What are the best U. S. Bank Altitude Connect credit card benefits?

The U.S. Bank Altitude® Connect Visa Signature® Card categories for bonus rewards are prepaid hotels and car rentals booked in the Altitude Rewards Center, travel, gas stations, grocery stores, grocery delivery, dining and streaming services. Purchases that fall into the U.S. Bank Altitude Connect bonus categories get cardholders extra rewards compared to the card's base earning rate.… read full answer

Whether a purchase falls into a card's bonus categories depends on "Merchant Category Codes," which are assigned by the major credit card networks to merchants based on what kind of business they conduct. So, if a merchant has the MCC for "travel," for example, purchases made at that merchant will earn bonus rewards on cards that include "travel" as a bonus category.

When choosing a rewards credit card, it's a good idea to pick a card that offers the opportunity to earn bonus rewards in your most frequent purchase categories. So, if you spend a lot in the categories offered on the U.S. Bank Altitude Connect, it may be a good card for you.

Yes, certain U. S. Bank credit cards do pay for Global Entry. Eligible U.S. Bank cardholders can get $100 in statement credits to cover the cost of Global Entry every 4 or 5 years, depending on the card, as long as they pay the Global Entry program fees with their U.S. Bank card.… read full answer

U.S. Bank Credit Cards with Global Entry Reimbursement

• U.S. Bank Altitude® Connect Visa Signature® Card
• U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve Visa Infinite® Card
• U.S. Bank FlexPerks® Gold American Express® Card

The Global Entry application costs $100, and these credit cards will reimburse that full amount. Alternatively, U.S. Bank offers to reimburse the application fee for TSA PreCheck, which costs $85. But U.S. Bank will only cover one or the other.

If you plan to travel abroad, it generally makes more sense to get Global Entry, which has all the benefits of TSA PreCheck plus expedited travel through U.S. Customs and Border Protection. That said, TSA PreCheck makes more sense for people who don’t have a passport or don’t travel internationally.

Yes, U.S. Bank does have a travel card. The best U.S. Bank travel credit card is the U.S. Bank Altitude® Connect Visa Signature® Card because it offers 4 points / $1 spent on travel and at gas stations and 1 points / $1 to 2 points / $1 spent on all other purchases. The U.S. Bank Altitude Connect card also has an initial bonus of 50,000 points for spending $2,000 in the first 120 days.… read full answer

In addition, the U.S. Bank Altitude Connect card offers key travel-related benefits such as travel and emergency assistance, and a Global Entry or TSA PreCheck credit every four years. And with a 0% foreign transaction fee, you won’t be charged extra on purchases made abroad. The annual fee is $0 intro 1st yr, $95 after.

Best U.S. Bank Travel Cards

• Best Overall: U.S. Bank Altitude Connect
• Best Airline Card: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve Visa Infinite® Card
• Best for Frequent Flyers: SKYPASS Visa® Signature Credit Card

To see how U.S. Bank travel cards compare to the top offers on the market, visit our Best Travel Credit Cards page.