I just got into the Choice hotel program, and got their Visa card put out by BofA. Got the 8000 point bonus a couple of weeks ago. I've had the card since April.

Now, Choice has come out with another offer on the card, 24,000 point bonus. Worth chasing after.

I called BofA and tried to tell them "I wuz robbed" because right after I got the original bonus they came out with the bigger one, and I'm a good customer, and blah, blah, blah. The CSR told me to take it up with Choice, so I did, and they told me to take it up with BofA. The old switcheroo.

Anyhow, my best bet is probably BofA, since they would be issuing the points. I've never dealt with them before, and I wonder what's the book on them -- are they amenable to sweet talk or are they hard liners?

BofA credit managers love to do business. You will be well served by these professionals. I'll tell you why: I wanted to buy as many BofA Hawaiian Miles Visa accounts as I could, so I called BofA and spoke with one of their credit managers and said: "I consider your $50 annual fee for 10k HAMiles a tremendous value. How can I buy more than one? I want to buy 10 right now. Can I send you $500 dollars for 10 accounts and 100k HAMiles right now? Can I send you $5,000 for a million HAMiles right now?" He said "You may hold as many accounts as you want, opened one at a time, each receiving the bonus miles for payment of the annual fee. Just wait 30 days after approval before applying for the next. Happy to do business with you."

Do you have the link for this offer?

it was June to Sept only. 8K is on Choicehotels.com site.

BigLar post was dd May 20.

Too funny.