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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 #5000 on: May 15, 2016, 11:02:45 AM »
I didn't mean a 2bm. I meant getting personal bonus, and applying a few months later for biz with same FFN#
You can get approved no problem and you will get the bonus.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5001 on: May 17, 2016, 10:03:18 PM »
Just got an email offering me 50k bonus instead of 30.  Don't know if they've changed the offer or it's targeted.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5002 on: May 17, 2016, 10:06:51 PM »
Just got an email offering me 50k bonus instead of 30.  Don't know if they've changed the offer or it's targeted.
On Chase site its still 30k.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5003 on: May 17, 2016, 10:57:12 PM »
On Chase site its still 30k.

Must be targeted.  When I click thru the email it's asks me to login and then shows the 50k offer on the United site.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5004 on: May 26, 2016, 03:37:01 PM »
any update on the 70k launching on june 1st?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5005 on: May 26, 2016, 04:28:39 PM »
any update on the 70k launching on june 1st?
Was waiting for this offer, but now with 5/24 rolled out, looks like i missed the boat.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5006 on: May 27, 2016, 06:35:20 PM »
70K (+5K!) is here, and I'm targeted. Too bad for 5/24 though :-[

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5007 on: May 27, 2016, 11:16:00 PM »
So I got this card in March under the 50k + 5k offer, forgot about the $50 statement credit. Can I match to the $50 statement credit offer first, then match again to the 70k offer? Has there been any data points for matching twice?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5008 on: May 28, 2016, 11:40:33 PM »
So I got this card in March under the 50k + 5k offer, forgot about the $50 statement credit. Can I match to the $50 statement credit offer first, then match again to the 70k offer? Has there been any data points for matching twice?
I wouldn't risk it.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5010 on: May 29, 2016, 09:25:47 PM »

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5011 on: May 30, 2016, 02:39:43 PM »
whats 1st check bag mean dont we all get that?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5012 on: May 30, 2016, 02:42:18 PM »
whats 1st check bag mean dont we all get that?
Not on domestic flights.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5013 on: May 30, 2016, 02:49:58 PM »
whats 1st check bag mean dont we all get that?

An important distinction between the Chase/United free bag policy for CC holders and the AA free bag policy is that with AA you get the benefit even if you didn't charge the ticket to the AA branded card, whereas with UA you must charge to the UA branded card or else you will be forced to pay for extra bag on int'l (learned this the hard way).
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5014 on: May 30, 2016, 03:43:46 PM »
will it help me flying tlv ewr at all?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5015 on: May 30, 2016, 03:45:47 PM »
will it help me flying tlv ewr at all?
Not the free bag but the expanded award availability could certainly help.
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5016 on: May 30, 2016, 03:51:12 PM »
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5018 on: May 30, 2016, 03:55:44 PM »
got it thanx!

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5019 on: May 31, 2016, 09:53:08 AM »
if the primary card holder is not flying do you still get free baggage?