PERSONAL CARDS
30k mile offer, $75 AF, $1k spend: https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit...s-credit-card/
+2k miles if done with onboard paper application
30k mile offer with $100 credit and fee for companion ticket waived the first year, $75 AF, $1k spend: https://secure.bankofamerica.com/app...aignid=4020594
link no longer working
30k mile offer with $100 credit, $75 AF, $1k spend: https://secure.bankofamerica.com/app...aignid=4009277
link no longer working
If you are applying for a personal Alaska card, and are not an expert on applying for Alaska cards STOP, don't apply yet.
Instead, read this post. Doing that first may save you a huge amount of wasted time and frustration.
A few people in the Alaska Airlines forum have in the past received personally targeted, single-use links for a 50k offer
when they opt-in to "Partner Offers" in their Mileage Plan account preferences.
=======================================
BUSINESS CARDS
30k mile offer, $75 AF, $1k spend, no foreign transaction fees:
https://www.bankofamerica.com/smallb...-credit-card//
Note: There are two different earning formats for the business card, which you choose when you apply:
- $50 per company, $25 per card (Business Level Earning Plan)
- $0 per company, $75 per card (Individual Level Earning Plan)
To avoid billing confusion later, make sure you choose the Individual Level Earning Plan if you are not going to have employee cards under the same account as your account.
Also see the Applying for Business Credit Cards [Consolidated] thread (not-BofA-specific) for general tips on applying for business cards.
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Reconsideration # (for personal cards):
1-800-354-0401 (8am-7pm ET Mon-Fri) direct, referring agent from another BofA line called it their "credit department"
1-866-811-4108 from the Alaska Airlines Visa thread post 949
Business card Recon Line:
866-695-6598 (8-7 EST M-F from what I was told)
Biz card status line: 888 663 6262
Biz Card credit analyst line: 877 665 5022, 877 665 5023 (seems to be non-working number)
Check application status online here:
https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit...status-form.go
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Credit Enquiries for Personal cards come from BofA. Enquiries for business cards come from FIA. Credit bureaus usually merge enquiries from the same requester made on the same day. Enquiries from BofA and FIA will not be merged.
When do the initial bonus miles post? You will get the miles after the statement closes for the cycle in which you meet your minimum spend. Usually AS points show up the Sunday evening after your statement closes, but sometimes it takes an additional week.
If there's a statement credit, when does it post?
It seems to be batch-processed. It will post automatically. Can be on the same statement or the next statement. It does not appear to be based on the statement close date.
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Alaska Airlines card offers, Personal & Business [2012-2016]
Apr 1, 2015, 9:39 am
#1501
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,755
Timing of AF being billed
This, like the $100 statement credit, also seems totally random.
Husband's cards have the AF billed on the date after 1st statement closing date. His statement dates almost corresponding to his application dates.
My cards have the AF billed on the last day of the month while my statement dates not until 8th of April. My statement dates are 2 weeks from application date.
Both sets are applied on / after 20th of the month.
So there y'all see the total randomness of posting of this card.
Once again, the statement credit will come IF you used the Correct link and met the spend. Posting time again is totally random, has absolutely nothing to do with statement closing date. It can be one week or three weeks after meeting spend. But nobody has ever reported not receiving the credit IF they used the correct link.
You also can cancel the card within 30 days after the AF is billed to get a reversal. Note the 30 days is from the AF is billed, not from statement date.
Husband's cards have the AF billed on the date after 1st statement closing date. His statement dates almost corresponding to his application dates.
My cards have the AF billed on the last day of the month while my statement dates not until 8th of April. My statement dates are 2 weeks from application date.
Both sets are applied on / after 20th of the month.
So there y'all see the total randomness of posting of this card.
Once again, the statement credit will come IF you used the Correct link and met the spend. Posting time again is totally random, has absolutely nothing to do with statement closing date. It can be one week or three weeks after meeting spend. But nobody has ever reported not receiving the credit IF they used the correct link.
You also can cancel the card within 30 days after the AF is billed to get a reversal. Note the 30 days is from the AF is billed, not from statement date.
Last edited by Happy; Apr 1, 2015 at 9:37 pm
Apr 1, 2015, 2:38 pm
#1502
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MSY
Posts: 23
I've got an interesting situation at the moment. Opened 2 AS Sig cards by 2BM in late Jan. Completed $1000 spend on First card late Feb and 2nd card March 4. First $100 credit posted within 2 weeks. Second $100 credit has still not posted.
So far I've only chatted online with a rep, who "submitted a request" that I will hear back on, supposedly, in 21 business days.
Anyone have any ideas? Ever seen this one happen before?
So far I've only chatted online with a rep, who "submitted a request" that I will hear back on, supposedly, in 21 business days.
Anyone have any ideas? Ever seen this one happen before?
Apr 1, 2015, 2:40 pm
#1503
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Sacramento
Programs: RR, QS, AS MP, SPG
Posts: 233
I've got an interesting situation at the moment. Opened 2 AS Sig cards by 2 BM in late Jan. Completed $1000 spend on First card late Feb and 2nd card March 4. First $100 credit posted within 2 weeks. Second $100 credit has still not posted.
So far I've only chatted online with a rep, who "submitted a request" that I will hear back on, supposedly, in 21 business days.
Anyone have any ideas? Ever seen this one happen before?
So far I've only chatted online with a rep, who "submitted a request" that I will hear back on, supposedly, in 21 business days.
Anyone have any ideas? Ever seen this one happen before?
Apr 1, 2015, 5:01 pm
#1504
Join Date: Jan 2013
Programs: Hyatt Glb, MR Plat
Posts: 2,577
So going back to my AOR brainfart (forgetting to freeze EX) for these cards last time, just handled a friends and it worked out beautifully to make sure we got the Sig versions.
Did all the normal AOR, froze EX and then submitted 2 separate Alaska personal apps that went to pending as expected. Called in to have them pull EQ and the agent was able to approve both at the desired credit lines.
He first came back saying both have been approved, the first one for $20k and before how much he mentioned the 2nd one was I asked if he can do both for a lower amount.
It appears this way you and the agent have some control of how much credit line to approve the card for, but I'm not sure what would happen if the 1st one was not approved for over $5k. Next time I may tell them the desired credit lines beforehand to see if they can control it from the beginning.
Did all the normal AOR, froze EX and then submitted 2 separate Alaska personal apps that went to pending as expected. Called in to have them pull EQ and the agent was able to approve both at the desired credit lines.
He first came back saying both have been approved, the first one for $20k and before how much he mentioned the 2nd one was I asked if he can do both for a lower amount.
It appears this way you and the agent have some control of how much credit line to approve the card for, but I'm not sure what would happen if the 1st one was not approved for over $5k. Next time I may tell them the desired credit lines beforehand to see if they can control it from the beginning.
Apr 1, 2015, 7:53 pm
#1505
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MSY
Posts: 23
I hadn't called yet but my $100 credit appeared a few hours ago. Chatted and made the request on the B of A website 3 days ago
Apr 2, 2015, 2:36 am
#1506
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 119
So I signed in to my BOA account and my oldest credit card account was closed. After contacting customer service it was due to "inactivity" though I use it from time to time (apparently not enough.) Overall my average account age is fairly short and this one is significantly the longest. They say they can submit a re-open request within 90 days, but that it will cause a hard pull. I am probably going to have to bite the bullet and do that.
I am posting here to ask if I applied for an Alaska airlines (or different BOA card) on the same day as the re-open request if the two hard pulls would be combined into one? I don't want to waste one hard pull on reopening this account. Does anyone know if the re-open request will be processed on the same day? Or any advice on how to deal with this? Thanks in advance.
I am posting here to ask if I applied for an Alaska airlines (or different BOA card) on the same day as the re-open request if the two hard pulls would be combined into one? I don't want to waste one hard pull on reopening this account. Does anyone know if the re-open request will be processed on the same day? Or any advice on how to deal with this? Thanks in advance.
Apr 2, 2015, 6:57 am
#1507
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 1,012
I am posting here to ask if I applied for an Alaska airlines (or different BOA card) on the same day as the re-open request if the two hard pulls would be combined into one? I don't want to waste one hard pull on reopening this account. Does anyone know if the re-open request will be processed on the same day? Or any advice on how to deal with this? Thanks in advance.
Apr 2, 2015, 9:36 am
#1509
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Sacramento
Programs: RR, QS, AS MP, SPG
Posts: 233
I checked my statement this morning... 1 day after I called and chatted yesterday to figure out what's going on... and the $100 credit appeared. Yay!
Apr 2, 2015, 2:59 pm
#1511
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: DFW
Programs: AA 1M
Posts: 31,474
Sorry for this silly question. For the 2BM, would it work if one applies using Chrome and another using IE? The reason I ask is that when I last did this for Citi AA, I used IE and after each application deleted all temp files/cookies and then went to the next application. Which is the better method?
Last edited by UA Fan; Apr 2, 2015 at 4:26 pm
Apr 2, 2015, 4:24 pm
#1513
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 396
Your account age won't be reduced by that closure, so I wouldn't waste a hard pull re-opening it.
Apr 2, 2015, 10:51 pm
#1514
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 4,431
I got the impression on another thread that applying for 1 personal card and 1 business card at the same time will result in 2 HP; whereas 2 personal apps on the same day will only result in 1 HP. Is this correct? Also, I read on a blog that when churning this card, we should leave the FF number blank, then later call to combine the accounts. Is this still true? Does this apply to getting a personal and a biz card, or just 2 personal?
Last edited by DaveInLA; Apr 2, 2015 at 10:56 pm