There is now a direct application link for this offer, read this post for more details or click here for the application link.
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The Offer
Via PointsCentric
This will only work for the personal version of the card, I’m currently unsure of any methods that will work on the business version of this card.
- Receive 25,000 Alaska miles after your first purchase and $100 after you spend $1,000 within three months. Annual fee of $75 is not waived on the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature from Bank of America
How To Get The Offer
Via Dummy Booking
- Go to https://www.alaskaair.com
- Search for any flight (I selected LAX > HNL), select one of the flight options and click ‘add to cart’
- Click next
- Click I don’t have an account
- Enter your information in and click skip seats
- Scroll and click skip again
You’ll now be on the final payment screen. Two things will happen, either you’ll see the offer to the right of credit card information, it’s possible to click this link and then apply. Alternatively you’ll see the offer mentioned just above the flight rules, you cannot click that and will unfortunately need to try again if you want to apply for the offer. It took me about four or five tries to finally get this offer to show correctly.
Via Phone
Alternatively you can try to call in (1-800-932-2775) and quote offer code VAB6CX, unfortunately if you use this link: https://www.applyonlinenow.com/USCCapp/Ctl/entry?sc=VAB6CX it just takes you to the credit card disclosures page and there is no way to apply directly online.
Card Details
- Annual fee of $75 is not waived
- Card earns at the following rates:
- 5x miles per $1 spent on Mileage Plan Dining
- 3x miles per $1 spent on Alaska Airlines tickets, vacation packages, and cargo purchases
- 1x miles on all other purchases
- Coach Companion Fare from $121
- They will sometimes approve you for a Platinum Plus Visa or Preferred Visa card which has different annual fees and sign up bonus
Our Verdict
The main reason that Bank of America cards are attractive is that multiple pulls get combined into a single inquiry and they’ll approve you for multiples of the same card in one day (you’ll need to call in to get approved, as they will think they are just duplicate inquiries). Another benefit is that it’s possible to downgrade these cards into better balance reward cards, which can earn up to $120 per year just for paying those cards on time (yes, this is still possible. We’ve had recent success stories). There is also currently a 15,000 mile + $100 offer on the Spirit card from Bank of America as well.
I don’t think this offer will last too long, I suspect they’ll move to requiring you to actually book the flight before you’ll be able to apply for this card once they see how many people are doing dummy bookings.
Hat tip to PointsCentric
Oh.. I got approved for a Signature with 9k and a Platinum with 1k..
What can I do? Can I call to move credit limit to the platinum, product change to Signature, and then ask for the bonus miles?
Sorry if this is a newbie question, but when you call the recon line, wouldn’t they ask why you had many duplicate applications?
Would it work to just wait a few days for the pending applications to clear or will they always be reduced to one?
Thanks
I would like to know about this as well
I applied for two, they were pending for 7 days, and then I called recon.
The first card was actually pending identity verification and was processed after verifying. The second card was an actual pending, and was approved after I told the rep my reason. The second rep does know very well that I was just approved for one card minutes ago.
My reason for needing two cards is that I will put all my spending on Alaska airline card, but I need two of them so that I can hide some of the spending from my family(which is absolutely not true of course). I suggest you try to make your story sound interesting and not related to getting double bonuses, you should be fine.
Also getting more than one identical card approved the same day is nothing new for BoA, the first rep confirmed that they do allow multiple application of the same product.
Dear Doc,
I used 2BM and applied for two of these last Monday, and they’re still being reviewed as of right now.
Do you think I should call tomorrow or I should wait?
I didn’t call on Monday because I thought 2 identical cards can never be approved via recon, but from your article it sounds like I should actually call to get both approved?
I did 2BM at the end of March. Both accounts were “pending” are were approved 3 days later. However, one card was for the Visa Signature version (25k miles), and one was for the Platinum Plus Version (5k miles), even though there was >$5000 credit line for each card. B.A. said they didn’t know why I was approved for the Platinum Plus and they did a product change, but that takes 6-8 weeks.
Be sure to check which product you are approved for. The Visa Signature is what you want.
If they actually make you book, then take advantage of the 24 hour free cancel and just cancel the reservation.
Good point, I know some people don’t like doing that for whatever reason though.