Those of you that have done the convert platinum to signature song and dance - who do you contact after the conversion went through to get the additional miles?

My 2nd conversion (1 approved auto, 2 went platinum) just went through, and BoA told me to call Alaska. I called Alaska, and they said to call BoA.

It takes a few days for the miles to post. Is that what you are worried about?

One member of our churn team is getting close to her magic 90-day churn mark. The only two B of A cards she has are AS Visa signatures, 8K and 5K CL respectively.

In light of recent developments with these cards, is it best to cancel one or both of them, on different days, before she tries for more? If so, how many days prior to churn should she have them both canceled?

A few days from when? A few days after a card gets converted from Platinum to Signature? Does it happen automatically, or do I need to contact someone to get the remaining 20k miles?

You need to wait, in some cases 1+ month for the bonus to finally appear. Is the 2 Sig limit applicable to both biz and personal cards? In that case I would just keep churning biz cards since wouldn't affect my personal credit score

Does the bonus appear without telling someone to put the bonus on? Meaning, I just got it converted to a Signature - what prompts them to actually give the higher sign on bonus if I don't contact them?

Friendly suggestions

Before you apply another set of AS cards, do visit AS forum to update yourselves on the latest developments so you would not be caught in a really bad situation.

Are you talking about this?

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alask...-up-bonus.html

Yes. Also the shut downs reported on Dan's Deal site. In particular a poster posted the email AS sent to him after reinstating his account. I just could not believe as smart as Dan is, he would fall for MMS and RTC on their fishing trip. Personally I would keep an eye on the situation and definitely not to apply anything until the dust settles.

Agreed on all counts. MMS reminds me in so small measure of Alfrid Lickspittle in his me-first attitude hiding behind the you-first facade

Is there any way to check the status of business card application without speaking to a rep?

Did 2bm 61 days ago.Approved.Applied for one and went into pending.Called credit analyst and was denied.Stated reason,not allowed to have more than the two alaska boa at this time.Called again,asked to have credit line moved.Rejected. :(:(:(

Okay, finally got around to calling to get the platinum changed. They increased the CL to $5,000, changed the card. Then called back to read me some more terms and conditions. I then called to customer care to ask about the signup bonus. They said that the request did not go through for the signature card. I got transferred back to the credit analysis dept, and they did the request again, then went back to customer care, and they said the first rep had already put in the request for bonus miles. So now we wait and see.

A few takeaways for others:
1) Always apply when Recon is open to avoid an additional pull in case you don't get the signature card.
2) Getting approved for platinum is not as bad as it seems. Yes it's a pain to get it increased, however you do get the first year with less of an annual fee, and potentially an additional $50 AS credit.
3) The reasons that they give you if you are denied are not necessarily real. I first called and tried to get it increased and they said they couldn't because my card was open less than three months. It has still been open less than three months, but I was approved for the higher CL.

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2 cards now finally approved
 

An update to my post a couple of weeks ago. I received a snail mail today that confirmed my 2nd signature card had been approved. They only pulled credit on the original application date, but the creation of the 2nd account (or date of the letter) did not happen until 2 weeks later. Both cards are showing in my online BOA account. 50K miles have posted to my MP account.

Now time to go after the checking account bonus miles.