[Targeted] Bank of America Alaska Airlines Card 50,000 Mile Offer

The Offer

• Receive up to 50,000 miles on the Bank of America Alaska Airlines Visa Signature card, broken down as follows:
  • 25,000 miles upon approval
  • 25,000 miles after making $2,000 or more in purchases within 90 days of account opening

The Fine Print

• Only available to new customers opening an account in response to receiving communication about this offer
• Application link is single use only, once you complete your application it cannot be used again
• It’s not possible to do a 2BM or 3BM with this offer (although you could combine it with the 25,000 + $100 offer)
• Offer not available to those who have applied for this card within the past 12 months
• 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

First of all, thanks to reader Jason for e-mailing me about this offer. Unfortunately it’s only one use, I’m unsure if it’s possible to use somebody else’s offer or not. When you click the apply button from the e-mail, none of the information is pre-filled so it’s entirely possible that you can use somebody else offer. In saying that it’s also entirely possible that the offer is tied to their name and you wouldn’t receive the extra 25,000 miles (or the $100 that offer currently comes with).

The offer eventually redirects to a http://www.applyonlinenow.com/ with an offer code, I tried calling in to see if I could just use that none unique code and didn’t have any success. I asked Jason why he might have been targeted and he wasn’t sure, but he did say that he hadn’t applied for any Bank of America cards in a long time.

Some people on Flyertalk have suggested that you need to make sure you have an Alaska Airlines loyalty account and then opt in for partner offers. If anybody else has received this targeted offer, please let us know any reasons as to why you think you might have been targeted for this offer.

50,000 miles is the highest the sign up bonus has been on this card and it hasn’t been offered publicly since late 2013 (and even that didn’t last long) so if you received this targeted bonus I’d jump on it. Keep in mind that Bank of America combines credit pulls and also lets you get approved for multiples in the same day.