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The Business Advantage Travel Rewards World Mastercard is great for businesses racking up on those BOA travel. Bank Of America Business Platinum Members will earn 75% bonus points, which equals to a nice amount of points. With benefits including auto rental insurance and no foreign transaction fee, your business trips are well secured.
- Credit: Good credit needed
- It is advised to have a Bank Of America business checking account for a better chance of approval.
- Step by step guide how to apply without an LLC or C-Corp
- Max cards: Bank of America will not approve you for their credit card if you opened more than 2 cards in the past 12 months, even if it’s from other issuers. Except if your a BOA bank account holder, then, you can get approved even if you opened up to 6 cards in 12 months
- 24 month rule: You "may" not be eligible for a new card if your business entity currently has, or has had, another business card with Bank of America in the past 24 month period
Apply for two cards: If you apply for one Bank Of America card and get approved, it is recommended to apply for a second card since Bank Of America is very good about approving for two cards, even within the same day
- Not reported on personal credit reports: Bank Of America will not report business credit cards on personal credit reports.
- Credit bureau: Bank Of America will usually pull your Experian credit report (if you freeze Experian then Bank Of America pull your TransUnion credit report)
- Combining same-day credit inquiries: Credit inquiries for all Personal BOA cards for same-day applications will be combined; also, Credit inquiries for all Business BOA cards for same-day applications will be combined.
- Check application status: You can check your application status here
- Reconsideration: If declined you can call the business underwriting department at 1-888-569-4439 to be reconsidered (only for business cards)
Quickest way to get my card: You can request Bank of America to expedite your physical card by calling Bank of America customer service. Bank of America will in most cases not offer an instant credit card number for your new card.
Approval Monitor (submitted by HelpMeBuildCredit users)
Credit limit range $32,000-$32,000
Avg. Credit limit$32,000
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– 3 points on travel booked with Bank Of America travel
– 1.5 points everywhere else
No foreign transaction fee.
Bank of America Business Platinum members earn 75% bonus points which equal 4.12 points on BOA travel and 2.62 on all other purchases.
