It's a beautiful card, it's the same one as on the website card.ml.com it's black but fades into dark blue. Gorgeous.
The card comes in a regular enveloped nothing fancy per say. Then a week later a simple rewards guide comes in the mail. It's a great card, but it seems like the nicer benefits (lounge access, rental upgrades, etc.) don't come into play until you spend $50,000 on the card.
And yes, you can apply in-branch or over the phone. Just call BoA and tell them that you'd like to apply for the Merrill+ card. They'll transfer you to Merill Lynch for the process. Simpl, easy, and VERY friendly.
The card comes in a regular enveloped nothing fancy per say. Then a week later a simple rewards guide comes in the mail. It's a great card, but it seems like the nicer benefits (lounge access, rental upgrades, etc.) don't come into play until you spend $50,000 on the card.
And yes, you can apply in-branch or over the phone. Just call BoA and tell them that you'd like to apply for the Merrill+ card. They'll transfer you to Merill Lynch for the process. Simpl, easy, and VERY friendly.
@applepie wrote:How mauch in assets do you have with ML? I have $260k with them in a money market and another $250 at B of A.... just got approved for the alaska airline Visa signature and the B of A travel rewards... both at $5k..... my credit is still a bit bad fromt the last economic mess but I have turned a lot fo it around... I was going to wait for ML to ask me if I wanted it..........
I have less than $2,000 with them. I opened an account and initially wanted to move more money into it, but in the end, decided not to. Might just let it sit there and focus on other accounts for awhile.
@signaturecardmember wrote:Congratulations and cool card. one of the ones on my short list I might still like to have with those interesting benefits. Do you or anyone else know the differences in benefits between this and the BOA Privleges card?
This card seems to have more benefits, especially no foreign transaction fee while the Privileges card has (or had) one. They're both visa signatures, so you get the standard benefits from that. You get even more benefits if you spend $50,000 or more per year. From what I have heard, BoA no longer offers the Privileges card and will convert those existing ones to BoA Cash Rewards card. Can anyone confirm this?
