So question for everyone here...i had a SP visa, called a while ago (august) and asked for a mastercard, instead of closing the visa and moving the CL to a visa they issued me a mastercard and i had both (yes, got 40K UR points for each one). So, i closed the visa myself.
Anyway, i've seen lots of posts about doing visa ->mastercard but never seen one about visa->mastercard ->visa. Do i have a chance (excellent credit, chase checking and savings, for years now) ? If so, how do i go about this? just apply online? should i be preparing a story for recon? (i have one about needing a visa for europe).
And, on an unrelated note, does anyone know of any american cc's that come with those chips they use in Europe? I had a very annoying moment in a cab at CDG airport in Paris where none of my cards, neither american nor Israeli, would work. Good thing i always carry some US dollars...