Alaska Airlines has been in the news lately – most recently they announced nonstop service from their Seattle hub to 3 new locations.
The Bank of America Alaska Airlines was a great card to get as it has been widely known that it is one of the few cards that is “churnable” (i.e. you can get several of them without closing the early ones). I had not been that interested in Alaska Airlines until I realized that they have great mileage partners that you can use (including the Emirates First Class shower in the sky!
Applying for the Bank of America Alaska Airlines card
I applied for the Bank of America Alaska card a few months ago and was getting ready to apply again. The “standard” personal offer is for 25,000 Alaska Airlines miles after first purchase, for a (non-waived) annual fee of $75
But there is a BETTER offer for an additional $100 statement credit after $1000 in purchases.
I was going there as part of a recent churn today, but now when you do, you now get the following screen
It’s also reported on the Flyertalk thread about the card. Alaska / Bank of America has been known to change the offer around, so I would assume that a similar offer will show up before too long.
This site is part of an affiliate sales network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites, such as thepointsguy.com. This may impact how and where links appear on this site. Responses are not provided or commissioned by the bank advertiser. Some or all of the card offers that appear on the website are from advertisers and that compensation may impact on how and where card products appear on the site. Any opinions expressed in this post are my own, and have not been reviewed, approved, or endorsed by my advertising partners and I do not include all card companies, or all available card offers. Terms apply to American Express benefits and offers and other offers and benefits listed on this page. Enrollment may be required for select American Express benefits and offers. Visit americanexpress.com to learn more. Other links on this page may also pay me a commission - as always, thanks for your support if you use them
User Generated Content Disclosure: Points With a Crew encourages constructive discussions, comments, and questions. Responses are not provided by or commissioned by any bank advertisers. These responses have not been reviewed, approved, or endorsed by the bank advertiser. It is not the responsibility of the bank advertiser to respond to comments.
Dan Miller travels with his wife and 6 (SIX!) children. He loves to help families travel for free / cheap, especially larger families. If you are looking for help, drop him an email at 
According to a BofA exec within their card services group, the link was pulled after seeing too many apps through the link(s) not directly coming from the Alaska Airlines web site.
The promotion was/is directed to those who actually made a reservation for travel on Alaska. Once you completed your paid reservation and received a confirmation/record locator, then you would see the promotion giving you the opportunity to apply for the Visa Signature card – with the 25, 000 mile sign-up bonus and $100 statement credit.
I have been advised that the promotion continues – for now.
A work-around is to purchase a non-penalty type fare for travel on Alaska, look for the promo – then sign-up for the Visa Signature card product, then go back and cancel your reservation.
SO_CAL_RETAIL_SLUT
Cool! Thanks for the information – that makes sense. And thanks also for a possible workaround!
Did that “old” offer for $100 also have $75 fee?
Yes – so it was only a net $25 credit, but still better than a flatout $75. If there were a deal for 25K points with an annual fee waived the first year, that would be nearly as good, but I’m not aware of such a deal. The only deal I know has a $75 annual fee not waived the 1st year