May 27, 2015, 10:53 am
Last edit by: muji
Current offer:
30,000 miles after $3,000 spend in 90 days (personal & biz):
http://www.skypassvisa.com/credit/vi...ard.do?lang=en
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Referral Program/Bonus
Yes, there actually is a referral program, but it's a bit tedious to go through the hoops, but here goes:
1) You will need *your* Skypass Account # (you are the referer), and you will have to furnish this to the person applying for the card.
2) The person who is applying will also need to know THEIR Skypass account #. Obviously they need to obtain this in advance.
3) OK, now the applicant needs to use this Referral link: https://www.skypassvisa.com/credit/referAFriend.do
4) Under the "not a cardmember yet" section, the first item has a link to FIND the Skypass VISA that's best for you. You MUST USE THIS LINK.
5) Select the card that you are applying for (Check the box that says: Compare this card) and then click Compare cards. Even if it's just one card.
6) Then scroll down all the way to the bottom and see the "Apply Now" link. Click it.
7) The first two boxes should ask for YOUR Skypass # and the REFERER's Skypass #. If you don't see a box for the REFERER's Skypass #, do NOT CONTINUE.
Anyway, if all shows up OK, and you're approved, you'll get your bonus, and the REFERER will get another 5,000 bonus points. In my experience, the statement closing date that the person (applicant) gets their bonus miles should be when you'll see the 5,000 miles on *your* closing statement.
May not be much, but given that Chase UR is no longer a transfer partner, an extra 5k miles is worth something, IMO.
Korean Air awards chart
https://www.koreanair.com/global/en/...ard-chart.html
New Account Number Issue: It's possible that, despite providing your current Skypass number in the application, a new Skypass number may end up being generated and linked to your new US Bank card. US Bank may or may not be able (or willing) to correct this. If not, contact Skypass at [email protected] with detailed information about the situation. They should be able to merge your old Skypass balance and information - including login, flight history, family pooling info, personal details, etc. - into the new Visa-card-linked Skypass account (just make sure the names precisely match including full middle name if used). This way you keep all of your mileage balance and other details but new card earnings aren't sitting in an orphan account number. Skypass folks are pretty quick in fixing it.
30,000 miles after $3,000 spend in 90 days (personal & biz):
http://www.skypassvisa.com/credit/vi...ard.do?lang=en
__________________________________________________ ______
Referral Program/Bonus
Yes, there actually is a referral program, but it's a bit tedious to go through the hoops, but here goes:
1) You will need *your* Skypass Account # (you are the referer), and you will have to furnish this to the person applying for the card.
2) The person who is applying will also need to know THEIR Skypass account #. Obviously they need to obtain this in advance.
3) OK, now the applicant needs to use this Referral link: https://www.skypassvisa.com/credit/referAFriend.do
4) Under the "not a cardmember yet" section, the first item has a link to FIND the Skypass VISA that's best for you. You MUST USE THIS LINK.
5) Select the card that you are applying for (Check the box that says: Compare this card) and then click Compare cards. Even if it's just one card.
6) Then scroll down all the way to the bottom and see the "Apply Now" link. Click it.
7) The first two boxes should ask for YOUR Skypass # and the REFERER's Skypass #. If you don't see a box for the REFERER's Skypass #, do NOT CONTINUE.
Anyway, if all shows up OK, and you're approved, you'll get your bonus, and the REFERER will get another 5,000 bonus points. In my experience, the statement closing date that the person (applicant) gets their bonus miles should be when you'll see the 5,000 miles on *your* closing statement.
May not be much, but given that Chase UR is no longer a transfer partner, an extra 5k miles is worth something, IMO.
Korean Air awards chart
https://www.koreanair.com/global/en/...ard-chart.html
New Account Number Issue: It's possible that, despite providing your current Skypass number in the application, a new Skypass number may end up being generated and linked to your new US Bank card. US Bank may or may not be able (or willing) to correct this. If not, contact Skypass at [email protected] with detailed information about the situation. They should be able to merge your old Skypass balance and information - including login, flight history, family pooling info, personal details, etc. - into the new Visa-card-linked Skypass account (just make sure the names precisely match including full middle name if used). This way you keep all of your mileage balance and other details but new card earnings aren't sitting in an orphan account number. Skypass folks are pretty quick in fixing it.
US Bank Korean Air Skypass VISA cards.
Sep 28, 2018, 1:23 pm
#136
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,536
I'm fairly I did not get an actual paper voucher.
Oct 11, 2018, 12:07 pm
#137
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,536
But according to the website, the Visa Signature card does and this is what it says:
Primary cardmember will receive a $50 discount coupon in cardmember’s SKYPASS account upon SKYPASS Visa Signature card account opening and each anniversary date. Please allow 4-6 weeks for ticket discount coupon to be deposited into your SKYPASS account.
Feb 3, 2019, 11:27 am
#138
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 565
For those of you thinking about getting both personal and Business KE cards from US Bank.
Last year, I applied for both of these cards, separated by about 6 months. In both cases, the app went pending, and I just sat and waited. After about 2 weeks, the cards were approved with no issues. No need to freeze credit reports, and let’s just say that there were plenty of other approved cards over the last two years. No previous US Bank relationship.
However, US Bank insisted on creating new SkyPass accounts for me on both cards. I just got off a long call, and the CSR is apologetic, but basically, they cannot point both cards to the same SkyPass account.
So this basically ally leaves me with one choice. After the SUB is achieved, I would need to email KE to merge the Miles, then call US Bank to cancel the card that points to the wrong SkyPass account. Or else, I would have to keep on contacting KE to merge the Miles.
Dear US Bank, your limitations is basically forcing me to close a card.
Last year, I applied for both of these cards, separated by about 6 months. In both cases, the app went pending, and I just sat and waited. After about 2 weeks, the cards were approved with no issues. No need to freeze credit reports, and let’s just say that there were plenty of other approved cards over the last two years. No previous US Bank relationship.
However, US Bank insisted on creating new SkyPass accounts for me on both cards. I just got off a long call, and the CSR is apologetic, but basically, they cannot point both cards to the same SkyPass account.
So this basically ally leaves me with one choice. After the SUB is achieved, I would need to email KE to merge the Miles, then call US Bank to cancel the card that points to the wrong SkyPass account. Or else, I would have to keep on contacting KE to merge the Miles.
Dear US Bank, your limitations is basically forcing me to close a card.
Feb 4, 2019, 11:00 am
#139
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,536
For those of you thinking about getting both personal and Business KE cards from US Bank.
Last year, I applied for both of these cards, separated by about 6 months. In both cases, the app went pending, and I just sat and waited. After about 2 weeks, the cards were approved with no issues. No need to freeze credit reports, and let’s just say that there were plenty of other approved cards over the last two years. No previous US Bank relationship.
However, US Bank insisted on creating new SkyPass accounts for me on both cards. I just got off a long call, and the CSR is apologetic, but basically, they cannot point both cards to the same SkyPass account.
So this basically ally leaves me with one choice. After the SUB is achieved, I would need to email KE to merge the Miles, then call US Bank to cancel the card that points to the wrong SkyPass account. Or else, I would have to keep on contacting KE to merge the Miles.
Dear US Bank, your limitations is basically forcing me to close a card.
Last year, I applied for both of these cards, separated by about 6 months. In both cases, the app went pending, and I just sat and waited. After about 2 weeks, the cards were approved with no issues. No need to freeze credit reports, and let’s just say that there were plenty of other approved cards over the last two years. No previous US Bank relationship.
However, US Bank insisted on creating new SkyPass accounts for me on both cards. I just got off a long call, and the CSR is apologetic, but basically, they cannot point both cards to the same SkyPass account.
So this basically ally leaves me with one choice. After the SUB is achieved, I would need to email KE to merge the Miles, then call US Bank to cancel the card that points to the wrong SkyPass account. Or else, I would have to keep on contacting KE to merge the Miles.
Dear US Bank, your limitations is basically forcing me to close a card.
Feb 8, 2019, 4:07 pm
#140
Join Date: May 2009
Location: South Park, CO
Programs: Tegridy Elite
Posts: 5,678
For those of you thinking about getting both personal and Business KE cards from US Bank.
Last year, I applied for both of these cards, separated by about 6 months. In both cases, the app went pending, and I just sat and waited. After about 2 weeks, the cards were approved with no issues. No need to freeze credit reports, and let’s just say that there were plenty of other approved cards over the last two years. No previous US Bank relationship.
However, US Bank insisted on creating new SkyPass accounts for me on both cards. I just got off a long call, and the CSR is apologetic, but basically, they cannot point both cards to the same SkyPass account.
So this basically ally leaves me with one choice. After the SUB is achieved, I would need to email KE to merge the Miles, then call US Bank to cancel the card that points to the wrong SkyPass account. Or else, I would have to keep on contacting KE to merge the Miles.
Dear US Bank, your limitations is basically forcing me to close a card.
Last year, I applied for both of these cards, separated by about 6 months. In both cases, the app went pending, and I just sat and waited. After about 2 weeks, the cards were approved with no issues. No need to freeze credit reports, and let’s just say that there were plenty of other approved cards over the last two years. No previous US Bank relationship.
However, US Bank insisted on creating new SkyPass accounts for me on both cards. I just got off a long call, and the CSR is apologetic, but basically, they cannot point both cards to the same SkyPass account.
So this basically ally leaves me with one choice. After the SUB is achieved, I would need to email KE to merge the Miles, then call US Bank to cancel the card that points to the wrong SkyPass account. Or else, I would have to keep on contacting KE to merge the Miles.
Dear US Bank, your limitations is basically forcing me to close a card.
Thanks for posting!
EDIT:
OK, so this turned out fine in the end. She emailed [email protected] and carefully explained the issue with specific account information and details for both numbers. SkyPass folks emailed back that same day and stated that they could merge the accounts including login info, family pooling info, travel history, and personal info, into the US Bank-created new SkyPass number. They recommended verifying with US Bank that their records reflected her full middle name (which is how her original SkyPass account is set up) and not just middle initial, to avoid issues when combining.
She sent a secure message to US Bank briefly explaining the issue but primarily to ensure her middle name was present. The next day US Bank emailed her back and confirmed the full middle is there. The US Bank rep said they could updated her SkyPass account to her old number. But, having a bit more faith in KE than US Bank, my wife just emailed back to SkyPass and authorized them to proceed with the merge into the new number. This was on a Saturday, and by this morning (Monday) SkyPass emailed her and stated that the accounts were merged successfully.
She confirmed that the login info, family pooling, and everything else did indeed transfer over seamlessly as promised. All's well that ends well.
Last edited by 84fiero; Feb 18, 2019 at 12:41 pm Reason: Updated with resolution
Jun 12, 2019, 12:05 pm
#141
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 89
I've got a new dp. It looks like US Bank may have fixed their issue with multiple cards pointing to the same Skypass account.
I already had a KE personal card and then opened a biz card using someone else's targeted 50k offer. Like others, US bank created a new Skypass account. However, after the bonus points posted, I called and they were able to quickly change the biz card to point to my old number. I received a new card with the correct (old) Skypass number on it in about a week, and new points correctly posted to my old account shortly after my next statement closed.
I then had Korean Air merge new account into the old via email.
It's still basically the same hassle, but at least I could keep the old number and not have to update any other programs pointing to it.
I already had a KE personal card and then opened a biz card using someone else's targeted 50k offer. Like others, US bank created a new Skypass account. However, after the bonus points posted, I called and they were able to quickly change the biz card to point to my old number. I received a new card with the correct (old) Skypass number on it in about a week, and new points correctly posted to my old account shortly after my next statement closed.
I then had Korean Air merge new account into the old via email.
It's still basically the same hassle, but at least I could keep the old number and not have to update any other programs pointing to it.
Jul 22, 2019, 9:06 am
#142
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Kansas City - MCI
Programs: AA Platinum-to-be, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 107
Anyone have a 40K or 45K mailer (personal or business) they're willing to part with? I can offer some compensation if it works for me to get the higher bonus miles.
Jul 23, 2019, 3:28 pm
#143
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, MLife Gold, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold, Caesars Diamond, Amex Plat
Posts: 5,943
i don’t think you can use someone else’s mailer. Maybe I’m wrong but I’d be worried about getting the bonus in this scenario.
Aug 3, 2022, 9:47 am
#145
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: SFO/LAX/SAN/LAS/DFW/JFK/LGA/EWR/MIA
Posts: 1,073
curious the reason to apply for USB KE. just for the bonus? did you apply for sol prop? im wondering if USB has a tedious biz app process like barclays or bofa where docs are required or additional relationship products.
Aug 4, 2022, 11:58 am
#146
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,536
Granted, that was like 4 years ago.
Feb 14, 2024, 8:02 pm
#150
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: New York City
Programs: UA: 1K, Hyatt: Explorist and Marriott: LF Titanium Elite
Posts: 1,268
Need to credit card churn and need miles for upcoming J redemption for KE but wanted to 2x check with users:
- My wife opened her Skypass Card on June 2021 and closed the card on Dec 2022.