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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 #1720 on: May 22, 2013, 09:21:34 PM »
I tried merging 2 ffn's 7 days ago, received emails that it is processing, nothing has showed yet on either account. anything to do?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1721 on: May 22, 2013, 09:39:07 PM »
I tried merging 2 ffn's 7 days ago, received emails that it is processing, nothing has showed yet on either account. anything to do?
Make sure all your info matches. Won't merge otherwise.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1722 on: May 22, 2013, 09:45:15 PM »
Make sure all your info matches. Won't merge otherwise.
everything matches fix, y would it take longer than 7 days?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1723 on: May 22, 2013, 09:47:02 PM »
everything matches fix, y would it take longer than 7 days?

I've merged tons of accounts and have had that twice before. I ended up just calling and it went through. No clue why it didn't work.
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« Reply #1724 on: May 22, 2013, 09:47:31 PM »
I've merged tons of accounts and have had that twice before. I ended up just calling and it went through. No clue why it didn't work.
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« Reply #1725 on: May 22, 2013, 10:00:34 PM »
I've merged tons of accounts and have had that twice before. I ended up just calling and it went through. No clue why it didn't work.

Approx how many accounts in a ton ?  :)

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« Reply #1726 on: May 22, 2013, 10:01:36 PM »
Approx how many accounts in a ton ?  :)


Lol. About 80.
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« Reply #1727 on: May 22, 2013, 10:07:18 PM »

Lol. About 80.

Heavy accounts. Lol  :)

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1728 on: May 23, 2013, 02:30:28 PM »
Not sure to start a new thread or not but i just recieved an email.
No forex fees!! Starting June 1
just spoke to a rep who said that even though officially its starting June 1, its already in affect today

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1729 on: May 23, 2013, 05:32:02 PM »
can i open another ff# meanwhile i still use my first one?
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1730 on: May 23, 2013, 05:33:20 PM »
can i open another ff# meanwhile i still use my first one?
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« Reply #1731 on: May 23, 2013, 05:37:03 PM »

Lol. About 80.
that's heck of alot

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1732 on: May 25, 2013, 10:24:18 PM »
The business version of this card we can do the same exact thing for just 50k (no 5k for AU), right?

Has anyone done both of them? Did they have any issues getting both the personal and business bumped up simultaneously?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1733 on: May 25, 2013, 10:25:23 PM »



Has anyone done both of them? Did they have any issues getting both the personal and business bumped up simultaneously?

TIA!

I had no issues getting the offer matched on both through SM.

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« Reply #1734 on: May 25, 2013, 10:26:33 PM »
I had no issues getting the offer matched on both through SM.
Simultaneously? Meaning, I don't mind writing two SMs, the points is in close proximity to each other you have done it?
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« Reply #1735 on: May 25, 2013, 10:35:40 PM »
Simultaneously? Meaning, I don't mind writing two SMs, the points is in close proximity to each other you have done it?
No issue.

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« Reply #1736 on: May 26, 2013, 06:54:08 AM »
I had no issues getting the offer matched on both through SM.

Same no problem

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1737 on: May 26, 2013, 06:11:07 PM »
Im seeing the 50k offer when logging into united.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1738 on: May 26, 2013, 06:44:36 PM »
Im seeing the 50k offer when logging into united.
i think that is a different offer , the one that gives  u 5k for an add user

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1739 on: May 26, 2013, 06:45:57 PM »
Im seeing the 50k offer when logging into united.
i thins that is a different offer the one that give u 5k for an add user?