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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 #5040 on: June 01, 2016, 08:37:34 PM »
Write the information from when he was working

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5041 on: June 01, 2016, 08:37:44 PM »
my father is retired and I would like to sign him up for this card
would he get approved if he is retired since technically he has no income?
Depending on a few different things but the fact that he's retired should have nothing to do with it.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5042 on: June 01, 2016, 08:47:20 PM »
what do you put under income?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5043 on: June 01, 2016, 08:55:41 PM »
what do you put under income?

retirement income?
pension/ss/401k etc

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5044 on: June 02, 2016, 02:30:33 PM »
Haven't even received my card, applied under 55k... hope to get matched.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5045 on: June 02, 2016, 03:37:30 PM »
Just got off the phone and was denied match... grrrrrrrr.... will try online chat and huca.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5046 on: June 02, 2016, 05:07:31 PM »
Any way to get the 70k offer?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5047 on: June 02, 2016, 05:09:41 PM »
Denied 70k match via PM. CSR said it wasn't even a valid offer from United. I'm slightly outside of my 90 days though so I'm not going to pursue further, thought I would try for the hell of it.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5048 on: June 02, 2016, 06:47:39 PM »
Denied 70k match via PM. CSR said it wasn't even a valid offer from United. I'm slightly outside of my 90 days though so I'm not going to pursue further, thought I would try for the hell of it.

I got the 70k offer when I went to United.com from my work computer, it was on the front page. Strange.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5049 on: June 02, 2016, 07:46:59 PM »
Got denied via SM, even though I have the offer on my account, and have opened the card within the last 90 days.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5050 on: June 02, 2016, 08:06:59 PM »
Got denied via SM, even though I have the offer on my account, and have opened the card within the last 90 days.
HUCA

What were the denial reasons? Did they mention the AF?
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 #5051 on: June 02, 2016, 08:44:28 PM »
Got denied via SM, even though I have the offer on my account, and have opened the card within the last 90 days.
Did you include a screenshot with your name in your SM?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5052 on: June 02, 2016, 08:53:34 PM »
Declined a twitter complaint and request including screen shot... seems they have this on lock-down now...

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5053 on: June 02, 2016, 09:35:20 PM »
I got the 50k less than 3 mo ago. Got the targeted 70k offer in my UMP app. Took screenshot and sent SM. Denied match. They said the offer was not currently available. Doesn't make sense. I'm going to recon.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5054 on: June 03, 2016, 04:34:02 AM »
Did you include a screenshot with your name in your SM?
Yes.

Their response,

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5055 on: June 03, 2016, 06:08:40 AM »
is everyone gettong the 70k offer when they sign in to the united account(without currently having cc)?
Any seat, any time, on United-operated flights does that include eco plus.?
Room upgrades and special amenities. what hotels?
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5056 on: June 03, 2016, 06:43:09 AM »
I got the 70k offer when I went to United.com from my work computer, it was on the front page. Strange.
Yea, I attached a SS too...

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5057 on: June 03, 2016, 06:44:08 AM »
is everyone gettong the 70k offer when they sign in to the united account(without currently having cc)?
Any seat, any time, on United-operated flights does that include eco plus.?
Room upgrades and special amenities. what hotels?
no by me its showing 50k

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5058 on: June 06, 2016, 10:29:32 AM »
where can I see if I can get the 50k offer or the 70k ?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5059 on: June 06, 2016, 12:49:01 PM »
where can I see if I can get the 50k offer or the 70k ?

After you log-in to your mileage plus account you'll see which one you were targeted for.