Alaska Airlines Canadian MasterCard
Nov 27, 2014, 11:14 am
#526
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Canada
Posts: 248
No, that first one would've been your first statement, as idiotic as it sounds....sometimes Amex works this way too...you get the card in the mail, activate it, and then find out the billing cycle date is actually the next day or next week, and in the case of the Aeroplan Plus Gold card, if you haven't met the $500 spend requirement before the statement cycles, it's another month before you'll see them . Even worse is TD...twice I saw my card listed online at TD Easyweb, and the statement CYCLED already and I could view it online, but I didn't even have the card in my hands yet...so, I couldn't spend the required $1, and so I had to wait for my second statement to cycle, in order to see the welcome points posted.
But, for AS, as from previous experience, you don't even need to spend $1 to get the welcome points...but, if they did not appear in your first statement, and only appeared now in your second statement, then I'd wait another '9' days, for the eggs to incubate properly.
You'll get the points...I don't think calling MBNA to complain will help...it just seems like that now with their new systems in place, under TD's servers, times are a'changing, and we'll probably need to wait for statements to cycle before seeing the welcome points posted to the card statement, and then a day or two (or a week) before we see the points punched through to the affiliated FFP.
But, for AS, as from previous experience, you don't even need to spend $1 to get the welcome points...but, if they did not appear in your first statement, and only appeared now in your second statement, then I'd wait another '9' days, for the eggs to incubate properly.
You'll get the points...I don't think calling MBNA to complain will help...it just seems like that now with their new systems in place, under TD's servers, times are a'changing, and we'll probably need to wait for statements to cycle before seeing the welcome points posted to the card statement, and then a day or two (or a week) before we see the points punched through to the affiliated FFP.
Nov 27, 2014, 11:15 am
#527
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Canada
Posts: 248
Since we are getting close to the end of November, I decided to contact GCR on the status of MBNA reporting for the AS card. Here is there response:
"Unfortunately, they won’t tell us until the day before. If they give us a date and we announce it then they are late it will not look good. The thing with software is there are always delays. Originally they told us November and they have not updated a date."
"Unfortunately, they won’t tell us until the day before. If they give us a date and we announce it then they are late it will not look good. The thing with software is there are always delays. Originally they told us November and they have not updated a date."
Nov 27, 2014, 12:51 pm
#528
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: YVR
Posts: 625
Since we are getting close to the end of November, I decided to contact GCR on the status of MBNA reporting for the AS card. Here is there response:
"Unfortunately, they won’t tell us until the day before. If they give us a date and we announce it then they are late it will not look good. The thing with software is there are always delays. Originally they told us November and they have not updated a date."
"Unfortunately, they won’t tell us until the day before. If they give us a date and we announce it then they are late it will not look good. The thing with software is there are always delays. Originally they told us November and they have not updated a date."
Nov 27, 2014, 5:33 pm
#529
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 280
Since we are getting close to the end of November, I decided to contact GCR on the status of MBNA reporting for the AS card. Here is there response:
"Unfortunately, they won’t tell us until the day before. If they give us a date and we announce it then they are late it will not look good. The thing with software is there are always delays. Originally they told us November and they have not updated a date."
"Unfortunately, they won’t tell us until the day before. If they give us a date and we announce it then they are late it will not look good. The thing with software is there are always delays. Originally they told us November and they have not updated a date."
Nov 27, 2014, 7:00 pm
#533
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 280
Yeah, i hear you, but I'm just coming up to the end of my 3 month churn cycle. Hoping to apply again in early Dec. Also applying for my wife as well, so $60 rebate x2 plus $9 referal bonus isn't just pennies.
Nov 28, 2014, 7:30 am
#534
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Canada
Programs: *void
Posts: 2,408
My long-delayed MBNA AS card finally arrived in the mail. I had already setup an MBNA.ca login account to register all of my previous MBNA cards (cards which existing PRIOR to the new systems, before Oct 2014). However, I couldn't add this new card to the same MBNA.ca profile. Had the same difficulties with my wife's new AS card, and her card had arrived 3 weeks ago.
Anyway, after discussing with a rep, I was advised to just create a second MBNA.ca account, reason being that their systems are currently unable to add NEW (post-Oct) MBNA account to the same profile, but they will fix it eventually. Meanwhile, the workaround is to create a new MBNA.ca profile for any new cards that have been opened after their turbulent systems-conversion. This worked, and I could see my new card's details. I was told that eventually they will fix it and notify me that I can add this card to my one main MBNA.ca account.
Just in case anyone else has the same issues as we did, try creating a brand new MBNA.ca account for your new card.
So, I can now see that my new card cycles on the 17th of the month, same as my wife's. Meaning, I probably won't see my points till after my Dec statement cycles, around XMAS day.
Anyway, after discussing with a rep, I was advised to just create a second MBNA.ca account, reason being that their systems are currently unable to add NEW (post-Oct) MBNA account to the same profile, but they will fix it eventually. Meanwhile, the workaround is to create a new MBNA.ca profile for any new cards that have been opened after their turbulent systems-conversion. This worked, and I could see my new card's details. I was told that eventually they will fix it and notify me that I can add this card to my one main MBNA.ca account.
Just in case anyone else has the same issues as we did, try creating a brand new MBNA.ca account for your new card.
So, I can now see that my new card cycles on the 17th of the month, same as my wife's. Meaning, I probably won't see my points till after my Dec statement cycles, around XMAS day.
Nov 29, 2014, 4:50 pm
#538
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Canada
Programs: *void
Posts: 2,408
A couple of weeks ago, when I hadn't received my card yet, the rep said it would definitely be faster if I just reapplied online, as new applications were getting stamped and shipped out within 2 or 3 days. But, I told her I didn't want to take another credit hit with yet another new application. So she said that if I did apply for a new card, I could contact them and they could either pull my file, or resubmit the info to the credit bureaus to nullify the hit, but I didn't want to take that chance that they would be able to manage this. Besides, as I explained to her, I applied through GCR, and the new application would not have the attached codes to give me the $60 cash rebate. So, I tucked my tail and waited it out...and now my new card is here in my wallet, and I confirmed with a rep that the GCR code is attached to my new card's file.
All to say, you should be fine...and good luck.
Nov 30, 2014, 10:27 am
#539
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: YVR
Posts: 625
You should be fine. It's only people who applied during mid/late-Sept and Oct (or whenever they pulled out of GCR) who are having issues with the long delays.
A couple of weeks ago, when I hadn't received my card yet, the rep said it would definitely be faster if I just reapplied online, as new applications were getting stamped and shipped out within 2 or 3 days. But, I told her I didn't want to take another credit hit with yet another new application. So she said that if I did apply for a new card, I could contact them and they could either pull my file, or resubmit the info to the credit bureaus to nullify the hit, but I didn't want to take that chance that they would be able to manage this. Besides, as I explained to her, I applied through GCR, and the new application would not have the attached codes to give me the $60 cash rebate. So, I tucked my tail and waited it out...and now my new card is here in my wallet, and I confirmed with a rep that the GCR code is attached to my new card's file.
All to say, you should be fine...and good luck.
A couple of weeks ago, when I hadn't received my card yet, the rep said it would definitely be faster if I just reapplied online, as new applications were getting stamped and shipped out within 2 or 3 days. But, I told her I didn't want to take another credit hit with yet another new application. So she said that if I did apply for a new card, I could contact them and they could either pull my file, or resubmit the info to the credit bureaus to nullify the hit, but I didn't want to take that chance that they would be able to manage this. Besides, as I explained to her, I applied through GCR, and the new application would not have the attached codes to give me the $60 cash rebate. So, I tucked my tail and waited it out...and now my new card is here in my wallet, and I confirmed with a rep that the GCR code is attached to my new card's file.
All to say, you should be fine...and good luck.
Dec 3, 2014, 11:06 am
#540
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Canada
Posts: 248
