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Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« on: July 14, 2013, 10:49:27 PM »
Basically why do some banks have big bonuses, and some don't?

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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2013, 10:58:45 PM »
Some want your business and some don't ;)

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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2013, 11:30:44 PM »
BOA doesn't have good Anything.

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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2013, 11:32:15 PM »
BOA doesn't have good Anything.

They are very good at letting me transfer my amazon payments/checks from bluebird to them without alerting the other banks to my deviousness ;)

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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2013, 02:17:06 AM »
But they're churnable :)

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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2013, 08:43:01 AM »
If I churn 0 points, 100 times what do I get ?

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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2013, 08:49:21 AM »
Lots and lots of Alaska airline points...
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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2013, 08:54:11 AM »
If I churn 0 points, 100 times what do I get ?
50k Virgin and 25/30k Alaska isn't worth anything to you?
B/c they're worth something to other ppl...

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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2013, 08:57:28 AM »
50k Virgin and 25/30k Alaska isn't worth anything to you?
B/c they're worth something to other ppl...
I'm kidding. Hear you on the offerings would never ever deal with BofA

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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2013, 09:04:34 AM »
I'm kidding. Hear you on the offerings would never ever deal with BofA
I've had only good experiences with them thus far.
What have your issues been?

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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2013, 01:41:21 PM »
50k Virgin and 25/30k Alaska isn't worth anything to you?

+1, they also occasionally have some good signup bonuses on their CashRewards/TravelRewards cards and category bonus cards.
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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2013, 01:56:52 PM »
+1, they also occasionally have some good signup bonuses on their CashRewards/TravelRewards cards and category bonus cards.
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440$ Cash back
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330$ cash back
After spending  500$

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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2013, 02:07:41 PM »
+1
440$ Cash back
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330$ cash back
After spending  500$

You've seen those both stacked in  one card?
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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #13 on: July 15, 2013, 02:33:09 PM »
You've seen those both stacked in  one card?
No 2 separate cards .

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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2013, 10:04:41 PM »
I have already opened the virgin card twice with no issues. 50k each time. Not too bad IMHO

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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #15 on: July 16, 2013, 02:55:46 AM »
BOA also has had at different times cash back offers that can't be beat.
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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #16 on: July 16, 2013, 06:43:14 AM »
Are virgin or alaska card with annual fee? Is there a way to avoid these fees ( like close after spend and get refunded) ?

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Re: Why doesn't Bank of America have any good CC Bonuses?
« Reply #17 on: July 16, 2013, 06:48:49 AM »
Are virgin or alaska card with annual fee? Is there a way to avoid these fees ( like close after spend and get refunded) ?
You can cancel within 60 (I believe) days, and they'll refund the fee.