No offense here. I was just saying what I think makes sense. Most of the times these kind of stories have something more to it.
Remember the UMPE Card thread when every other day a different hippy brought the breaking news that SMing to get the additional 20k points on churned cards is dead, some people even bothered opening new threads! And when I simply asked them if they applied with a new FF # or when they asked for the bonus, everything was clear.
There was a post on this site by someone who said he didn't get his UME bonus matched to 50K by chase. The next day someone from chase called him and told him he won't get the bonus and later, he also had his United Mileage account shut down or something.
So I think over applying again and again is what Alaska didn't like. They hated seeing so many 20K and 5k bonus posted I guess
I only applied for 2 two months ago and 1 almost 2 yrs ago. I have booked awards already with my points.
They seem to be canceling awards already booked, read post # 17. That would really s**k if this happens to anyone!