I was able to get upgraded to the visa signature by asking. A little bit of background, I’ve had the Nordstrom card for about four years now ( The store card version). In that Time my credit limit has gone from $1000 to $20,000. My credit score is a 654. I emailed the office of the president, who we directed me to a very nice woman in the credit department. She called me a couple of days later and asked if she could pull a credit report. I gave her permission to do so. About 10 minutes later she called me back and said that I was all set and that she had been able to make the exception and upgrade me to the visa signature! So there is definitely a way to get it done, it just requires a little bit of legwork.
