May 27, 2015, 10:53 am
Last edit by: muji
Current offer:
30,000 miles after $3,000 spend in 90 days (personal & biz):
http://www.skypassvisa.com/credit/vi...ard.do?lang=en
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Referral Program/Bonus
Yes, there actually is a referral program, but it's a bit tedious to go through the hoops, but here goes:
1) You will need *your* Skypass Account # (you are the referer), and you will have to furnish this to the person applying for the card.
2) The person who is applying will also need to know THEIR Skypass account #. Obviously they need to obtain this in advance.
3) OK, now the applicant needs to use this Referral link: https://www.skypassvisa.com/credit/referAFriend.do
4) Under the "not a cardmember yet" section, the first item has a link to FIND the Skypass VISA that's best for you. You MUST USE THIS LINK.
5) Select the card that you are applying for (Check the box that says: Compare this card) and then click Compare cards. Even if it's just one card.
6) Then scroll down all the way to the bottom and see the "Apply Now" link. Click it.
7) The first two boxes should ask for YOUR Skypass # and the REFERER's Skypass #. If you don't see a box for the REFERER's Skypass #, do NOT CONTINUE.
Anyway, if all shows up OK, and you're approved, you'll get your bonus, and the REFERER will get another 5,000 bonus points. In my experience, the statement closing date that the person (applicant) gets their bonus miles should be when you'll see the 5,000 miles on *your* closing statement.
May not be much, but given that Chase UR is no longer a transfer partner, an extra 5k miles is worth something, IMO.
Korean Air awards chart
https://www.koreanair.com/global/en/...ard-chart.html
New Account Number Issue: It's possible that, despite providing your current Skypass number in the application, a new Skypass number may end up being generated and linked to your new US Bank card. US Bank may or may not be able (or willing) to correct this. If not, contact Skypass at [email protected] with detailed information about the situation. They should be able to merge your old Skypass balance and information - including login, flight history, family pooling info, personal details, etc. - into the new Visa-card-linked Skypass account (just make sure the names precisely match including full middle name if used). This way you keep all of your mileage balance and other details but new card earnings aren't sitting in an orphan account number. Skypass folks are pretty quick in fixing it.
30,000 miles after $3,000 spend in 90 days (personal & biz):
http://www.skypassvisa.com/credit/vi...ard.do?lang=en
__________________________________________________ ______
Referral Program/Bonus
Yes, there actually is a referral program, but it's a bit tedious to go through the hoops, but here goes:
1) You will need *your* Skypass Account # (you are the referer), and you will have to furnish this to the person applying for the card.
2) The person who is applying will also need to know THEIR Skypass account #. Obviously they need to obtain this in advance.
3) OK, now the applicant needs to use this Referral link: https://www.skypassvisa.com/credit/referAFriend.do
4) Under the "not a cardmember yet" section, the first item has a link to FIND the Skypass VISA that's best for you. You MUST USE THIS LINK.
5) Select the card that you are applying for (Check the box that says: Compare this card) and then click Compare cards. Even if it's just one card.
6) Then scroll down all the way to the bottom and see the "Apply Now" link. Click it.
7) The first two boxes should ask for YOUR Skypass # and the REFERER's Skypass #. If you don't see a box for the REFERER's Skypass #, do NOT CONTINUE.
Anyway, if all shows up OK, and you're approved, you'll get your bonus, and the REFERER will get another 5,000 bonus points. In my experience, the statement closing date that the person (applicant) gets their bonus miles should be when you'll see the 5,000 miles on *your* closing statement.
May not be much, but given that Chase UR is no longer a transfer partner, an extra 5k miles is worth something, IMO.
Korean Air awards chart
https://www.koreanair.com/global/en/...ard-chart.html
New Account Number Issue: It's possible that, despite providing your current Skypass number in the application, a new Skypass number may end up being generated and linked to your new US Bank card. US Bank may or may not be able (or willing) to correct this. If not, contact Skypass at [email protected] with detailed information about the situation. They should be able to merge your old Skypass balance and information - including login, flight history, family pooling info, personal details, etc. - into the new Visa-card-linked Skypass account (just make sure the names precisely match including full middle name if used). This way you keep all of your mileage balance and other details but new card earnings aren't sitting in an orphan account number. Skypass folks are pretty quick in fixing it.
US Bank Korean Air Skypass VISA cards.
May 11, 2015, 2:44 pm
#61
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: New York
Programs: DL PLT, Hilton Diamond, CX MPC Silver
Posts: 265
The more appealing thing about this card is that spend also counts towards Morning Calm (elite status) with KE. If that's something you need then here it is. Normally you'd need 50k miles flown, but with the card you can spend $20k on the card and only fly 30k to get it. If you don't want the AmEx/DL card (or are bumping into their new limit on bonuses) this is another shortcut to Skyteam Elite.
May 27, 2015, 12:50 pm
#62
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Illinois.
Programs: Switched from UA 1K to AA so I could earn EQD's on partners. Mid-tier on most major hotel programs.
Posts: 542
In hopes of being targeted, I opened a KE frequent flyer account several months ago. I also have a different US Bank card from a couple years ago. I was recently sent a snail mail offer for 40K and was approved (after about 3 weeks) for the KE card.
Jun 9, 2015, 8:07 pm
#64
Join Date: Apr 2012
Programs: 25 million points to burn!
Posts: 1,522
Never had any activity in my years-old Skypass account. Then today I got 2 offers:
1. 45k/$4K spend/FYF, Biz card
2. 40k/$3K spend/FYF, personal
how good are these offers?
6 inquiries last 6 months. How much chance I could get both?
1. 45k/$4K spend/FYF, Biz card
2. 40k/$3K spend/FYF, personal
how good are these offers?
6 inquiries last 6 months. How much chance I could get both?
Jun 9, 2015, 8:08 pm
#65
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 1,112
Have you frozen ARS and Sagestream?
Jun 9, 2015, 8:53 pm
#67
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 1,112
You have a lot of total inquiries. From what I can gather, US Bank tends to pull from Ex the most, with Eq second, depending on where you live. I'd say your chances are pretty slim as of now, but if you chance it, let us know how things go.
Jun 9, 2015, 8:58 pm
#68
Join Date: Apr 2012
Programs: 25 million points to burn!
Posts: 1,522
Thx for your advice. I need to weigh this, to see if it's worth it. I don't want a bunch of orphaned miles, no matter how good the offers are, you know?
So are these offers I got today about as high as have been seen, for FYF Skypass cards?
So are these offers I got today about as high as have been seen, for FYF Skypass cards?
Jun 11, 2015, 6:40 am
#69
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: New York
Programs: DL PLT, Hilton Diamond, CX MPC Silver
Posts: 265
I got a mail offer this past week for 40K Skypass miles on the personal card
Jun 12, 2015, 11:15 am
#70
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 78
Jun 16, 2015, 7:40 pm
#71
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 13
I got pre-approved for both personal and business 40k/45k. Should I submit both on the same day? I got declined US Bank Cash card for too much inquiry about 2-3 months ago. Should I wait until end of July to submit both applications on the same day to test my luck?
Jun 19, 2015, 1:29 pm
#73
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 1,112
I froze my IDA and ARS reports about a week ago and applied for the Korean Air card today. Approved for $10 000, and I got an alert for Credit Sesame that I had a new inquiry (TransUnion, in Florida). I figured that this was a good chance to combine inquiries, so I applied and was approved for the Amex FlexPerks with a $6000 limit. I then get a notification from CreditKarma for a new inquiry, and I see that I got an inquiry on Equifax as well as TransUnion. Florida here.
Is it possible that they actually pulled TransUnion for the first and then Equifax for the second? Or did I get pulled both for both?
Is it possible that they actually pulled TransUnion for the first and then Equifax for the second? Or did I get pulled both for both?
Jun 19, 2015, 3:11 pm
#74
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: DCA/IAD
Programs: most of them
Posts: 3,283
I got the 40K offer in the mail. Was approved online immediately 3 weeks ago. Still waiting for my card. Any other bank would have had the card in my hands within a week. Not very impressed by US Bank so far.