[Expired] New Alaska BofA signature visa 40,000 mile signup offer (maybe targeted)
Jun 16, 2011, 12:31 pm
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[Expired] New Alaska BofA signature visa 40,000 mile signup offer (maybe targeted)
Mrs. B received a snail mail postcard yesterday with a 40k signup offer! ^ This makes me feel better about procrasinating on the 25k offer. I will post the signup code and weblink when I get home. Not sure if this is targeted.
Jun 16, 2011, 3:22 pm
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The online application form does not look targeted:
http://go.bofa.com/hawaii
Or call toll free 800-654-2584
According to T&Cs, "this one time promotion is limited to new customers opening an account in response to this offer"
Offer Expires July 30, 2011. Include boardroom day passes.
http://go.bofa.com/hawaii
Or call toll free 800-654-2584
According to T&Cs, "this one time promotion is limited to new customers opening an account in response to this offer"
Offer Expires July 30, 2011. Include boardroom day passes.
Last edited by Boraxo; Jun 17, 2011 at 8:16 pm
Jun 16, 2011, 4:58 pm
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Ugh. Very annoying. Both myself and the wife just recently signed up under the 25k offers. And we like the card... going to keep it after the 1st year (at least one of them)
Not expecting to get anywhere, but gonna call and see if they can do anything for us (like what AMEX recently did!).
Not expecting to get anywhere, but gonna call and see if they can do anything for us (like what AMEX recently did!).
Jun 16, 2011, 5:42 pm
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AS/BofA was a little late in the game coming to the 20 - 25K signup bonus offers some years ago. I wonder if this is a sign that they're going to be a little late in the game of coming to the table with 75-100K signup bonus offers. It appears that they still aren't waiving the fee for the first year...which just about everyone else does.
I'm embarrassed to admit that the bonus was a whopping 5K when I signed up for the card years ago...
I'm embarrassed to admit that the bonus was a whopping 5K when I signed up for the card years ago...
Jun 16, 2011, 6:39 pm
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Jun 16, 2011, 6:54 pm
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The online application form does look targeted:
http://go.bofa.com/hawaii
Or call toll free 800-654-2584
According to T&Cs, "this one time promotion is limited to new customers opening an account in response to this offer"
Offer Expires July 30, 2011. Include boardroom day passes.
http://go.bofa.com/hawaii
Or call toll free 800-654-2584
According to T&Cs, "this one time promotion is limited to new customers opening an account in response to this offer"
Offer Expires July 30, 2011. Include boardroom day passes.
Jun 16, 2011, 10:39 pm
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AS/BofA was a little late in the game coming to the 20 - 25K signup bonus offers some years ago. I wonder if this is a sign that they're going to be a little late in the game of coming to the table with 75-100K signup bonus offers. It appears that they still aren't waiving the fee for the first year...which just about everyone else does.
I'm embarrassed to admit that the bonus was a whopping 5K when I signed up for the card years ago...
I'm embarrassed to admit that the bonus was a whopping 5K when I signed up for the card years ago...
In any case, I, too, was the victim of the paltry 5K bonus. You're not alone.
Jun 16, 2011, 11:00 pm
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FWIW, my experience has been hard pulls on BOTH Equifax and Transunion when applying for this card. Not worth 2 inquiries for 1 card, YMMV! I'd much rather get 75K amex and 50k chase (for me, one hits Equifax and the other hits Transunion).
Jun 17, 2011, 7:55 am
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Hmmm. I have been waiting for a better than 25K offer like this to get into the AS program, but I am concerned about not being targeted. Is it compromising anything for others if I call the number to say I wasn't targeted but wanted to get in on the offer? Could I even trust them for the miles if they say yes?
Last edited by G2244; Jun 17, 2011 at 10:15 am
Jun 17, 2011, 9:49 am
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Just now approved for the 40k offer. I did this via the phone with the promo code. I actually had applied last week for the 25k offer and was approved. The nice lady on the phone approved me for the better offer and canceled the first. Very easy to deal with.
By the way, I said I received the offer via snail mail, even though I didn't.
By the way, I said I received the offer via snail mail, even though I didn't.
Jun 17, 2011, 2:36 pm
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What's interesting is that in the disclosures for the card, they've done a global "search and replace" whereby all the references to "25,000 miles" were changed to "40,000 miles".
It's a bit startling to read "40,000 Bonus miles is enough for a round-trip Coach Saver award ticket in the continental U.S., Alaska or Canada on Alaska Airlines when booked at alaskaair.com." since my first response to seeing it was to double check that they hadn't raised the minimum number of miles needed to book a coach ticket.
It's a bit startling to read "40,000 Bonus miles is enough for a round-trip Coach Saver award ticket in the continental U.S., Alaska or Canada on Alaska Airlines when booked at alaskaair.com." since my first response to seeing it was to double check that they hadn't raised the minimum number of miles needed to book a coach ticket.
Jun 17, 2011, 3:34 pm
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Sort of like the brain teaser "How many months have 28 days in them?"
Jun 17, 2011, 4:21 pm
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I just called and they wouldn't give me the difference between the 2 offers (15,000) - I JUST got my new AS card a few weeks ago. Said I'd have to apply for the new card - which means another card with another annual fee. For 15,000 miles it's not worth it to me, but it sure would have been nice to have known and have waited. 