BOA Alaska Airlines Visa now offering up to 75,000 miles after $3K in purchases

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The Alaska Airlines Visa Signature card is now available with an increased welcome offer of 70,000 miles after $3,000 in purchases in the first 3 months. You’ll get an additional 5,000 miles if you use an Alaska employee’s name and ID number when applying (although that’s not necessary to get the main 70K offer).

Alaska Airlines Companion Fare

The Offer & Key Card Details

Card Offer and Details
Up to 75K miles + Companion Fare ⓘ Non-Affiliate
70k miles + Companion Fare ($99 fare + taxes) after $3K spend in 90 days + additional 5K if you apply with an Alaska employee's name and id number.
$95 Annual Fee
Alternate Offer: There are usually better in-flight offers available that require the name and id number of an Alaska employee.
Information about this card has been collected independently by Frequent Miler. The issuer did not provide the details, nor is it responsible for their accuracy.
FM Mini Review: Alaska miles are quite valuable so this offer is better than it appears
Earning rate: 3X Alaska Airlines ✦ 2x gas, EV charging, local transit, rideshare, cable, and select streaming services purchases ✦ 1X elsewhere
Base: 1X (1.3%)
Gas: 2X (2.6%)
Brand: 3X (3.9%)
Other: 2X (2.6%)
Card Info: Visa Signature issued by BOA. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees.
Big spend bonus: $121 companion pass every year after $6K spend.
Noteworthy perks: ✦ Free first checked bag for you and up to six other passengers on your reservation ✦ Priority Boarding ✦ 10% bonus on earned miles with eligible BOA account ✦ During 2024, earn 4K EQMs/$10K spend, up to a maximum of 20K EQMs.

Quick Thoughts

We’ve been relatively bullish on Mileage Plan miles since Alaska recently revamped its entire program and announced a merger with Hawaiian Airlines. In light of those developments, we don’t believe that they will make near-term negative changes to their new-ish award charts.

Given some of their award chart sweet spots, this offer could certainly be a good deal. For instance, some routes from the east cost of the US to Europe cost as few as 45,000 miles one-way in business class and Mileage Plan is now the best currency to use for most American Airlines domestic flights. Alaska is scheduled to finally unveil multi-partner award flights within the next few weeks, a long overdue change that will drastically increase the utility of its miles.

Alaska doesn’t partner with transferable points programs outside of Bilt, so the best way to earn Alaska miles is typically through credit card welcome bonuses…but don’t forget that Hawaiian cards now effectively earn the same miles as well.

As Alaska bonuses go, this is about as good as it gets — so if you’ve had the Alaska Visa on your mind, this may be a good time to jump on it.

Bank of America Application Tips

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Raylan

P2 got a mailer for 80k fwiw.

Rachel

The 24 month language seems to be gone from the Alaska personal terms & conditions

Allan Sanchez

Cool! Just applied and got approved after a few minutes. Only have a savings account with BofA for a few years.

Gr8ful

Just a thought, today 11/16, is the last day to buy Hawaiian miles for 100x bonus.
200K miles is 2500 and some change.
To me, that is a much better deal than a new credit card hit to my credit.
Can someone chime in.

jason

anyone have success getting the 75K match if they recently applied for and got the 60K SUB version?

BBQman

anyone got an employee name and ID to use for the application?

Katrina

You can use mine. Katrina Wong # AS1079647

humanbeing1979

I used yours. Fingers crossed it works. Application was accepted. Thanks.

Julie

Thank you. I used it as well.

Jason

used yours as well and was approved thank you!

Melissa

Me too Katrina! Approved

G H

Speaking of which, got a BoA survey of a potential airline premium card (well, not too hard to guess what it is):

$395 annual fee

3 miles per dollar on eligible airline, dining and foreign(!!!) purchase
1 mile per dollar everything else
10% relationship bonus for having a BoA account

Each anniversary:

25K mile companion ticket voucher
100K mile companion ticket voucher after spending 60K annually
5K miles towards frequent flyer status
8 lounge passes and 8 Wi-Fi passes (2 per quarter)

Share miles with up to 5 other members of airline frequent flyer program
Free checked bag and priority boarding for cardholders and up to 6 guests

No FTF
Waiver of booking fee when redeeming miles on a partner airline
20% off in-flight purchase
Up to $120 credit towards TSA Pre or Global Entry every 4 years

No blackout dates on redemptions
Fee waiver on same-day changes, worth $50 per change
$50 Visa Gift Card for flight cancellations or delays of 2+ hours
Other Visa Infinite benefits

Last edited 28 days ago by G H
Kayexelate

Can you churn this card? I just got the sub in October 2023 and downgraded it last month. Can I apply again and get the sub again?

Kayexelate

Thanks. Will have to wait another year. I presume. It’s 24 months from when I got the sub not 24 months from when I was approved