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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 #5060 on: June 06, 2016, 08:10:50 PM »
Declined a twitter complaint and request including screen shot... seems they have this on lock-down now...

Seems like you're right on this time around. Anyone successful?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5061 on: June 07, 2016, 02:21:56 AM »
Seems like you're right on this time around. Anyone successful?
Doc posted a success story.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5062 on: June 07, 2016, 02:22:54 AM »
Doc posted a success story.
It sounds like there has been only one success story

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5063 on: June 07, 2016, 02:47:16 AM »
I see the 70 offer when I log in but when I click on it it redirects me to the 50k offer. Strange. I'll try on other browsers.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5064 on: June 09, 2016, 08:32:46 AM »
I see the 70 offer when I log in but when I click on it it redirects me to the 50k offer. Strange. I'll try on other browsers.

same here, on numerous browsers

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5065 on: June 09, 2016, 12:02:04 PM »

same here, on numerous browsers

I got it to work. Haven't applied.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5066 on: June 13, 2016, 07:14:02 PM »
I got it to work. Haven't applied.
how?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5067 on: June 16, 2016, 12:39:41 PM »
I found a way to get the 70k for people that aren't targeted.

I logged into my account and had the 70k offer that could only work for me (had my info prefilled and wasn't able to change).
I logged in to a different account under another name in incognito that had the 50k offer and then opened the 70k link from my account also via incognito and a 70k application opened with the other person's info prefilled.
You can try using my 70k link https://www.theexplorercard.com/70kLTO?cell=0vc&int_source=loyalty&mode=d&int_medium=uacom2&int_campaign=explorer_70kpromo616&alm=16867&int_content=70k&partner_category=cc&partner_name=chase_acq&asset_position=btwi&promo_code=cell_0vc&targeting=eqs&launch_date=2016-06-01]70k link but it may expire after a few minutes.
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5068 on: June 16, 2016, 06:23:52 PM »
I saw 50K bonus when logged in to my phone United app, but 70K+$50 when logged in on a laptop.
Can someone confirm if the 70K miles offer comes without waived $95 annual fee for the first year?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5069 on: June 16, 2016, 06:51:38 PM »
I saw 50K bonus when logged in to my phone United app, but 70K+$50 when logged in on a laptop.
Can someone confirm if the 70K miles offer comes without waived $95 annual fee for the first year?
i was told by chase that it has the AF the 1st year if you do the 70k sign up

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5070 on: June 16, 2016, 08:04:28 PM »
i was told by chase that it has the AF the 1st year if you do the 70k sign up
+1 it doesn't say that it's waived.
BTW it's 70k and $50 statement credit so it's technically $45 first year.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5071 on: June 17, 2016, 08:49:57 AM »
+1 it doesn't say that it's waived.
BTW it's 70k and $50 statement credit so it's technically $45 first year.
Right, paying $45 for extra 20,000 miles is a great deal.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5072 on: June 19, 2016, 05:02:21 AM »
Doesn't seem to work, gets redirected to 50 in incognito (after using this trick with a 70 k offer)

I found a way to get the 70k for people that aren't targeted.

I logged into my account and had the 70k offer that could only work for me (had my info prefilled and wasn't able to change).
I logged in to a different account under another name in incognito that had the 50k offer and then opened the 70k link from my account also via incognito and a 70k application opened with the other person's info prefilled.
You can try using my 70k link https://www.theexplorercard.com/70kLTO?cell=0vc&int_source=loyalty&mode=d&int_medium=uacom2&int_campaign=explorer_70kpromo616&alm=16867&int_content=70k&partner_category=cc&partner_name=chase_acq&asset_position=btwi&promo_code=cell_0vc&targeting=eqs&launch_date=2016-06-01]70k link but it may expire after a few minutes.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5073 on: June 19, 2016, 08:13:35 AM »
Doesn't seem to work, gets redirected to 50 in incognito (after using this trick with a 70 k offer)
There are 2 steps in the link to get to the pre-filled offer. Which one are you copying? I did it with the 2nd step.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5074 on: June 19, 2016, 09:31:37 AM »
There are 2 steps in the link to get to the pre-filled offer. Which one are you copying? I did it with the 2nd step.

Tried both

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5075 on: June 19, 2016, 09:44:13 AM »
Doesn't seem to work, gets redirected to 50 in incognito (after using this trick with a 70 k offer)
It worked for me last week.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5076 on: June 19, 2016, 09:55:14 AM »
It worked for me last week.

Can you try to redo and let me know? Maybe we can figure out what I'm doing wrong

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5077 on: June 23, 2016, 04:26:04 PM »
I have 70k offer in my UA account but had previously opened card in 7/2015 (within 24 months) - what would happen if I applied?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5078 on: June 23, 2016, 04:41:08 PM »
I have 70k offer in my UA account but had previously opened card in 7/2015 (within 24 months) - what would happen if I applied?
Any language on offer? (I'm assuming you're both over 5/24, and within 24 months on the same targeted FFN.) Sounds like a one in a thousand chance of applying resulting in bonus.
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 #5079 on: June 23, 2016, 04:42:08 PM »
Any language on offer? (I'm assuming you're both over 5/24, and within 24 months on the same targeted FFN.) Sounds like a one in a thousand chance of applying resulting in bonus.
Exactly. Thanks.