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Jeremy
Jeremy (@guest_336593)
January 10, 2017 12:01

What are the insurance benefits with this card?

mike
mike (@guest_167096)
September 3, 2015 02:44

Can we re-apply for this card again for another $200 bonus if we already have a travel rewards that’s 1 month old?

William Charles
Admin
September 4, 2015 00:27

Usually you can with bank of america

satej99
satej99 (@guest_166994)
September 2, 2015 21:15

Hello everybody,
I am proud to share that BoFA did approve me for travel rewards credit card $500 spend for 10k travel rewards points online and a day later to my surprise, I saw that the 20k travel rewards for $1000 was online available!! So I knew calling will put me in circles. I just chatted online this sunday that I was upset about the 20k travelrewards online offer and wanted them to match it. He opened a ticket and said they would revert in 14 days. Guess what today, I see 20k travelrewards in my rewards section! Good job BoFA!

William Charles
Admin
September 4, 2015 00:30

Thanks for the data point, Sate.

Carrie
Carrie (@guest_161624)
August 19, 2015 09:17

Do I have to close my current BOA Travel card that I’ve had for years in order to receive a new card with this offer?

Akshay
Akshay (@guest_161487)
August 18, 2015 22:06

Applied 7 days back with an old offer. Received card yesterday.
could not find CS for chat, so I called over phone.
no go with CS and Sales team. The only option both suggested was to close 1 day old account (that has 0 transaction) and reapply again with new offer.
Tomorrow, I will try CS via Chat.
In general my experience with BOA is; very hard to deal with compared to Chase.

Akshay
Akshay (@guest_168958)
September 8, 2015 01:53

After two unsuccessful try, finally I got CR who was ready to submit office match request.
I received credit of 10k to match with 20k offer.

Alice
Alice (@guest_161477)
August 18, 2015 21:45

I went through preferred rewards live chat and asked if they’d match the increased bonus. The rep put in a request and said I’d get notified by mail in 7-10 days. I got the card just over a month ago, so guess we’ll see.

Alice
Alice (@guest_161714)
August 19, 2015 16:16

Update: 10,000 point “adjustment” appeared in account this morning. Very pleased. Wish the bonus got the pref rewards bump though!

I have found preferred rewards chat generally very responsive whenever I’ve had an issue e.g., a cashback deal that didn’t post.

Jonathan
Jonathan (@guest_161378)
August 18, 2015 15:30

Thank you for your notification. I got back additional $100 bonus.

I got approved my second travel card two weeks ago to replace my two Arrival+, and Alaska card at the same within 15 minutes. I just chatted with the representative online and he agreed to match the $200 signon bonus offer in 2 minutes. I have a preferred platinum status

G
G (@guest_161472)
August 18, 2015 21:33

what was the number you called?

Ken
Ken (@guest_161333)
August 18, 2015 13:02

BOA has been denying people who have multiple inquiries left and right lately, they appear to have changed their policy like Chase recently has as well. Read up on the Alaska CC thread on FT for more info.

HORACE
HORACE (@guest_161358)
August 18, 2015 13:56

Thanks for the information, but those of us who do not churn credit cards probably have nothing to fear.

Fiby
Fiby (@guest_161969)
August 20, 2015 12:42

Just one data point, but I have 9 inquiries on my TU report (which I’m pretty sure is the one they pulled because they pulled that in the past) and they denied me. I eventually asked to move a credit line, they said they’d take 3 days to process it.

Fiby
Fiby (@guest_162411)
August 21, 2015 18:33

Looks like I got approved after moving some of my credit line from my other BoA card.

J T
J T (@guest_175869)
September 22, 2015 10:31

10 inquiries on TU, including 2 within the last month. Just approved for both Travel Rewards and Amtrak Guest Rewards (no AF version) using 2B method.

Christopher Miller
Christopher Miller (@guest_161247)
August 18, 2015 09:40

What does it mean by $200 in travel credit? Can I purchase a gift card from an airline company and use the $200 credit after my $1000 spend? Or do I have to go through the BOA site and use the $200 through their travel site? If I can use it for cashback or a gift card, I’m all over this. When you mention applying for multiple cards counting as one inquiry, how does that work? Do I just apply for each individually on the same day and it will only have 1 pull on my credit?

Thanks?

Christopher Miller
Christopher Miller (@guest_161256)
August 18, 2015 09:58

Thank you for the reply Chuck, but what does it mean by $200 in travel credit? Can I purchase a gift card from an airline company and use the $200 credit after my $1000 spend? Or do I have to go through the BOA site and use the $200 through their travel site? If I can use it for cashback or a gift card, I’m all over this.

Stampman
Stampman (@guest_161290)
August 18, 2015 11:27

You don’t have to use the BOA travel site for your credit. You just use the card for the approved categories such as airline tickets,hotels, museums, etc. After the points
post to your account, then you log in to the
rewards section to get your statement credit. If the purchase was not coded for an approved category, then it will not be eligible for a credit. The total being redeemed has to be $25 or more and individual purchases can be combined to reach that figure.

The way purchases are
coded can lead to odd things being eligible for travel credit. For example, admissions to museums and
aquariums are eligible for credit. On a recent truip to Cincinnati, I visited an art museum,the Aquarium, and bought something from a candy shop next to the aquarium. The museum admission coded as a gift shop purchase that was ineligible for a
credit. The aquarium and the candy shop purchase were eligible. Go figure.

Christopher
Christopher (@guest_161293)
August 18, 2015 11:39

Thanks Stampman. Does anyone else have experience purchasing airline or cruise gift cards directly from the cruise or airline’s website and receiving the credit?

Thanks

Jonathan
Jonathan (@guest_161382)
August 18, 2015 15:44

If you purchase airline ticket from BoA travel site, you got 1.5% additional point.

I purchased a US air ticket from BoA travel site 45 days ago and I got additional 1.5 point. I got 2.625% +1.5%=4.125%.

I paid $644.20 and I got 1,691 points(2.625%) and 966 point(1.5%). Total point is 2657.

mike
mike (@guest_161183)
August 18, 2015 06:05

Can the $200 be redeemed as straight cashback?