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]
May 24, 2016, 5:36 pm
#3376
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Keep in mind that in just over a week BofA will be completely relaunching the AS Visa card, with the new benefits, new offers, etc. So they probably decided to first eliminate any of the old mentions, lest it become confusing in case a mix of old and new mentions were to be around in the coming days.
BofA doesn't necessarily control what Alaska Airlines displays on their website, so that may be why Alaska Airlines is leaving the current version up longer.
BofA doesn't necessarily control what Alaska Airlines displays on their website, so that may be why Alaska Airlines is leaving the current version up longer.
May 24, 2016, 8:31 pm
#3377
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: BOS
Posts: 15,027
Keep in mind that in just over a week BofA will be completely relaunching the AS Visa card, with the new benefits, new offers, etc. So they probably decided to first eliminate any of the old mentions, lest it become confusing in case a mix of old and new mentions were to be around in the coming days.
BofA doesn't necessarily control what Alaska Airlines displays on their website, so that may be why Alaska Airlines is leaving the current version up longer.
BofA doesn't necessarily control what Alaska Airlines displays on their website, so that may be why Alaska Airlines is leaving the current version up longer.
May 25, 2016, 6:54 am
#3378
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: LAX
Posts: 2,851
Just applied using wiki link and had instant approval. $100 credit is still there on application.
May 25, 2016, 2:25 pm
#3379
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No, why should it be? BofA announced earlier that the card is being relaunched June 1. It was covered in this thread at the time.
Many companies temporarily take something down something (in its old form) from a website in preparation for re-launching it.
Why therefore should the disappearance of the card from the BofA site just a week before the planned relaunched therefore mean an upcoming divorce rather than a technical preparation for the relaunch?
Many companies temporarily take something down something (in its old form) from a website in preparation for re-launching it.
Why therefore should the disappearance of the card from the BofA site just a week before the planned relaunched therefore mean an upcoming divorce rather than a technical preparation for the relaunch?
May 25, 2016, 3:29 pm
#3380
Join Date: May 2015
Location: LAX, BUR
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Posts: 1,933
I guess it won't be less than 25K signup, any idea if the $100 credit will remain after 6/1?
May 25, 2016, 7:33 pm
#3381
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
It's already been announced that it will be 30k.
How would you expect to structure it?
It's also been announced that they'll introduce the need for minimum spend ($2k?) to get that 30k (as opposed to the 25k up to now having been just been upon account approval).
Remember, the $100 credit was what was triggered (up to now) by initial spend. But starting next month, initial spend will trigger something different (the signup bonus itself). So what would trigger the $100 spend, starting next month, if the initial spend triggers something else?
I thus don't expect the $100 credit to continue simply because I don't understand what they would ask you to do to earn it. But if you can figure out something, then maybe they'll have figured it out too and do it?
How would you expect to structure it?
It's also been announced that they'll introduce the need for minimum spend ($2k?) to get that 30k (as opposed to the 25k up to now having been just been upon account approval).
Remember, the $100 credit was what was triggered (up to now) by initial spend. But starting next month, initial spend will trigger something different (the signup bonus itself). So what would trigger the $100 spend, starting next month, if the initial spend triggers something else?
I thus don't expect the $100 credit to continue simply because I don't understand what they would ask you to do to earn it. But if you can figure out something, then maybe they'll have figured it out too and do it?
May 25, 2016, 10:46 pm
#3382
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: 747 Upper Deck QF J LAX-BNE; A380 SQ SuiteC+D SYD-SIN & SIN-HKG; 777 CX F HKG-JFK; Park Hyatt Sydney
Posts: 513
It's already been announced that it will be 30k.
How would you expect to structure it?
It's also been announced that they'll introduce the need for minimum spend ($2k?) to get that 30k (as opposed to the 25k up to now having been just been upon account approval).
Remember, the $100 credit was what was triggered (up to now) by initial spend. But starting next month, initial spend will trigger something different (the signup bonus itself). So what would trigger the $100 spend, starting next month, if the initial spend triggers something else?
I thus don't expect the $100 credit to continue simply because I don't understand what they would ask you to do to earn it. But if you can figure out something, then maybe they'll have figured it out too and do it?
How would you expect to structure it?
It's also been announced that they'll introduce the need for minimum spend ($2k?) to get that 30k (as opposed to the 25k up to now having been just been upon account approval).
Remember, the $100 credit was what was triggered (up to now) by initial spend. But starting next month, initial spend will trigger something different (the signup bonus itself). So what would trigger the $100 spend, starting next month, if the initial spend triggers something else?
I thus don't expect the $100 credit to continue simply because I don't understand what they would ask you to do to earn it. But if you can figure out something, then maybe they'll have figured it out too and do it?
May 25, 2016, 11:31 pm
#3383
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 114
Last Friday I applied for two personal AS card using 2bm but one of my application was approved with $2900 and another one got pending message. I called right away and CSR asked my why I applied for two card and I said I applied for first one and thought didn't go through and then reapplied again. Then I asked him to cancel the first one and approve the second one for sig card. He cancelled the first one immediately and then he tried to reopen the second app but after 10 minutes on hold he came back and told me that another credit analyst or supervisor should review that and it may take 2 to 3 days. I called back on Monday and it was still on review but Tuesday morning I was approved for Sig card with 5k limit and they expedited it to me. I also didn't get 2nd HP. Before this I had another AS card with 11k initial CL which I decreased to 3k two days before my app. I think I had to wait more than 2 days to get instant signature card.
May 26, 2016, 8:23 am
#3384
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,784
It's already been announced that it will be 30k.
How would you expect to structure it?
It's also been announced that they'll introduce the need for minimum spend ($2k?) to get that 30k (as opposed to the 25k up to now having been just been upon account approval).
Remember, the $100 credit was what was triggered (up to now) by initial spend. But starting next month, initial spend will trigger something different (the signup bonus itself). So what would trigger the $100 spend, starting next month, if the initial spend triggers something else?
I thus don't expect the $100 credit to continue simply because I don't understand what they would ask you to do to earn it. But if you can figure out something, then maybe they'll have figured it out too and do it?
How would you expect to structure it?
It's also been announced that they'll introduce the need for minimum spend ($2k?) to get that 30k (as opposed to the 25k up to now having been just been upon account approval).
Remember, the $100 credit was what was triggered (up to now) by initial spend. But starting next month, initial spend will trigger something different (the signup bonus itself). So what would trigger the $100 spend, starting next month, if the initial spend triggers something else?
I thus don't expect the $100 credit to continue simply because I don't understand what they would ask you to do to earn it. But if you can figure out something, then maybe they'll have figured it out too and do it?
I'm guessing the whole point of the relaunch is to stop paying people to get card after card, which they only spend $1K on, then sock drawer it, and in 3 months get another. Raising the bonus to 30K makes it seem like not such a downgrade.
I much prefer the current offer, but they didn't ask me.
May 26, 2016, 9:11 am
#3385
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 4,431
Anniversary for my BofA Alaska card coming up... are people getting any retention offers? My wife didn't and converted to one of their cash back cards a couple weeks ago.
May 26, 2016, 11:43 am
#3386
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 39
The 30K offers are starting to appear in BoA's online banking.
May 26, 2016, 8:03 pm
#3388
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
Besides, wasn't there already in the past a situation where (for a limited time) you could choose between the 25k offer with a $100 statement credit or a 30k offer with no statement credit? IIRC therefore there's already a precedent for the statement credit with the AS card going away once the number of miles you get go up.
Anyhow, why worry about guessing what will happen? We'll find out soon enough; June 1 is not that far away any more.
May 26, 2016, 10:03 pm
#3389
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 728
any thoughts on what will happen with the business card? sorry if I missed it somewhere, read a lot, didn't see it
May 27, 2016, 9:39 am
#3390
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: BOS
Posts: 15,027
New Visa now available on BofA: https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit...s-credit-card/