Got a call from the branch banker I applied with, approved for $17k 
Should be here in a couple of days.
Does not really impact my CSR application timing; three cards drop off the 5/24 countdown in October.
Decided to go into my local US Bank branch to apply for the Altitude Reserve. I do not think any of the now five cards I have applied for at USB have been on-line, either they called me, I went to the branch, or mailed a paper app. Not been denied on four, looking forward to what the decision is for this one.
Anyway, the banker taking my info asked some chatty questions, including, "do you have any travel cards already?"
Um, yeah, I've got an AMEX, and the Cash Plus cards...
Left out from the answer ( because it seemed awkward to go to so much detail ) , was
SPG
PRG
Delta
Hilton Surpass
Hilton Citi
American Airlines 1
American Airlines 2
Marriott
Hyatt
Diners Club
Venture
Alaska Airlines
The AR has some nice features, so it is a long term card. They had an example there, one of the bankers just got hers, and it's a nice heavy metal. Some of the other cards may see closures in 2018 to try to cut AF, but the benefits of many of these cards have some value to me.
@NRB525 wrote:Got a call from the branch banker I applied with, approved for $17k
Should be here in a couple of days.
Does Les not really impact my CSR application timing, three cards drop off the 5/24 countdown in October.
Congrats!
@CreditCuriousity wrote:Congrats on a nice approval.. Us Bank likes you as you have several cards with them if I recall.
Yes, and I'm something of a poster child for "US Bank is a relationship bank".
Mortgage was signed and immediately sold to them in 2007.
They called me in 2009, at near the high point of my CC debt, to ask if I wanted to apply for the basic cash rewards. How could I say no? Converted to Cash+.
They called again in 2011 to give me a Cash+.
Two other cards I've applied for, had for a while and closed. Closed the Fred Meyer card recently partly because the rewards aren't very good, and to free up internal limit for this app possibility.
Thanks for the comments everyone.
I will be hunting for merchants who take Apple Pay. Been doing that since AP came out, but with a new purpose
