Alaska Airlines Canadian MasterCard
Mar 11, 2018, 8:46 pm
#1156
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Canadia
Programs: A loyal Amerisuites customer... oh wait
Posts: 2,033
I've seen that consistently.
Mar 13, 2018, 12:39 am
#1157
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: YUL
Programs: Marriott Plat Premier, HHonors Gold
Posts: 122
It's not discontinued nor a dead link, it's missing, right?
Most likely reason why you don't see the MBNA Alaska Airines card listed is because your IP address is Quebec based.
People who live in a border town such as Hull, QC have crossed over to Ottawa, ON and with a new Ontario ISP connection they can then see the Alaska card listed at the GCR site.
This behavior started when MBNA changed it from first purchase to now requiring $1000 minimum spending.
As far as I understand, the worry about pending QC legislation in 2017 regarding FF miles never really materialized so there shouldn't really be any problem, right...?
Mar 13, 2018, 10:36 am
#1158
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 353
I don't think the QC block has nothing to do with the legislation. As a Quebec resident, every time I apply for this card (I never get approved automatically online), they ask me why I would need this card since I'm located in Quebec and Alaska is not flying to Quebec. Every time I explain that I use this card to get AA flights.
Mar 13, 2018, 10:44 am
#1159
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Canada
Programs: *void
Posts: 2,408
That, I'm not certain of. Need some QC'ers to chime in. All I know is that the card disappeared from GCR at around the same time that bill/regulation became a topic, last year.
Mar 16, 2018, 11:25 am
#1161
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend, Moderator, Information Desk, Ambassador, Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, HH Gold, Hertz PC, Marriott Titanium LTG, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
Posts: 42,953
Mar 16, 2018, 11:29 am
#1162
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 12
Mar 16, 2018, 11:44 am
#1163
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend, Moderator, Information Desk, Ambassador, Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, HH Gold, Hertz PC, Marriott Titanium LTG, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
Posts: 42,953
Mar 17, 2018, 1:13 am
#1166
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend, Moderator, Information Desk, Ambassador, Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, HH Gold, Hertz PC, Marriott Titanium LTG, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
Posts: 42,953
Mar 17, 2018, 12:53 pm
#1167
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Victoria, B.C.
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, AA Gold LT
Posts: 1,940
Is there a worry that this card is going away? On my last Alaska flight they were trying to push the credit card but they only had US applications and no Canadian applications.
Mar 19, 2018, 7:09 am
#1168
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 3,166
Also, interestingly the card is not visible on mbna's website anymore.
Mar 21, 2018, 11:30 am
#1169
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: YVR
Posts: 1,847
I just checked mbna.ca... It's gone alright. NOOOO!!!! i was planning another churn in several months!!!
Last edited by pokee; Mar 21, 2018 at 11:37 am
Mar 21, 2018, 2:11 pm
#1170
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: YVR to SEA
Posts: 2,535
Alaska has not been price competitive out of YVR at all. This card must have been a money hole with all the churning and minimal spending
Removed off the site even with a B.C. IP address and gems such as the I travel 2000 card showing does not bode well
Removed off the site even with a B.C. IP address and gems such as the I travel 2000 card showing does not bode well