No New Applications Being Accepted For Comenity’s Virgin America Credit Cards

Comenity Bank issues & manages the Virgin America co-branded credit cards. The website listing these cards now states that they are no longer accepting new applicants and current cardholders will be notified of any changes to their account.

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On the Virgin America website they are now advertising the Alaska credit card instead (Alaska airlines acquired Virgin America). What will happen to existing cardholders will really depend on the contract Comenity Bank & Virgin America had, there are two realistically options:

  • Bank of America will purchase the backbook from Comenity Bank and Virgin America cardholders will be product changed to the Alaska card.
  • Comenity Bank will product change them to another Comenity Bank card

I think the first option is probably more likely as Comenity don’t have any non-branded credit cards available so they’d need to create a new product to product changes existing cardholders into. You can read our reviews of the now non-available Virgin America cards here.

Hat tip to MMS

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Bill
Bill (@guest_418574)
June 10, 2017 18:57

Still got approved with a pre-approved offer

Caleb Kurtz
Caleb Kurtz (@guest_398077)
April 29, 2017 20:34

Link below is to a data point, *a blog post*, of a recent application to Comenity for the VX Visa Signature card. They approved me, mailed the card, and then subtly closed my account on 4/27. Stating this due to “high risk” data they later found on my credit report, the exact same report they pulled four days earlier to instantly approve me for a $10k CL.

http://wp.me/s6o71W-4557

Niam
Niam (@guest_397344)
April 27, 2017 23:45

I applied for the Premium one on Sunday. I have not received the card in the mail yet. Let’s see how things will develop …
Wishful thinking: BOA will purchase the portfolio and my card will be converted to a special version of Alaska card that comes with benefits closely similar to those on VX card …

gary
gary (@guest_397327)
April 27, 2017 23:12

my annual fee comes due next month lets see what they do

Sam
Sam (@guest_397372)
April 28, 2017 01:01

Damn that reminds me I have my AF coming up next month as well. I think they will charge it, wonder how they will process it when lets say they switch over to AS card (which I think will happen sooner than later).

gary
gary (@guest_411771)
May 29, 2017 09:55

My AF came up this month, deciding whther to close or not. May be worth it for the 4,000 anniversary bonus, if they still give it. and then transferring later for the 1:3 conversion

gary
gary (@guest_411774)
May 29, 2017 10:05

ignore prior message. no annivesary bonus on this card. will be cancelling

Sam
Sam (@guest_397310)
April 27, 2017 22:15

I hope we get converted to AS card and get some kind of offer along with it like jetBlue had when they switched from AmEx to Barclays.

One thing I am going to miss with VX going away is getting to silver status quickly through a spend.

Peter
Peter (@guest_397285)
April 27, 2017 21:19

Comenity also has a history of closing the card account when the co-brand relationship is lost.