Card is now live, more details here.
We know that Alaska Airlines will launch a new premium credit card sometime in August. According to a leak found by USCCF the card will offer:
- Annual Global 25K Companion Award for a travel companion on the same itinerary, when booking travel using your Atmos™ Rewards points. Additionally, receive a Global 100K Companion Award every year you spend 60,000 or more on purchases in that anniversary year.
- Receive 8 Alaska Lounge passes and 8 Wi-Fi passes each year (2 of each per calendar quarter).
- Free checked bag for you and up to 6 guests traveling on the same reservation when you purchase Alaska or Hawaiian Airlines airfare with the card.
- Earn unlimited 3 points for every $1 spent on eligible Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, dining and foreign purchases and unlimited 1 point for every $1 spent on all other purchases.
- Plus, earn a 10% rewards bonus on all points earned from card purchases if you have an eligible Bank of America® account.
- Get 10,000 status points every year on your account anniversary and earn 1 status point for every $2 spent on purchases.
- Up to $120 Airport Security Credit every four years in connection with the TSA PreCheck® or Global Entry trusted traveler programs.
- Receive a $50 voucher for Alaska Airlines flight cancellations or departure delays of 2 hours+.
- Pay no change fee when you need to make a same-day change to your Alaska Airlines flight plans – a savings of up to $50 per change.
- Flexibility with no blackout dates or redemption fees on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines or partner airline flights when booking with points or a Global Companion Award.
Frequent Miler reader Brian found a link targeting employees that showed a sign up bonus of:
- 5,000 bonus points after opening your new account.
- Earn an additional 100,000 bonus points and a Global 25,000-point (25K) Companion Award after spending $6,000 or more on purchases within the first 90 days of opening your account.
That offer was targeted to employees so it’s not clear if the public bonus will be lower or not.
About redemption: “Choose from flexible redemption options.
Earned points can be redeemed for Alaska Airlines or Hawaiian Airlines award travel, hotel stays, and car rentals.” Can the points still be used for partner airline redemptions?
Just applied and went pending…. Kind of disappointed with that after this long wait… I did close my original Alaska Card around late 2023, hopefully that’s not causing the problem…
Card is now live: https://www.alaskaair.com/atmosrewards/content/credit-cards/benefits/visa-summit
For people who pre-registered, I’m guessing a custom link with the extra 5000 miles should also be sent out soon.
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/alaska-airlines-to-launch-395-premium-credit-card-get-500-miles-just-for-joining-waitlist/
card link live
https://www.alaskaair.com/atmosrewards/content/credit-cards/visa-summit
Anyone have an idea of when exactly this is launching and open to applying online? Want to apply before some new accounts get reported. Would be annoyed if it was literally the 31st.
August 20
Intel was right on the nose, thank you!
So while the name leaked as the Atmos “Summit” card does anyone know if the AS Visa Signature will be rebranded at this point?
Yes, it will become the Atmos “Ascent”
damn daniel. full eggplant card. prob hard metal too.
Also the redemption fee for points is crap and I hope it doesn’t move to other airlines like it inevitably will
Does the Preferred Rewards multiplier apply to the Alaska cards?
Currently, no. Instead you earn 10% more for having a BofA account.
This is actually an interesting card. I’m down.
“Receive a $50 voucher for Alaska Airlines flight cancellations or departure delays of 2 hours+.” That benefit, if true, could be a money-maker!
It’s like an EU261-lite.
Alaska cancels and delays a lot of their flights? Makes them sound unreliable and me not want to fly them! 🙂
Not really. But if Spirit or Jetblue had this benefit, I’d have called it a very easy benefit to use.
It is a unique perk, another good reason to get the card if you fly Alaska lot. But it’s funny how in order to get consumer protection that is the norm in other countries, you need to get a credit card.