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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 #3120 on: July 22, 2014, 11:17:38 AM »
yup got it last week 55k +$50 stetment credit for the third time

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3121 on: July 22, 2014, 03:50:49 PM »
I got matched today, 2nd time I had the card.


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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3122 on: July 22, 2014, 04:33:28 PM »
I got matched today, 2nd time I had the card.
When you send a Chase SM it stopped saying you'll get a reply within 4 hours, now it says one business day and even that is still inaccurate a lot of times.
So at the end they answered  :). Congrats!
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3123 on: July 22, 2014, 05:19:54 PM »
So at the end they answered  :). Congrats!
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3124 on: July 23, 2014, 10:32:29 PM »
It's getting harder and harder to get matched:

"Please understand that the MileagePlus Explorer card with
50,000 bonus miles after you spend $1,000.00 in the first
3 months your account is open is a targeted offer."
« Last Edit: July 23, 2014, 10:37:01 PM by Baruch »

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3125 on: July 23, 2014, 10:33:37 PM »
50K isn't what you're supposed to ask for.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3126 on: July 23, 2014, 10:34:09 PM »
50K isn't what you're supposed to ask for.
what are you supposed to ask for?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3127 on: July 23, 2014, 10:37:20 PM »
what are you supposed to ask for?
55K  ;D
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3128 on: July 23, 2014, 10:39:13 PM »
55K  ;D
The 5k is irrelevant. It's for AU, and it's on both offers. If I should ask for the 5k, I should also ask to get the AF waived.

@Dan, please explain your statement.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3129 on: July 23, 2014, 10:56:28 PM »
Yet to hear of anyone asking for 55K+$50 being told its targeted.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3130 on: July 23, 2014, 11:05:14 PM »
Yet to hear of anyone asking for 55K+$50 being told its targeted.
Besides for me, have you heard of anyone asking for 50k getting a "targeted" response. TTBOMK no one has gotten such a reply. (Besides me  :'( )

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3131 on: July 24, 2014, 03:07:12 AM »
Besides for me, have you heard of anyone asking for 50k getting a "targeted" response. TTBOMK no one has gotten such a reply. (Besides me  :'( )
Did you ask for the $1k spend specifically? I got matched recently but had to spend $2k.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3132 on: July 24, 2014, 08:36:43 AM »
Did you ask for the $1k spend specifically?
yes. first i got a "have to spent 2k" response.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3133 on: July 24, 2014, 08:43:30 AM »
Yet to hear of anyone asking for 55K+$50 being told its targeted.
I Sm'd about the 55k and got turned down because its targeted but in the response they mentioned 50k
Besides for me, have you heard of anyone asking for 50k getting a "targeted" response. TTBOMK no one has gotten such a reply. (Besides me  :'( )
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3134 on: July 24, 2014, 08:46:26 AM »
If I get declined in a Match vía sm, can i just send another sm and hope i get a nicer csr or will they read the past sm's?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3135 on: July 24, 2014, 09:03:59 AM »
I Sm'd about the 55k and got turned down because its targeted but in the response they mentioned 50k
was the sm signed "Geny Zamudio"?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3136 on: July 24, 2014, 09:11:12 AM »
was the sm signed "Geny Zamudio"?
Nope, linda lundelius

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3137 on: July 24, 2014, 09:35:13 AM »
yes. first i got a "have to spent 2k" response.
So it's not getting harder to get matched, you just wanted the lower spend.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3138 on: July 24, 2014, 09:36:39 AM »
I Sm'd about the 55k and got turned down because its targeted but in the response they mentioned 50k
Like Baruch, did you ask for the $1k spend specifically?
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3139 on: July 24, 2014, 10:24:02 AM »
Nope, linda lundelius
Oh no! I thought it was just one agent. This may be a system wide change.