Ben, any gut sense on how long this offer lasts? (45 days) Oct 1 or (60) Oct 15?
@ JR -- I wish I knew! I'd say it'll likely last for several weeks, but it's hard to say anything beyond that. Sorry.
My email from this morning says the offer is good for anyone who applies in the next 14 days.
Hi Ben, this actually seems like a bad deal for my use case. I am BOS based and use my $99 companion fair for BOS-PDX at xmas which usually is a $800-$1100 ticket. with the premium card the $99 companion seems to go away and the 25k certificate seems like it would be useless as mileage ticket is 85k for that routing. Am I missing something as to how I would benefit from the new card which swaps the $99 for the the new global companion?
@ Brad -- Nope, you're not missing anything, as it's just a different card with a different value proposition. There's nothing preventing people from getting both cards, so I think you should keep your current card. If you can get value from the Global Companion Award, then maybe it makes sense to get the other card as well.
Are there any restrictions on getting the welcome bonus for this new card if say you got a welcome bonus for the AS signature card a few months ago? I did get the offer through email since I had signed up last year and did not see any restrictive wording.
Are there any restrictions on getting the welcome bonus for this new card if say you got a welcome bonus for the AS signature card a few months ago? I did get the offer through email since I had signed up last year and did not see any restrictive wording.
Expats in finance, tech, etc. are going to absolutely print with this card
Begging Alaska for a business card with shipping and adspend multiplier. I'll move everything over!
This exists for 2x on shipping. Been around awhile and appears to have been re branded today.
Lucky - Do you know how the points sharing benefit works? I already am approved for the Summit card. Can I only share my miles with family members, or can they share them with me (even though they dont have the Summit card)? I have way more miles than my family, and I'd love to be able to transfer my wife's points to me, and the little balances on my kid's accounts too.
@ Daniel -- This allows you transfer points back and forth, so yes, you could do exactly what you're describing. It might take a second for the feature to be fully live, but I'll make a post about how it works soon. Stay tuned!
No Priority Pass or Global Entry credit… hard to justify 395$ AF
Can anyone confirm whether the 25K/100K companion certs are valid for award travel on partner airlines, or is it just for Alaska? Reading the credit card offer terms, I don't see any airline restrictions...
Yes it can be used on partner airlines. From the global companion award FAQ:
"Where can I use my Global Companion Award?
Global Companion Awards can be applied to any award booking available on AlaskaAir.com, including flights on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, and oneworld® global partners."
I assume the biggest limitation with partner airlines is that they need to actually have 2+ award seats available to AS.
A very nice perk AS could offer on its own metal is to open an extra award seat at the same rate when you're redeeming your 100k cert, but I don't see anything that suggests they'll do this.
https://www.alaskaair.com/atmosrewards/content/credit-cards/faq/global-companion-award the examples at the bottom (SFO-NRT for 120k in J ???) seem to imply a severe devaluation coming soon....
Received the targeted RSVP offer via email as an MVP Gold. Applied, instant decline. No recent BoA card applications although I am 5/24 (does this matter).
Tried calling in and was told despite being a BoA Preffered Rewards client that I had to wait for the snail mail letter before they could request any type of manual review.
I called in and they helped me immediately. Mine was actually a fraud check. I called this line 877-261-3664
I'm also way over 5/24, although I don't believe BoA uses that specific math regardless.
did you get approval after submitting fraud check? I had same issue and after call they said it takes 7 business days for a decision...
FYI to anyone who's applied: I called BofA to request my card to be rush shipped (standard shipping was 1-3 days), and they said they will send it out to be delivered in 1-3 days (though the rep said it should be delivered tomorrow). Also waived the $15 rush fee.
YMMV with the service rep though, first rep didn't understand what I was asking for and sent me to the mobile app to do the rush, and I had to call back when that didn't work.
I'm flying to Asia a week from Thursday so I obviously do not want to chance the card not arriving on time. 🙂
No Priority Pass and foreign exchange? Such a bumper. This card is designed for US based card holders because if B of A sees inadequate transactions in US and excessive overseas transactions all year long, it will be a huge red flag. Maybe a
combination of primary card holder lives overseas and AU in US with small credit limit will lessen the suspicion.
@ globetrotter -- Sorry, not following the "foreign exchange" part following "no Priority Pass?" In case there's any confusion, the card doesn't have foreign transaction fees.
@Ben
I know this is a non-sequitur, but expertflyer is completely down for me this morning. I cannot search availability or sign in on either laptop or mobile phone, every time I sign in the page just refreshes back to the home screen.
Are you / are other readers having the same issue?
@ Sam -- Looking into it, thanks! I've barely looked at anything not involving Atmos Rewards since around 4AM, so... :p
I feel like I'm missing something here. What is so great about, what is essentially, a 25k point coupon? There's much less flexibility than using a $99 companion fare, significantly more variable pricing than cash fares, and the benefit of multiple segments/multi city itineraries is completely gone (the award cost will simply increase accordingly).
The other benefits seem fine, but this new concept of a companion fare is lacking unless someone can point out the benefit I'm failing to see.
@ NotMyName -- It's just a different kind of a perk than the companion ticket offered on other Alaska cards. One isn't necessarily better than the other, it just all depends on your redemption and spending patterns.
To me, this benefit gives me a short-hop round trip in first class and is worth about $300+.
Can you cover more details on global companion upgrade for 25k? Is it just replacing 25k miles but global means can be applied toward all partners?
Also given the existence of Barclays Hawaiian card, if I want to get the Barclays cards before, how should I do it?
Think of it this way: you book two award flights. You get 25,000 points off the total amount.
@ Ken -- I'll have a separate post about it, but it's really quite straightforward. You can just get 25K points off an award on Alaska, Hawaiian, or any partner. The total cost for one passenger just has to be at least 25K points, and there needs to be award availability for two people.
If you want to get a Hawaiian Card, you could still apply for that now, along with the Atmos Rewards Card. There's nothing preventing you from getting both for the time being.
Can you get the bonus for this if you have the Alaska signature card? Not sure what it’s called now with these changes.
@ Ben’s voodoo doll -- I don't see anything that would prevent eligibility in that situation.
This card is so complicated. So many words needed to describe all the benefits.
@ david -- So complicated, or just so rewarding? If you want a card that isn't complicated, check out the recent launch of the premium JetBlue card. It's not complicated because there isn't much to it...
I got "unable to approve" via the special link...but I got "We're reviewing it" when I went via the website (they might bother me for tax forms).
...but this same mess happened when BofA rolled out the Amtrak cards, and I wound up with two of those in hand when the dust settled because they ran all of the rejected accounts through reconsideration.