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United MileagePlus Explorer Guide to Benefits

Matching is not guaranteed anymore YMMV

Personal Card
Public offer in the Bank is 50K+5K                            Sign up for the 30+5K offer. You can get matched to the higher offer by sending a secure message after you are approved to be matched to the 55K + $50 offer that you say your colleague received.

If its your:
First time: After you sign for the 30k + 5k for adding an AU offer, you can SM Chase to match you to the 55k + $50 offer.
2nd+: Sign up with a new Frequent Flyer # (FFN), and SM AFTER receiving the first 30k. Make sure to create the new FFN with United BEFORE submitting the Application to Chase, or they'll default to your previous number, even if you leave the field blank.

Make sure to add an AU to receive the final 5k, for a total of 55k +$50.

Business Card
On the business card, you can get matched to 50k.
Follow the same process as the personal card.
Note: There is no 5k bonus for adding an AU to the biz card, so when you SM, make sure to ask to be matched to the 50k offer, not a 55k offer which doesn't exist for this card.


It could take up to a week to get a response from the Secure Message Center

Here is a link within your United account, which some DDFers have reported to received a 50k offer for the Explorer card, and the annual fee waived for the Club Card.

If u have a UMPE card and NO status, then you can do upgrades from a coach pts booking to bus/1st pts booking for just incremental pt + taxes, no fees. If you don't have the card they said they'd charge the all-dreaded rebooking fee of $100/person (always the chance to get it waived).
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4280 on: April 23, 2015, 02:33:21 PM »
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Phone rep set up a pin, so I'm all set.
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4281 on: April 23, 2015, 02:37:19 PM »
Phone rep set up a pin, so I'm all set.
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4282 on: April 26, 2015, 11:16:50 AM »
Can I upgrade a downgraded UA Explorer card and receive the bonus if it's after 24 months?
I don't want another credit card, I want to keep the same account
BUMP, anyone?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4283 on: April 26, 2015, 11:24:41 AM »
BUMP, anyone?

Upgrades don't get new card bonuses IIRC .

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4284 on: April 26, 2015, 01:36:12 PM »

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4285 on: April 26, 2015, 02:35:15 PM »
I did a big no no and tried to get matched to an offer before I spent the $1K and got the standard "you've had this offer before" email. Can someone remind me if people have had luck sending a PM after spending the 1K another time? TIA
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4286 on: April 26, 2015, 11:33:48 PM »
I did a big no no and tried to get matched to an offer before I spent the $1K and got the standard "you've had this offer before" email. Can someone remind me if people have had luck sending a PM after spending the 1K another time? TIA
Iinm there were no success stories reported here, though good luck!

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4287 on: April 27, 2015, 07:51:50 AM »
Some of my accounts had the 50k+5 offer on this site:
unitedexplorercard.com/b16

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4288 on: April 27, 2015, 12:47:50 PM »
Some of my accounts had the 50k+5 offer on this site:
unitedexplorercard.com/b16
Did these accounts ever have the card?
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4289 on: April 27, 2015, 01:43:05 PM »
does the address in my (new) united account have to match the address in my cc app?
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4290 on: April 27, 2015, 04:57:55 PM »
does the address in my (new) united account have to match the address in my cc app?

No IME . But , You can change it if necessary and
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4291 on: April 27, 2015, 05:04:41 PM »
Did these accounts ever have the card?
I currently have the card and I still got a 50k offer...

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4292 on: April 27, 2015, 05:09:21 PM »
I currently have the card and I still got a 50k offer...

Getting the offer and getting the bonus are 2 different things . Did u read T & CS?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4293 on: April 27, 2015, 11:31:23 PM »
I currently have the card and I still got a 50k offer...
let us know if you get the points
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4294 on: April 27, 2015, 11:32:43 PM »
let us know if you get the points
I'm not applying right now.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4295 on: April 28, 2015, 02:22:33 PM »
let us know if you get the points

That's SOP from UA, got the offer on two cards over 3 times Each. Means nothing

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4296 on: April 29, 2015, 02:37:31 AM »
Possible for anybody to get the 55k + $50 offer, just start making any booking on the United website. On the first page to the right hand side you'll see a small advertisement for the offer. Can't remember if Dan has Chase links or not, if he does it might be worth waiting 12-24 hours to see if there are links for this deal or not so you can support him.
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4297 on: April 29, 2015, 05:40:38 AM »
Possible for anybody to get the 55k + $50 offer, just start making any booking on the United website. On the first page to the right hand side you'll see a small advertisement for the offer. Can't remember if Dan has Chase links or not, if he does it might be worth waiting 12-24 hours to see if there are links for this deal or not so you can support him.
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