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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 #4820 on: January 06, 2016, 02:23:33 PM »
60 for auto. 180 for manual.
I've been denied after 60 days
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4821 on: January 06, 2016, 04:23:02 PM »
I've been denied after 60 days
Which card?
I am sometimes accused of overthinking things. I am still mulling over whether that accusation has merit.

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« Reply #4822 on: January 06, 2016, 04:33:33 PM »
Workflowy. You won't know what you're missing until you try it.

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« Reply #4823 on: January 06, 2016, 06:10:15 PM »

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4824 on: January 06, 2016, 08:37:51 PM »
Downgraded or canceled?
downgrade
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4825 on: January 06, 2016, 08:38:24 PM »
downgrade
That's why you were denied.
Who do you think you are fooling? You think you are going to pull a quick one on your Creator? Good luck with that.
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4826 on: January 07, 2016, 01:03:24 AM »
downgrade

180 days is only when canceling the card.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4827 on: January 07, 2016, 01:26:31 AM »
180 days is only when canceling the card.
60 days auto refund it's for downgrading too?

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« Reply #4828 on: January 07, 2016, 02:07:46 AM »
60 days auto refund it's for downgrading too?

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« Reply #4829 on: January 07, 2016, 11:46:54 AM »
That's why you were denied.
180 days is only when canceling the card.
Oh, if only I would have known that. Now I think it's past 180 days :(
Oh well.
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4830 on: January 11, 2016, 09:10:13 PM »
Is there any way for me to get the 55k offer online ? Or does SM to match still work ?

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« Reply #4831 on: January 12, 2016, 12:41:22 AM »
Is there any way for me to get the 55k offer online ?
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4834 on: January 12, 2016, 02:58:24 AM »
WIYF
The link in the wiki ?? It's coming up at 30k

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4835 on: January 12, 2016, 03:00:14 AM »
The link in the wiki ?? It's coming up at 30k

And for me it's showing 50k.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4836 on: January 12, 2016, 03:04:09 AM »
And for me it's showing 50k.
Anything in particular I should try  ? Even the web address itself says 30k in it.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4837 on: January 12, 2016, 03:09:49 AM »
And for me it's showing 50k.
Which browser ? Private mode ?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4838 on: January 12, 2016, 07:05:36 AM »
WIYF
I tried every which way with that link. No luck. And I wanted to get it all in yesterday so I went with the business version.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4839 on: January 12, 2016, 09:39:58 AM »
And for me it's showing 50k.
Are you signed in to a united account?