As we all know, nowadays a large percentage of profits in the US airline industry are derived from loyalty programs, and in particular, co-brand credit card agreements. The bigger an airline is, the more lucrative its loyalty program can be.
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Executive Summary: Expect devaluations.
More cards coming means more points handed out like Halloween candy. Bloggers gonna flog and flog. More cards issued, more signup bonuses paid. More points chasing fewer seats. All quickly and directly lead to more and deeper devaluations. AtmoSkyPesos. Count on it.
BoA denied my application. Morons. I’m equity partner at a top law firm clearing $10MM a year.
I dropped my Alaska card last year after about 20 years because the zero annual fee card was no longer offered. I fly 1 to 2 times a year and charge about 15k a year.
Once BoA offers a premium card for full lounge access, I would bet that Citi AA Exec will lose access to their lounges.
Wonder if the Hawaiian lounges will be included with a new AS premium card. My understanding is that the Citi Exec card doesn’t allow access Hawaiian Lounges like the Plumeria Lounge at HNL.
BofA app and website are industry laggards.
Setting up seemingly simple things like autopay can be challenges
Run a business while depending on BoA reps to support cc issues? No way.
Alaska should have kicked them to the curb.
Unfortunate to hear as BoA has the worst customer service of all of the credit card companies. I was denied the new card, they couldn’t explain why on the phone, and insisted on correspondence via mail.
theres literally no mathematical way they can hand more points out than what happened during the period where Amex-Hawaiian-Alaska was allowed. Many points veterans transferred hundreds of thousands/millions to Alaska during that period. an extra card will be a blip compared to that
I’m based in SF and felt as though I was tricked into upgrading first to a small business card a year ago, only to have the Summit card rolled out last summer, which I than also applied for. It was only after I received my welcome packet for the summit card that I learned the two quarterly lounge passes were use it or lose it with no ability to use a Q1 pass in April. That really annoyed me as I had 0 Q1 Alaska travel. The icing on the cake was Alaska dumping a quarter of its SFO flights, devaluing the worth of the Atmos program to a B-tier FF program (for me). In short, Alaska has made a future United Gold Status flyer out of me
Was glad to see Alaska Air actually adopt MFA on their website, recently. Like, what took them so long. A few folks had their accounts hacked before this. Sheesh.
If the ultra-premium card offers a Lounge+ membership (with access to Admirals Clubs) and similar or better earnings to the Summit, it'd be something I'd consider. I can drop my AA Exec card, which I don't really get value out of, but I keep around anyway.
Lounge access is not a unique benefit if they know most customers already have a cc with a lounge benefit attached. The Alaska lounges are not special compared to centurion or sky club, which raises the question of what else a new premium cc could bring.
Anyone that gets denied for a BoA credit card HAS to be a pathetic loser with no redeeming value in life. Perhaps it's time to put aside your hentai porn addition, move out from your mother's basement and become a productive member of society.
Alaska Airlines used to be one of Canada's airlines of choice with flights to a large number of Canadian Cities and with the new partnership with Porter Airlines.
We always had an Alaskan Airlines Credit Card I think with Toronto Dominion (TD) Bank that offered all the perks - miles and partner flies free awards. That ended during Covid.
We Canadians really need a card for Alaska. It would be a real improvement for all of us to have access to Alaska.
To each his own…several people have said they have no interest in getting an Alaska co-branded card, or they see no value in AS miles/ATMOS points, or…or…or…. YMMV.
I have the original BofA Alaska card; so does my wife. In addition, I have the ATMOS Summit card. The annual two domestic companion passes from the original card has saved us literally thousands and thousands of dollars over the years on flights out of SFO to Hawai’i and the East Coast. That’s worth the $95 AF for each card.
Most bloggers value ATMOS points between $0.015-$0.016 each. Fine. We have flown JAL in business on points and realized over 10¢ in point value (2025). SFO-HNL, 3.5¢ redemption value. To Rome on Condor, 6.7¢. I think the value is there, but — like I said — YMMV.
Speculation: BofA/AS comes out with a super-pricey card that includes lounge access…
The Citi AA Executive card grants full access to both Admirals Clubs and Alaska Lounges. The AF is less than buying an Alaska Lounge+ pass; it is also less than buying an Admirals Club pass directly from AA. If that continues, I cannot see a reason why I should drop the Summit card and get the new one. If Citi drops access to Alaska Lounges, and the Lounge+ no longer gives access to Admirals Club, I’ll see exactly what access the new card grants, and if the math works out...
That's correct. Anchorage, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, San Francisco and Seattle (Alaska Lounges) and San Diego (Aspire Lounge) are the only non-AA lounge options with AAdmirals club membership in North America.
@JohnRossa A real hero's journey. Please tell me there's a documentary crew following you around.