Originally Posted by
spark787
just a quick question... I have the alaska credit card right now and suddenly thanks to some devaluation I need another 25K miles. Should I cancel my alaska card and reapply or reapply now and then cancel one later?
Just got auto declined this weekend on a second Alaska app. And just got off the phone with reconsideration. Apparently I'm welcome to apply for and would be approved for a different product / affinity program, but they will not approve a second Alaska card because they are worried about churning. Explained that I like having a second card for business transactions but no dice.
So I'd suggest cancelling first!
He had quite a lengthy digression on the topic so IMO they have been told to watch for this. He also said the computer now autoflags second applications for the same product. And I haven't even churned this hard, this is my app number 3 ever.