United & Alaska Credit Card Surveys

I recently wrote about an IHG credit card survey and readers sent me two more, one about Alaska cards and the other United.

Contents

1 Alaska
2 United
3 Our Verdict

Alaska

This is the same survey as The Military Frequent Flyer received. We just have a little bit more information now. Below you can

United

Reader SteveH was presented with a cojoint-style survey (you’re given two choices, you pick which once you prefer). Some examples of benefits:

2 Free upgrades to comfort plus
2 Free upgrades to premium class
A one time companion pass on any fare purchase
Various spend bonus categories and amounts (eg, 3x restaurants)
10,000 miles bonus for annual spend
$300 travel credit
Global Entry/TSA Precheck credit
United Lounge access
Ability to transfer miles to other airlines!
Annual fees from $95 – $450 (with a range in between)

According to Steve the options seem to be very similar to what the Chase Sapphire Reserved. They also did question if he would consider opening these if it was a new card (he said no due to 5/24 rule).

Our Verdict

Card issuers and co-branded partners send out these types of surveys on a regular basis, that doesn’t mean we should expect any of these cards/options to hit the market and even if they do it will likely be some time away as this is preliminary research.

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Mark R. (@guest_433506)

July 4, 2017 23:36

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I REALLY like how the rise of powerful bank-specific rewards programs (Chase, Citi, Amex) are now causing the co-branded cards to rethink their competitiveness. I realize there’s zero guarantee about anything happening, but at least for now the surveys demonstrate that the marketing / loyalty departments at corporate are not ignoring the fact that new value can be added. Same with the surveys about the “Hilton Diamond Card” and new IHG card variants. The future could be bright 😀 Great post. Thanks for sharing this.