ASUDan130

Awesome! Any possibility on getting more cards in the near future or am I pretty much done? When would the earliest I could re-apply?

patpatpatme

if youre trying to get the 100$ statement credit its a pita if you dont know which card it applies to. i tried spending on one card, and it turned out to be the other card that had the bonus tied. tried calling customer service, chat, and even went to a branch. all useless in helping me figure out which card it was.

michael_v

Sounds like old time BoA customer service. Some of the other big banks stepped up their game in customer service but BoA is lagging behind.

ASUDan130

Also those were my first ever apps with BofA AS Card so I had no prior history. I am tempted to start applying for more now that it was pretty easy. I do have about 5 other credit cards from the past year but how far can I push this to apply for the next 2 at a time? Should I wait 90 days to apply for 2 more personal on the same day or should I just be happy I got the 2 approved?

Brugge

I'd definitely wait for a while. It's not just B of A, Alaska itself has recently been closing accounts of people who do too much too fast. Apparently they aren't amused when people get 4 or 5 cards in a short time.

ASUDan130

What do you mean closing accounts? Obviously after I get the bonus its no big deal but I guess that would prevent me from applying for future cards.

aza72

There is a thread over on the AS forum about it:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alask...brokering.html

They are closing the Mileage Plan accounts of people who acquire a lot of miles through channels other than flying, and then use them on high value redemption on partner airlines.

ASUDan130

Interesting information. It looks like though this is geared to folks who buy tickets for others. I definitely plan on using it myself but that is interesting information. I think I will stay just be happy than with my 2 AS cards.

sdsearch

Quite possibly, but I figured it couldn't hurt to (for the first time ever) on my last Alaska flight to change my earning to Alaska at check-in (I used my AA LT Plat status to secure exit row seats right after booking), so that I'd have an Alaska flight posted to my Alaska account before my next upcoming Alaska credit card app.

(In the past, just because it was simple, I'd leave my AA number on my Alaska flights, and thus even though I flew Alaska a bunch of times before, I never earned Alaska miles on an Alaska flight before. So if Alaska had looked at my miles account only, and not done a search of my flights, up to now they might have thought I never fly Alaska planes, just earn on partners! )

However, it's multiple partners. In particular, I have lots of drips of Alaska miles from MileagePlan Dining in between my Alaska miles from BofA credit cards.

TMM1982

I can't get approved for any more of these damn cards eventhough I just got approved for Prestige!!

Superorb

Ok, so I called again and they're telling me that their system is showing both cards being approved with the same 17k limit even though the 2nd card isn't in my account yet and the application status still shows pending. So who knows what's going on now.

lw7878

Could you please share the card history (e.g. when were they opened/closed, how many are active currently, etc.)? Thanks.

TMM1982

0 active currently

I had 1 signature that I was approved in summer 2014, closed a few months later. Then I applied again in late 2014 but was only approved for the regular card, NOT signature. I immediately closed that card.

nwflyboy

The number of cards you currently have open has absolutely nothing to do with anything. It's irrelevant.

These days, Bank of America has taken a very hard line against churners (they used to not care). A few months back the bloggers were laughing about the 4 or 5 B of A cards they opened in a single day, and openly mocking them. They (B of A) appear to have noticed this (what? you mean what's posted on the internet isn't a secret?) and decided they were not going to be played for suckers anymore (gee, who could have imagined a bank would react that way?). Now, B of A looks at how many accounts you have applied for (in addition to other credit-worthiness factors). If that number of recent apps is over a certain threshold (that number, and how far back they look, is unknown at this point), they immediately consider you churner, and they flat-out deny you on the spot. Nothing else matters, they're done with you.

This is the new normal. Get used to it. Lot of that going around (see Chase, possibly Citi...).

livestrongforever

Its been over 3 years since I applied for my last BOFA card.

Did two today. 1 personal and 1 business. Personal got approved for 16k and Business is in pending status. Should I call it in? Thanks in advance!