Originally Posted by
Pseudo Nim
Has anyone applied for the Alaska Airlines card? Curious how long the welcome bonus takes to post - they do say "upon approval" but then they say 8-10 weeks for the miles to post. Need a redemption soon'ish, wonder if I should risk signing up, or burn SPG instead (which isn't the fastest to post, either).
Sir Psudes,
Wife and I each applied for the MBNA Alaska Air MC at end of summer 2013. If I recall correctly, the points post to your Alaska account AFTER your first MBNA statement generates (i.e., similar to the AMEX AeroPlus, CIBC AeroInfinite, Chase Marriott VISA, MBNA Best Western MC and MBNA Choice Privs MCs cards). Only the AMEX Rewards are fast to post, without requiring a statement to generate first.
Now, having said that, the points did not appear in my wife's account for nearly 3 months, due to MBNA assigning the points to a WRONG Alaska Air account, even though we know we input her correct account number based on our screen dumps. After we contacted MBNA, they sorted it out very quickly, in about 10 days, and we saw the points in her Alaska account...which means they COULD post them without waiting for another statement to generate, go figure!
*edit* - based on crimsona's post above, appears the points post within a week?
So anyway...unless you run into this snag, you should get the points within 2-4 weeks, likely depending on when the MBNA bill generates.