Mar 12, 2014, 3:53 pm
Last edit by: muji
As an additional resource for these cards see this thread: Alaska Airlines Visa
PERSONAL CARDS
30k mile offer, $75 AF, $1k spend: https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit...s-credit-card/
+2k miles if done with onboard paper application
30k mile offer with $100 credit and fee for companion ticket waived the first year, $75 AF, $1k spend: https://secure.bankofamerica.com/app...aignid=4020594
link no longer working
30k mile offer with $100 credit, $75 AF, $1k spend: https://secure.bankofamerica.com/app...aignid=4009277
link no longer working
If you are applying for a personal Alaska card, and are not an expert on applying for Alaska cards STOP, don't apply yet.
Instead, read this post. Doing that first may save you a huge amount of wasted time and frustration.
A few people in the Alaska Airlines forum have in the past received personally targeted, single-use links for a 50k offer
when they opt-in to "Partner Offers" in their Mileage Plan account preferences.
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BUSINESS CARDS
30k mile offer, $75 AF, $1k spend, no foreign transaction fees:
https://www.bankofamerica.com/smallb...-credit-card//
Note: There are two different earning formats for the business card, which you choose when you apply:
To avoid billing confusion later, make sure you choose the Individual Level Earning Plan if you are not going to have employee cards under the same account as your account.
Also see the Applying for Business Credit Cards [Consolidated] thread (not-BofA-specific) for general tips on applying for business cards.
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Reconsideration # (for personal cards):
1-800-354-0401 (8am-7pm ET Mon-Fri) direct, referring agent from another BofA line called it their "credit department"
1-866-811-4108 from the Alaska Airlines Visa thread post 949
Business card Recon Line:
866-695-6598 (8-7 EST M-F from what I was told)
Biz card status line: 888 663 6262
Biz Card credit analyst line: 877 665 5022, 877 665 5023 (seems to be non-working number)
Check application status online here:
https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit...status-form.go
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Credit Enquiries for Personal cards come from BofA. Enquiries for business cards come from FIA. Credit bureaus usually merge enquiries from the same requester made on the same day. Enquiries from BofA and FIA will not be merged.
When do the initial bonus miles post? You will get the miles after the statement closes for the cycle in which you meet your minimum spend. Usually AS points show up the Sunday evening after your statement closes, but sometimes it takes an additional week.
If there's a statement credit, when does it post?
It seems to be batch-processed. It will post automatically. Can be on the same statement or the next statement. It does not appear to be based on the statement close date.
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PERSONAL CARDS
30k mile offer, $75 AF, $1k spend: https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit...s-credit-card/
+2k miles if done with onboard paper application
30k mile offer with $100 credit and fee for companion ticket waived the first year, $75 AF, $1k spend: https://secure.bankofamerica.com/app...aignid=4020594
link no longer working
30k mile offer with $100 credit, $75 AF, $1k spend: https://secure.bankofamerica.com/app...aignid=4009277
link no longer working
If you are applying for a personal Alaska card, and are not an expert on applying for Alaska cards STOP, don't apply yet.
Instead, read this post. Doing that first may save you a huge amount of wasted time and frustration.
A few people in the Alaska Airlines forum have in the past received personally targeted, single-use links for a 50k offer
when they opt-in to "Partner Offers" in their Mileage Plan account preferences.
=======================================
BUSINESS CARDS
30k mile offer, $75 AF, $1k spend, no foreign transaction fees:
https://www.bankofamerica.com/smallb...-credit-card//
Note: There are two different earning formats for the business card, which you choose when you apply:
- $50 per company, $25 per card (Business Level Earning Plan)
- $0 per company, $75 per card (Individual Level Earning Plan)
To avoid billing confusion later, make sure you choose the Individual Level Earning Plan if you are not going to have employee cards under the same account as your account.
Also see the Applying for Business Credit Cards [Consolidated] thread (not-BofA-specific) for general tips on applying for business cards.
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Reconsideration # (for personal cards):
1-800-354-0401 (8am-7pm ET Mon-Fri) direct, referring agent from another BofA line called it their "credit department"
1-866-811-4108 from the Alaska Airlines Visa thread post 949
Business card Recon Line:
866-695-6598 (8-7 EST M-F from what I was told)
Biz card status line: 888 663 6262
Biz Card credit analyst line: 877 665 5022, 877 665 5023 (seems to be non-working number)
Check application status online here:
https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit...status-form.go
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Credit Enquiries for Personal cards come from BofA. Enquiries for business cards come from FIA. Credit bureaus usually merge enquiries from the same requester made on the same day. Enquiries from BofA and FIA will not be merged.
When do the initial bonus miles post? You will get the miles after the statement closes for the cycle in which you meet your minimum spend. Usually AS points show up the Sunday evening after your statement closes, but sometimes it takes an additional week.
If there's a statement credit, when does it post?
It seems to be batch-processed. It will post automatically. Can be on the same statement or the next statement. It does not appear to be based on the statement close date.
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Alaska Airlines card offers, Personal & Business [2012-2016]
Apr 13, 2015, 11:09 am
#1621
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 567
If we freeze Experian, is there any downside? Can we still apply for Citi and Chase cards? All of these banks pull Experian in NJ for me.
Apr 13, 2015, 12:09 pm
#1622
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Michigan
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 503
Last edited by dajoip; Apr 13, 2015 at 12:30 pm
Apr 14, 2015, 7:27 am
#1623
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: SEA
Posts: 2,021
I am having a bit of a freak out....
I applied through applyonlinenow.com because I googled "Alaska Visa $100" and it was the first link.
Is this a fishing scam?
I applied through applyonlinenow.com because I googled "Alaska Visa $100" and it was the first link.
Is this a fishing scam?
Apr 14, 2015, 8:10 am
#1626
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 800
The domain is registered to Bank of America.
For security, call in to have your application verified with an agent.
Apr 14, 2015, 8:28 am
#1627
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 72
Is it possible to do Alaska card and Virgin America card and combine it to one hard pull?
Apr 14, 2015, 9:30 am
#1628
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Michigan
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 503
Apr 14, 2015, 10:27 am
#1630
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: WN A-List, AA, UA
Posts: 219
So I applied for two Alaska cards (1 personal 1 business) using the wiki links on 3/2. I got a notification from CreditKarma that my TU reported an inquiry from BofA which I thought was a bit strange since they usually pull EX for me (socal).
Well I just was able to pull my yearly EX last night to confirm it but despite applying for both cards within seconds of each other, it looks like one card hit EX and the other hit TU. I'm not that upset because I'm glad it at least wasn't two EX but it looks like I still took 2 hits.
In the future I guess I'll be freezing my EX to prevent this...
Well I just was able to pull my yearly EX last night to confirm it but despite applying for both cards within seconds of each other, it looks like one card hit EX and the other hit TU. I'm not that upset because I'm glad it at least wasn't two EX but it looks like I still took 2 hits.
In the future I guess I'll be freezing my EX to prevent this...
Apr 14, 2015, 11:20 am
#1631
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
So I applied for two Alaska cards (1 personal 1 business) using the wiki links on 3/2. I got a notification from CreditKarma that my TU reported an inquiry from BofA which I thought was a bit strange since they usually pull EX for me (socal).
Well I just was able to pull my yearly EX last night to confirm it but despite applying for both cards within seconds of each other, it looks like one card hit EX and the other hit TU. I'm not that upset because I'm glad it at least wasn't two EX but it looks like I still took 2 hits.
In the future I guess I'll be freezing my EX to prevent this...
Well I just was able to pull my yearly EX last night to confirm it but despite applying for both cards within seconds of each other, it looks like one card hit EX and the other hit TU. I'm not that upset because I'm glad it at least wasn't two EX but it looks like I still took 2 hits.
In the future I guess I'll be freezing my EX to prevent this...
As I posted above, you got two HPs because you did apps for 2 different cards. Apparently the department that handles Bus apps uses a different CB than the one that processes personal apps. But it wouldn't have mattered, even if both went to the same CB you would have still gotten 2 HPs, because you applied for 2 different types of cards.
Apr 14, 2015, 11:40 am
#1632
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: WN A-List, AA, UA
Posts: 219
No, it has to be the exact same card. You only get one HP when the CB incorrectly thinks the multiple inquiries are accidental duplicates of one application.
I was also (pleasantly) surprised to see that B of A pulled TU for my AS app. Up to now only Barclays has pulled TU, and everyone else has pulled EXP for me. So not only did I only get one HP, it ended up on TU which has only a couple of HPs in the last 12 months. So that was wonderful.
As I posted above, you got two HPs because you did apps for 2 different cards. Apparently the department that handles Bus apps uses a different CB than the one that processes personal apps. But it wouldn't have mattered, even if both went to the same CB you would have still gotten 2 HPs, because you applied for 2 different types of cards.
I was also (pleasantly) surprised to see that B of A pulled TU for my AS app. Up to now only Barclays has pulled TU, and everyone else has pulled EXP for me. So not only did I only get one HP, it ended up on TU which has only a couple of HPs in the last 12 months. So that was wonderful.
As I posted above, you got two HPs because you did apps for 2 different cards. Apparently the department that handles Bus apps uses a different CB than the one that processes personal apps. But it wouldn't have mattered, even if both went to the same CB you would have still gotten 2 HPs, because you applied for 2 different types of cards.
Apr 14, 2015, 11:52 am
#1633
Join Date: Jan 2013
Programs: Hyatt Glb, MR Plat
Posts: 2,577
Now I guess the question is... is there any way to find out which one pulled TU. AFAIK there's no way for me to tell just using the monitoring services (CK, CS, etc) and my reports for TU and EX both show the same address (BofA with no mention of Business services of any sort).
Apr 14, 2015, 11:55 am
#1634
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 72
I have done multiple apps with Chase on same day for different products and it got combined to one Hard pull.
Whereas, same day apps for Barclay for different products created 2 hard pulls.
Apr 14, 2015, 3:24 pm
#1635
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,767
No. It is the same link, if you compare the URLs of this and the one found in Wiki. The latter has #b appended to it but it does not make any difference, other than seemingly making the $100 credit takes LONGER to post in my experiences.