Alaska Airlines Canadian MasterCard
Aug 18, 2013, 11:30 am
#167
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 821
so this is normal card ?can I upgrade to World Elite later with 10,000 miles?
GCR is now offering $75 rebate on application, making this card 1st year free, woo hoo
http://www.greatcanadianrebates.ca/d...aska-Airlines/
http://www.greatcanadianrebates.ca/d...aska-Airlines/
Aug 18, 2013, 11:35 am
#168
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 4,784
but not sure about the 10K miles offer applies to EVERYONE (I know regular card income requirement is $35K? and World Elite is $70K+)
††††To be eligible for an Alaska Airlines World Elite Account, your personal income must be greater than $70,000 or your household income must be $120,000 or greater.
Aug 28, 2013, 3:50 pm
#172
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: YYZ
Posts: 1,629
EPIC FAIL
Received my new (upgraded) card in the mail today. I have to say, this is one big Epic FAIL.
The card in not black (it is silver)
The card is not branded Alaska Airlines (it has no branding)
The card does not say World Elite (it says nothing)
My Alaska MP number is not embossed beneath my name
It appears all they did was re-issue the card on blank (silver) card stock
(W)hisky (T)ango (F)oxtrot ? ? ?
This is what the card was supposed to look like:
This is what I received:
The card in not black (it is silver)
The card is not branded Alaska Airlines (it has no branding)
The card does not say World Elite (it says nothing)
My Alaska MP number is not embossed beneath my name
It appears all they did was re-issue the card on blank (silver) card stock
(W)hisky (T)ango (F)oxtrot ? ? ?
This is what the card was supposed to look like:
This is what I received:
Last edited by todd-r; Aug 29, 2013 at 7:55 am
Aug 29, 2013, 6:58 am
#173
Join Date: Oct 2002
Programs: United Premier 1K
Posts: 1,230
I got the same looking card. But it came with a notice stating that the "card was so popular" (?!) that they ran out of the printed cards, so in the interim they sent out a generic card. Once they get stock in, they will send out the proper looking card (with the same card number).
Aug 29, 2013, 10:04 am
#174
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: YYZ
Posts: 1,629
I got the same looking card. But it came with a notice stating that the "card was so popular" (?!) that they ran out of the printed cards, so in the interim they sent out a generic card. Once they get stock in, they will send out the proper looking card (with the same card number).
Aug 29, 2013, 11:49 am
#176
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: (SJC)
Posts: 2,198
NEVER heard of RUNNING OUT OF STOCK. muhhahaha. most cards are printed in a big plant that makes many different cards.
Maybe with the switch, TD had to print them and truly didnt have stock?
My spouse applied for the basecard under the TD nameplate now, and got a letter from BofA Canada... lol
Maybe with the switch, TD had to print them and truly didnt have stock?
My spouse applied for the basecard under the TD nameplate now, and got a letter from BofA Canada... lol
Aug 29, 2013, 1:08 pm
#177
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Delta, BC
Posts: 1,646
There is all sorts of stuff that mixes in BofA stuff still due to the takeover of MBNA, even for non-Alaska cards. Even the behind-the-scenes stuff on the website is still BofA. Little slips of paper included with my correspondence on my wife's recently replaced Alaska card clarify to read "MDNA or TD" and not "BofA Canada" (NOT the World Elite, but the old Platinum card due to a fraud issue); the card does indicate TD on it though instead of BofA Canada.
Aug 29, 2013, 3:18 pm
#178
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: YVR, HNL
Programs: AS 75k, UA peon, BA Bronze, AC E50k, Marriott Plat, HH Diamond, Fairmont Plat (RIP)
Posts: 7,833
Both mine and Mr. Fink's cards arrived today. 3 of the notices in each envelope about running out of stock, this being a temporary and the actual card would be mailed as soon as it was available. So I got 6 notices altogether
Aug 30, 2013, 6:31 pm
#179
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Toronto
Programs: SPG Gold, HH Silver
Posts: 855
Guys, does anyone know if by upgrading, my credit report will show a "closed" account, and therefore I will lose the benefit of the ongoing age of the previous account? This is a CRUCIAL consideration for me...