Last fall, MBNA abruptly announced that it was no longer accepting new applications for its pair of co-branded Alaska Airlines credit cards. At that point, existing cardholders could continue to earn Alaska miles through daily spending, with no end in sight.
The latest development in this story is that the relationship between MBNA and Alaska Airlines is set to end.
As of September 1, 2023, legacy cardholders of either the MBNA Alaska Airlines World Elite Mastercard and the MBNA Alaska Airlines Platinum Plus Mastercard will be transitioned to the MBNA Rewards World Elite Mastercard and the MBNA Rewards Platinum Plus Mastercard, respectively.
MBNA Alaska Airlines Mastercards to Become MBNA Rewards Mastercards
Recently, anyone with a legacy MBNA Alaska World Elite Mastercard received a notification that the annual fees on their card would be increased from $99 to $120 as of the next annual fee due date. This seemed a bit odd for a product which had been discontinued for new applications, but it turns out that there was something else happening behind the scenes.
As of September 1, 2023, all existing cardholders of the MBNA Alaska Airlines World Elite Mastercard will be transitioned to the MBNA Rewards World Elite Mastercard. Likewise, all existing cardholders of the MBNA Alaska Airlines Platinum Plus Mastercard will be transitioned to the MBNA Rewards Platinum Plus Mastercard.
Until then, you can continue earning Alaska miles as per usual on the present version of your Alaska Airlines co-branded card. Replacement cards are to be received by cardholders no later than October 30, 2023.
What this means is that September 1, 2023 marks the official end of any Alaska Airlines co-branded credit cards in Canada. However, as we shall see, this doesn’t necessarily mean that Canadians will no longer have access to Alaska miles through MBNA.
In the case of the MBNA Rewards World Elite Mastercard, there are a number of features that weren’t previously available on its Alaska Airlines co-branded counterpart.
For example, it comes with $1,000 of mobile device insurance, which covers you for damage or loss as long as you charge the entirety of your mobile device to the card, or have recurring payments on a phone contract setup on your new card.
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