40,000 Alaska Air Miles!

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There’ve been a lot of new credit card offers this week, including the 100,000 Citi Executive card and the $250 American Express SimplyCash card after completing the minimum spending.  But here’s another one, via The Points Guy.

You can get 40,000 Alaska Air miles with the Alaska Airlines credit card after spending $10,000 in 6 months!

Update:  It looks like the last 15,000 miles is only if you’re an Alaska Air elite member!

You get:

• 25,000 miles on approval
• Another 15,000 miles after spending $10,000 within the first 6 months

40,000 Miles Alaska Visa

Link:  40,000 miles Alaska Air Card 

This is a great offer for 40,000 miles!  Alaska Air recently had an offer for 50,000 miles, but that lasted only ~2 weeks!

But note that Bank of America may approve you for a different version of the Alaska Air card and give you less than 40,000 miles.

You’ll get

• 25,000 miles if  approved for a Visa Signature card
• 5,000 miles if approved for a Platinum Plus card
• 3,000 miles if approved for a Preferred card

Also note that you don’t get the extra 15,000 miles if you’re approved for a Platinum Plus or Preferred card.

I really don’t like it when banks reserve the right to give you fewer miles, but don’t tell you upfront which offer you qualify for!

There is a $75 annual fee which is not waived with this offer.  And there is a 3% foreign transaction fee so you shouldn’t use it outside the US.

Terms & Conditions

This 40,000 miles offer may be targeted because the landing page suggests that it is only for Alaska Air elite members.

MissMiles points out that the terms SPECIFICALLY mention that the last 15,000 miles are only for Alaska Air elite members.

So even if you apply and are approved, it is possible that you may not get the bonus miles if you were not targeted.

But I don’t know how long this offer will last.

The offer also states that it’s for new customers only.  In practice, many folks get the bonus again on Bank of America cards.

How to Use Alaska Air Miles?

See this post for 10 ways to use Alaska Air miles!

Bottom Line

This is a pretty good offer for 40,000 Alaska Air miles.

I like that you get 25,000 miles immediately, but have 6 months to complete the $10,000 minimum spending requirements for the remaining 15,000 miles.

But be careful, because the terms suggest that you get the last 15,000 miles only if you’re an Alaska Air elite member.