Originally Posted by roguehiker

Hello, folks. Been having huge trouble getting approved for Alaska Sigs lately & would like your opinions/suggestions.

Background: Both wife & I had first two Alaska Sigs approved while the first ones were still open (October 2015 & Feb 2016).

Me: Lowered CL on 1st to $2k, then cancelled a bit later. Lowered CL on 2nd to $2k, then waited awhile & applied for third app June 2016 (while second card still open) - denied; approved for Plat instead. Following suggestion in Wiki, immediately did duplicate app & then called recon but was denied a Sig because they said they couldn't give me a higher CL. Applied for Merrill Lynch late November 2016, denied because no previous relationship with Merrill Lynch.

Cancelled my 2nd Alaska Sig card December 2016 after lowering CL to $2k several months before, leaving me with no BOA cards. Fourth app March 1, 2017, immediately denied but Plat approved for $1k CL (!!!). Immediately did app for Merrill Lynch & got pending. Phoned recon about the Alaska Plat & asked to get CL upgraded to Sig, told no because I hadn't had an account open with them for prior three months. Checked Merrill on BOA app status an hour later & found approved for Merrill Lynch Sig with $5k CL, so didn't want to risk it by doing 2nd Alaska Sig app & phone recon to ask to get it approved as Sig.

Wife meanwhile lowered CL on 2nd Alaska Sig to $2k & applied for another several months later & denied, given Plat instead with $2k CL. Kept it because no chat available any longer with BOA for anything & she didn't want hassle of phoning. Got her 5k miles & then $100 statement credit (targeted by mail), which offset the AF & gave her an extra $50. Better than nothing.

So, very happy with my Merrill approval, but extremely confused why we can't get approved for another Alaska Sig (with wife I assume because she still had her previous one open, even though with low CL; with me, last app was while I had no BOA card at all for several months, & I still ended up denied & given Plat for only $1k CL, but then was approved for $5k for Merrill).

What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for your help (& sorry for all the data points!).