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]
Mar 4, 2015, 7:46 pm
#1381
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 34
Data point: I'm a WA resident and got the 50k offer and the second 25k posted as "signature card 25k spend bonus WA". So, it may be targeted geographically.
Mar 5, 2015, 7:51 pm
#1382
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: USA
Programs: All of em...
Posts: 1,265
Bummer, went for another one today and got a $1k credit line.
I've been following this thread for a couple years but cannot remember the procedure when you get the lower version of the card. Can I call and erase the app/inquiry or is it already set? If it's set, do I have any shot at calling an analyst for a higher limit and the premium? I'm assuming not, but if there's better news, I'm all ears. $100 and 3,000 miles is hardly worth it.
I've been following this thread for a couple years but cannot remember the procedure when you get the lower version of the card. Can I call and erase the app/inquiry or is it already set? If it's set, do I have any shot at calling an analyst for a higher limit and the premium? I'm assuming not, but if there's better news, I'm all ears. $100 and 3,000 miles is hardly worth it.
Mar 5, 2015, 8:18 pm
#1383
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Paris
Posts: 235
Strange Occurrence.
I applied for 2 signature cards about two weeks ago. One came yesterday, the other I have yet to receive. I have already received 25k x2 posted to my Alaska account, without making any spend or even activating the cards! The mileage was posted on approval for the cards!
Just now checking the verbage of the Alaska Airlines site it does say "On Approval". Though, it also mentions 3-4 weeks. Never had this happen to me before.
I applied for 2 signature cards about two weeks ago. One came yesterday, the other I have yet to receive. I have already received 25k x2 posted to my Alaska account, without making any spend or even activating the cards! The mileage was posted on approval for the cards!
Just now checking the verbage of the Alaska Airlines site it does say "On Approval". Though, it also mentions 3-4 weeks. Never had this happen to me before.
Mar 6, 2015, 9:34 am
#1384
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,932
Bummer, went for another one today and got a $1k credit line.
I've been following this thread for a couple years but cannot remember the procedure when you get the lower version of the card. Can I call and erase the app/inquiry or is it already set? If it's set, do I have any shot at calling an analyst for a higher limit and the premium? I'm assuming not, but if there's better news, I'm all ears. $100 and 3,000 miles is hardly worth it.
I've been following this thread for a couple years but cannot remember the procedure when you get the lower version of the card. Can I call and erase the app/inquiry or is it already set? If it's set, do I have any shot at calling an analyst for a higher limit and the premium? I'm assuming not, but if there's better news, I'm all ears. $100 and 3,000 miles is hardly worth it.
Meanwhile, do you have other credit cards with BofA already? How much total CL on them if so?
You cannot erase an inquiry. It is at the credit bureau, not the bank, and no one can pull it back.
Mar 6, 2015, 11:58 am
#1385
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
The lower version is called Platinum, the full version is called Signature. Search this thread on both those words together (19 results returned) and you'll find discussions of how people handled it in the past. (If those aren't enough, you may also want to search on Plat and Sig, for other discussions in which people abbreviated the names of the card types.)
Meanwhile, do you have other credit cards with BofA already? How much total CL on them if so?
You cannot erase an inquiry. It is at the credit bureau, not the bank, and no one can pull it back.
Meanwhile, do you have other credit cards with BofA already? How much total CL on them if so?
You cannot erase an inquiry. It is at the credit bureau, not the bank, and no one can pull it back.
Mar 6, 2015, 4:14 pm
#1386
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 24
Is there a number to call to ask about the 50K since I'm in WA and signed up for partner emails but haven't receivd danything or maybe I deleted it by accident....
Mar 6, 2015, 8:40 pm
#1388
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: USA
Programs: All of em...
Posts: 1,265
I've posted in depth on this recently, and the later posts are the most accurate. In short, you will have to call Recon, have them raise your CL to $5k, and then petition Customer Relations to replace (not upgrade, replace) your Plat with a Sig card with the full sign up bonus. They will have to notify you by mail of the change in the AF, and it will take almost 2 months to get the Sig card. But if you want the miles, especially since they have already done the HP, IMO its well worth it.
Mar 7, 2015, 7:47 am
#1389
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: USA
Programs: All of em...
Posts: 1,265
Forgot to answer that. Yes, I've had 4 Alaska cards before. Always been approved for the Visa Signature - this was my first lower approval. Currently have 1 VA card open with a $7,500 CL. Have gotten approved for BOA cards before while having 2 open BOA cards so I dunno what happened this time. Credit score is 760-780. Will see what the phone calls say.
Mar 8, 2015, 3:38 pm
#1390
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 305
Applied to two personal cards yesterday (first time applying for Alaska cards). Got instant approval for the first one and under review for the second one. Called recon to get them to consider the second application (it did get coded as a dup). The rep was very nice and looked into the application and approved the second card as well - as long as I was willing to move credit from the first card to the second. I was approved a CL of 8K on the first card, so I moved 3K to the second card. Then I confirmed with her that I was entitled to the 25K intro promo on both cards. She stated that I needed a CL of min 5K to get the intro promo and bumped my CL on the second card to 5K! She said I get the intro promo on both cards...let's see if I get the bonus miles when I meet the min spending! Hope this helps as an additional data point.
Mar 8, 2015, 5:39 pm
#1391
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 34
Thanks for the info. It encouraged me to call rather than wait it out. Yesterday I applied for one, got instant approval $25K CL and on the second I got pending. So I called to tell them it wasn't a dupe and they could transfer part of the first approved CL to the second card, that I only really wanted $5K on each. She approved me for the second for the same CL as the first, and said she couldn't lower them to $5K. I would have to wait to get the cards in the mail and call the number on the back. Is this true? I am happy there will be only one inquiry, but I don't think adding this much credit is good for my score. I am already at 1% utilization. Any thoughts?
Mar 9, 2015, 7:09 pm
#1392
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
Has Anyone Gotten 2 AS Bus Cards?
Ok, we all know it's easy to get 2 AS personal cards. But like me you might get stuck with a Plat card with a 5K sign up bonus. Taking literal months to change over to a 50K Sig card. But AFAIK, the Bus card only comes as a Sig.
My wife has a real business, and could use some more AS miles. Has anyone signed up for TWO AS Business cards at the same time? Or if not, maybe a month or two apart?
My wife has a real business, and could use some more AS miles. Has anyone signed up for TWO AS Business cards at the same time? Or if not, maybe a month or two apart?
Mar 10, 2015, 5:33 am
#1393
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: NY, NY
Posts: 695
Ok, we all know it's easy to get 2 AS personal cards. But like me you might get stuck with a Plat card with a 5K sign up bonus. Taking literal months to change over to a 50K Sig card. But AFAIK, the Bus card only comes as a Sig.
My wife has a real business, and could use some more AS miles. Has anyone signed up for TWO AS Business cards at the same time? Or if not, maybe a month or two apart?
My wife has a real business, and could use some more AS miles. Has anyone signed up for TWO AS Business cards at the same time? Or if not, maybe a month or two apart?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/24419321-post1355.html
Mar 10, 2015, 9:22 am
#1394
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Sacramento
Programs: RR, QS, AS MP, SPG
Posts: 233
Just received my Alaska Air Visa miles (still waiting to receive the actual Credit Card) should I call in and see if I can get bumped to 50K if I spend $1,000 in my first 90 days???
Mar 10, 2015, 9:38 am
#1395
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Sacramento
Programs: RR, QS, AS MP, SPG
Posts: 233
Just called... They said they couldn't do 50K, but they did confirm that I had an offer for $1k spent in 60 days gets a $100 statement credit. Works for me