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Elevations Credit Union credit card

Visa Rewards, Visa, Buff One Visa

No annual fee. 25,000 points after you spend $1,000 in 3 months. Purchase APR 11.74–21%, variable.

Checked Nov 1, 2026Updated

Welcome offer
Annual fee
Purchase APR · variable
Foreign transactions

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Elevations Credit Union’s terms

Welcome offer

25,000 points

After you spend $1,000 on purchases in your first 3 months.

Spending it takes
$333 a month
for 3 months
Tracking since
Nov 1, 2026
history will chart every change

The bonus points can be redeemed for cash, gift cards, travel, and merchandise. The offer is subject to the bonus eligibility rules stated in the document.

  • Larger than about 50% of the 44 other points bonuses we track.

Who can get it: If you’ve had this bonus in the last 24 months (2 years), you can’t get it again yet.

“This bonus offer is not available to either (i) current cardmembers of this credit card, or (ii) previous cardmembers of this credit card who received a new cardmember bonus for this credit card within the last 24 months.”

The issuer’s terms, from its page, as of Nov 1, 2026. Check which bonuses you can get

In dollars

What it’s worth

Yearly value in dollars: rewards and credits minus the annual fee, for three ways of spending. First year includes any welcome bonus.

Yearly value in dollars for three ways of spending, the first year and after
SpendingValue against the feeFirst yearAfter
Light spender$370$120
Typical spender$550$300
Heavy spender$910$660
The spending each assumes, and what isn’t counted
  • Light spender: groceries $300, dining $100, gas $100, everything else $500 a month
  • Typical spender: groceries $600, dining $300, gas $200, travel $150, everything else $1,250 a month
  • Heavy spender: groceries $900, dining $600, gas $300, travel $600, airfare $300, hotels $300, everything else $2,500 a month

$120a year

$370 the first year, with the welcome bonus.

The spending this assumes

A month: groceries $300, dining $100, gas $100, everything else $500.

$300a year

$550 the first year, with the welcome bonus.

The spending this assumes

A month: groceries $600, dining $300, gas $200, travel $150, everything else $1,250.

$660a year

$910 the first year, with the welcome bonus.

The spending this assumes

A month: groceries $900, dining $600, gas $300, travel $600, airfare $300, hotels $300, everything else $2,500.

Use your own spending

Estimates from the published terms above, as checked Nov 1, 2026; not advice. How we value cards

Against the market

How it compares

Worth more to a typical spender than about 70% of the 732 cards we track.

  • Lower top APR than about 90% of the 163 cards on our Sign-up bonuses list (see the list).
  • No annual fee, like about 85% of the 711 cards we track.

Other points cards with no annual fee

Against this card, for our typical spender’s value (rewards and credits minus fees, after the first year).

Shares rounded to 5 points. Fees and APRs as stated; value for our typical spender. Method

Elevations Rewards

How you earn

1×
Everything else

Points per dollar.

Benefits

  • Cell phone

Every figure with its receipt

Rates and fees

Rates and fees for the Visa Rewards, Visa, Buff One Visa, each with its source
Annual fee
Purchase APRvariable
Intro APR12 months
Balance transfer APR
Balance transfer fee
Cash advance APR
Late payment
Foreign transactions

Before you apply

  1. What the application asks: your name, address, date of birth, Social Security number (or ITIN), income and housing payment. By law the issuer must consider your ability to pay (Regulation Z, 1026.51).
  2. Your credit report: applying usually means a hard inquiry, which can lower your score slightly for a while. Some issuers let you check whether you’re pre-approved first without one. How credit reports work (CFPB)
  3. The bonus: If you’ve had this bonus in the last 24 months (2 years), you can’t get it again yet.

Questions

What is the annual fee?
None · Reported to the CFPB, Dec 31, 2025, since Sep 29, 2026
Does it charge a foreign transaction fee?
Yes: 1%. · Reported to the CFPB, Dec 31, 2025, since Sep 29, 2026
What is the purchase APR?
11.74–21.00% APR · Reported to the CFPB, Dec 31, 2025, since Sep 29, 2026
Is there an intro APR?
0% for 12 months. · Reported to the CFPB, Dec 31, 2025, since Sep 29, 2026
Is there a welcome bonus?
25,000 points after $1,000 in purchases in 3 months. · elevationscu.com, since Oct 2, 2026
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