My experience using global transfer.
Owner of French authorized user platinum (doesn't count but still, it's on file), gold charge on my name opened 3 months ago and a gold air france-klm charge opened 1 month ago.
Applied online using the pre-filled application that accesses international data while logged in to my French account. After being instantly refused I called new cards and got transferred to the global transfer service. The knowledgeable agent quickly sorted it out and approved my US gold charge card. No conference call with the bank or any hassle. Fast, efficient and not treated like 2nd class citizen/resident/alien for not having US credit history.
The entire process took 15 minutes from applying online to being approved.