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]
Jun 11, 2015, 8:49 pm
#2221
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: AA, UA, DL, AS, LH, BA, VS, HHonors, Hyatt, Club Carlson, IHG, Marriott
Posts: 833
It seems you can block delivery of the cards but a lot of agents don't know it can be done. This can be useful in some instances. Besides, producing all that unnecessary plastic for cards that won't be used is bad for the environment.
Jun 11, 2015, 11:34 pm
#2222
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: fort worth, texas
Posts: 946
Combo Pulls?
Veteran Flyertalker here so forgive my ignorance if this was in the thread somewhere but I have looked and not seen confirmation...
If you apply on same day with BofA for credit cards having identical information, IF the second (or any multiple) is approved on a different day than the application day, you still will likely see only one combined HP, because BofA will use the first pull and not re-pull on the date they process the next application?
Or if you want HPs to ne combined, do you really need to get decisions on the very same day as the applications?
If you apply on same day with BofA for credit cards having identical information, IF the second (or any multiple) is approved on a different day than the application day, you still will likely see only one combined HP, because BofA will use the first pull and not re-pull on the date they process the next application?
Or if you want HPs to ne combined, do you really need to get decisions on the very same day as the applications?
Jun 12, 2015, 8:25 am
#2223
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 81
Does anyone have experience applying for this card or any other BofA cards (recently) as a homemaker? If so, is it possible to get immediate approval or will the application more than likely go into manual review? (This would be a first time BofA application) Don't want to waste an inquiry if application is going to go into a "homemaker reject" pile. 
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
Jun 12, 2015, 8:34 am
#2224
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 119
Does anyone have experience applying for this card or any other BofA cards (recently) as a homemaker? If so, is it possible to get immediate approval or will the application more than likely go into manual review? (This would be a first time BofA application) Don't want to waste an inquiry if application is going to go into a "homemaker reject" pile. Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
Jun 12, 2015, 9:17 am
#2225
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
Jun 12, 2015, 9:20 am
#2226
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 3,677
Not sure if everyone knows, but SOs living together, married or not, who combine their incomes can list the total household income as their income. I thing Citi has a separate line for "additional income", but everyone else just has the "income" line, which by Federal law can be the total household income.
Jun 12, 2015, 9:48 am
#2227
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 119
Not sure if everyone knows, but SOs living together, married or not, who combine their incomes can list the total household income as their income. I thing Citi has a separate line for "additional income", but everyone else just has the "income" line, which by Federal law can be the total household income.
Jun 12, 2015, 10:33 am
#2228
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NYC
Programs: UA 1K, AS MVP Gold, TK *Gold, HHonors Gold, SPG Plat, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 570
A bit of an app-o-rama fail today :/. Applied for 4 AS cards. First one was approved instantly. Other 3 went into pending. I called recon and the CSR said 2 have been declined and 1 is pending a review from a credit analyst. The CSR said she can’t really do anything else and I will receive a letter from BoA. Any other tips/tricks to get these approved?
The increased exposure has certainly killed this golden-est of gooses.
The increased exposure has certainly killed this golden-est of gooses.
Jun 12, 2015, 10:43 am
#2230
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 236
A bit of an app-o-rama fail today :/. Applied for 4 AS cards. First one was approved instantly. Other 3 went into pending. I called recon and the CSR said 2 have been declined and 1 is pending a review from a credit analyst. The CSR said she can’t really do anything else and I will receive a letter from BoA. Any other tips/tricks to get these approved?
The increased exposure has certainly killed this golden-est of gooses.
The increased exposure has certainly killed this golden-est of gooses.
Jun 12, 2015, 11:50 am
#2231
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NYC
Programs: UA 1K, AS MVP Gold, TK *Gold, HHonors Gold, SPG Plat, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 570
Jun 12, 2015, 1:49 pm
#2233
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 81
The BofA application is worded a little tricky compared to Citi and Chase. If I put homemaker as job and then list our HHI, where it asks for source of income should I put down "employment" as the source -- since that's where the money is coming from (my husbands job) or do they want to know the source of "my" income which would be "other" (my husband's job) ..
Jun 12, 2015, 2:26 pm
#2234
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 169
A bit of an app-o-rama fail today :/. Applied for 4 AS cards. First one was approved instantly. Other 3 went into pending. I called recon and the CSR said 2 have been declined and 1 is pending a review from a credit analyst. The CSR said she can’t really do anything else and I will receive a letter from BoA. Any other tips/tricks to get these approved?
The increased exposure has certainly killed this golden-est of gooses.
The increased exposure has certainly killed this golden-est of gooses.
Jun 12, 2015, 4:57 pm
#2235
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 736
I wonder how signing up for the 25k Alaska BoA checking account offer, depositing some amount of cash $5-10k and then applying will affect ability to get approved for multiple.