Oct 17, 2015, 10:45 am
Last edit by: RobertHanson
As an additional resource for these cards see the threads here: Current Alaska Airlines Card Offers. Previous 2012-2016 Alaska Airlines Card Offers.
If you are applying for a personal AS card, and are not an expert on applying for A/S cards STOP, don't apply yet. Instead read post #3688 in the other AS thread linked above. Believe me, doing that first may save you a huge amount of wasted time and frustration.
Link to enhanced AS card that waives $99 fee for Companion Fare (only pay taxes & fees): 30K miles and $99 CF fee waived
$100 stmt. credit link for 30K card & $22 CF pass:https://secure.bankofamerica.com/applynow/welcome.go Now active, as of 7/19/17
Business card offer of 30K miles
Can you book Cathay flights using AS miles? Probably NOT:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alas...-later-68.html
If you are applying for a personal AS card, and are not an expert on applying for A/S cards STOP, don't apply yet. Instead read post #3688 in the other AS thread linked above. Believe me, doing that first may save you a huge amount of wasted time and frustration.
Link to enhanced AS card that waives $99 fee for Companion Fare (only pay taxes & fees): 30K miles and $99 CF fee waived
$100 stmt. credit link for 30K card & $22 CF pass:https://secure.bankofamerica.com/applynow/welcome.go Now active, as of 7/19/17
Business card offer of 30K miles
Can you book Cathay flights using AS miles? Probably NOT:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alas...-later-68.html
Alaska Airlines Visa
Sep 7, 2015, 12:37 pm
#706
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: HNL
Programs: HHonors, Hyatt, Alaska, American, United
Posts: 128
Cannot Set Up Autopay for First Payment
Too late for your situation, but there's a "Manage Pay To/Pay From accounts" tab under Bill Pay that you can use to set up another account to use to pay your BoA cards. Or at least it works that way for me, and is as easy or easier than Chase, Citi, or Amex. BoA may have issues, but online payment isn't one of them.
I am using a third party bank account to pay, as I don't have a bank account with BofA. Considering the primitive state of their payment system, I don't expect to ever give BofA any of my future business. I've had no problem with Amex, Chase or Barclay setting up auto payments. Heck, even my storage facility (where I have a $35 a month cube) allows me to change my credit card autopay every month!
Sep 11, 2015, 11:24 am
#707
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: NYC
Programs: United 1P
Posts: 688
I applied for a business card three weeks ago, and made a first purchase two weeks ago. However, the 25k bonus still has not shown up in my account. Is it normal? How long should I wait?
Sep 11, 2015, 6:02 pm
#708
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: NYC, ORD
Programs: AA EXP, AS 75K, SPG Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 280
Sep 11, 2015, 7:25 pm
#710
Join Date: May 2009
Location: EUG
Programs: AS MVP, AA MM, HH Diamond, MR Gold
Posts: 8,218
Does anyone not use their AS Visa not much or not at all, but just keep it for the companion fare? I used to use if for all my AS tickets, but I've got another card where I now prefer to put those, so I guiltily buy a little something every few months just to keep it active (usually if we have to buy something on board). Do I even have to do that?
Sep 12, 2015, 9:36 am
#711
Join Date: Aug 2013
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold
Posts: 917
Does anyone not use their AS Visa not much or not at all, but just keep it for the companion fare? I used to use if for all my AS tickets, but I've got another card where I now prefer to put those, so I guiltily buy a little something every few months just to keep it active (usually if we have to buy something on board). Do I even have to do that?
Sep 12, 2015, 10:05 am
#712
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: NYC, ORD
Programs: AA EXP, AS 75K, SPG Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 280
Does anyone not use their AS Visa not much or not at all, but just keep it for the companion fare? I used to use if for all my AS tickets, but I've got another card where I now prefer to put those, so I guiltily buy a little something every few months just to keep it active (usually if we have to buy something on board). Do I even have to do that?
Sep 13, 2015, 9:16 am
#713
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
Sep 13, 2015, 10:12 am
#714
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: NYC, ORD
Programs: AA EXP, AS 75K, SPG Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 280
Shouldn't be a problem based on all the reports I've read, as long as everything else is in order with respect to credit history, income, etc.
Sep 14, 2015, 12:03 pm
#716
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 103
Brugge, just thought you should hear what happened to me last month when I tried to apply for my 2nd AS Personal Visa sig (1st was opened June 2014, closed July 2015) after putting little to NO spend on the 1st AS visa sig last year (<$150)
Applied at the end of July, got instant approved...for only 2k credit limit Visa Plat. You're well aware of the hassle that I was then faced with. Tried calling in to have it reconsidered for a Visa Signature with $5k CL, the CSR specifically mentioned that I had only spent about $100 on the card last time I had it, and that was a specific reason for the reduced credit limit this time around. After being shut down multiple times, I told her that the card was useless to me unless I had a $5k limit to put an upcoming large purchase on the card, so since they refused to increase the CL, I had her close the card immediately, which she did.
I turned around and applied for the business AS visa last week, and am still waiting to find out the result of that app.
Just wanted to point out that the CSR could see exactly how much (or little, in my case) I had spent on my past AS card, and said that this definitely affected my most recent application/credit limit.
Applied at the end of July, got instant approved...for only 2k credit limit Visa Plat. You're well aware of the hassle that I was then faced with. Tried calling in to have it reconsidered for a Visa Signature with $5k CL, the CSR specifically mentioned that I had only spent about $100 on the card last time I had it, and that was a specific reason for the reduced credit limit this time around. After being shut down multiple times, I told her that the card was useless to me unless I had a $5k limit to put an upcoming large purchase on the card, so since they refused to increase the CL, I had her close the card immediately, which she did.
I turned around and applied for the business AS visa last week, and am still waiting to find out the result of that app.
Just wanted to point out that the CSR could see exactly how much (or little, in my case) I had spent on my past AS card, and said that this definitely affected my most recent application/credit limit.
Sep 15, 2015, 8:43 am
#717
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
Brugge, just thought you should hear what happened to me last month when I tried to apply for my 2nd AS Personal Visa sig (1st was opened June 2014, closed July 2015) after putting little to NO spend on the 1st AS visa sig last year (<$150)
Applied at the end of July, got instant approved...for only 2k credit limit Visa Plat. You're well aware of the hassle that I was then faced with. Tried calling in to have it reconsidered for a Visa Signature with $5k CL, the CSR specifically mentioned that I had only spent about $100 on the card last time I had it, and that was a specific reason for the reduced credit limit this time around. After being shut down multiple times, I told her that the card was useless to me unless I had a $5k limit to put an upcoming large purchase on the card, so since they refused to increase the CL, I had her close the card immediately, which she did.
I turned around and applied for the business AS visa last week, and am still waiting to find out the result of that app.
Just wanted to point out that the CSR could see exactly how much (or little, in my case) I had spent on my past AS card, and said that this definitely affected my most recent application/credit limit.
Applied at the end of July, got instant approved...for only 2k credit limit Visa Plat. You're well aware of the hassle that I was then faced with. Tried calling in to have it reconsidered for a Visa Signature with $5k CL, the CSR specifically mentioned that I had only spent about $100 on the card last time I had it, and that was a specific reason for the reduced credit limit this time around. After being shut down multiple times, I told her that the card was useless to me unless I had a $5k limit to put an upcoming large purchase on the card, so since they refused to increase the CL, I had her close the card immediately, which she did.
I turned around and applied for the business AS visa last week, and am still waiting to find out the result of that app.
Just wanted to point out that the CSR could see exactly how much (or little, in my case) I had spent on my past AS card, and said that this definitely affected my most recent application/credit limit.
Sep 15, 2015, 4:01 pm
#718
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Northern Calif./Eastern Ida.
Programs: Amethyst Premier Plutonium Medallion
Posts: 20,628
i just applied for the signature visa, and the online application page told me i was approved with a $1xxxx credit limit. does that mean that i'm getting the signature card w/ all associated benefits, or that a platinum/classic card might show up in the mail?
Sep 15, 2015, 5:39 pm
#719
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS
Posts: 2,293
$5,000 and up usually is for Visa Signature Card.
Our daughter tried to get one earlier this summer. Approved for $4,000 which was for Plat.Visa. Would not budge on reconsideration, account cancelled.
Our daughter tried to get one earlier this summer. Approved for $4,000 which was for Plat.Visa. Would not budge on reconsideration, account cancelled.
