Good morning everyone. During my recent App-O-Rama, I applied for the US Bank Radisson Rewards Visa Signature Credit Card. This credit card offers 60,000 Radisson Rewards Points after spending $1,500 in 3 months. There is a $50 annual fee, but you get 25,000 Radisson Rewards Points every year for paying the annual fee. After I get the sign up bonus, I will call US Bank and ask them to upgrade me to the US Bank Radisson Rewards Premier Visa Signature Credit Card, which offers 40,000 Radisson Rewards Points every year when you pay the $75 annual fee.
I already had the US Bank Radisson Rewards Premier Visa Signature Credit Card (previously named the US Bank Club Carlson Premier Rewards Visa Signature Credit Card) and the US Bank Radisson Rewards Business Visa Credit Card (previously named the US Bank Club Carlson Business Rewards Visa Credit Card). I created this helpful table to show you the before (top, Club Carlson) and after (bottom, Radisson Rewards) credit card names. Long story short, my application for the US Bank Radisson Rewards Visa Signature Credit Card went to pending and I assumed I would be declined for this credit card because I already have 6 US Bank credit cards and my ARS / SageStream credit reports are frozen. But as I later found out, that was not the case. Here’s how I found out that I was approved.

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