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Old Mar 16, 2025 | 11:00 am
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Originally Posted by elitelite
I currently have the BofA Visa Signature Card at $75/year. Grandfathered into no spend minimum for the companion fare, for what it's worth.

I used to fly Alaska a lot, and still have around 400K miles. But going forward I expect to fly them only 3-4 times a year, and will generally try to find my way into F either by paying or using miles. The companion fare would be valuable to me if I could use it on an F ticket, but that's not possible and upgrading is difficult on AS unless one has access to GGUs (which I don't).

Anyway. I can't think of a reason to keep this card and pay $75/year for little incremental benefit to my existing travel patterns on Alaska. Can any of you?

As a next step, I plan to call BofA and ask to downgrade to a no-fee credit card. It seems there are a variety of options to this end, but my only goal would be to keep the account open to support my credit history.
The only other consideration is whether it would be a viable option to purchase a high-value economy fare with the companion pass, then pay the up-fare offer into first?
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