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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: Outrageous....Chase has clawed back my 30k UA
« Reply #4080 on: February 19, 2015, 11:54:40 AM »
+1. Why the outrage
I think anyone would be upset. Come on we all Churn cards and get the bonus again and again. I understand we all take a risk of a chance not to get the bonus.
Why am I so shocked? Usually we always hear that once the miles are in your mileage account they can't take them. Well guess what they are gone :(

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Re: Outrageous....Chase has clawed back my 30k UA
« Reply #4081 on: February 19, 2015, 11:55:43 AM »
Does that mean we need to just be more diligent in changing info so they cant do that? Similar to BA churning we need to make sure address, name, email, phone # are different?
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Re: Outrageous....Chase has clawed back my 30k UA
« Reply #4082 on: February 19, 2015, 11:57:58 AM »
United has removed the 30,000 bonus miles issued on
2/8/2015 as you had previously received the enrollment
bonus as you were informed on January 29, 2015.

It has been my pleasure in clarifying the eligibility for
enrollment miles
, if you have any questions you may call
me directly at the number I have provided below or reply
be secure e-mail.
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I think that's the best line of the whole letter :)

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Re: Outrageous....Chase has clawed back my 30k UA
« Reply #4083 on: February 19, 2015, 12:03:32 PM »
 Be happy they didn't shut you

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4084 on: February 19, 2015, 12:13:15 PM »
Why did you re-contact them ?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4085 on: February 19, 2015, 12:26:08 PM »
To counter that one. I just got matched today with a second SM after first being declined.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4086 on: February 19, 2015, 12:42:17 PM »
Why did you re-contact them ?
The first time I got the bonus and I was matched successfully was after 2 or 3 times.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4087 on: February 19, 2015, 01:14:56 PM »

Thank you for re-contacting Chase regarding your Chase
MileagePlus® Consumer Explorer credit card account
enrollment bonus.

I have contacted United MileagePlus and they have
confirmed your correct frequent flyer account number is
****. The Agent has closed and merged the duplicate
accounts ****, AND **** into
the correct frequent flyer account.

Your credit card was previous linked with your active
frequent flyer account****.

Under the Chase MileagePlus programs you are entitled to
one enrollment incentive per MileagePlus product per a two
year time frame (24 months).

I have reviewed your accounts and found you received a
total of 55,000 enrollment miles under the United
MileagePlus Explorer program. You received on November*,
2013 35,000 miles and a additional 20,000 on December*,
2013 from the Explorer account ending in ****. You had
requested the account since closed.

As this term is reflected on each solicitation offered by
Chase( under the pricing and terms link), I will not be
able to honor your request for your new account ending in
**** to be eligible for an enrollment mileage incentive.

United has removed the 30,000 bonus miles issued on
2/8/2015 as you had previously received the enrollment
bonus as you were informed on January 29, 2015.

It has been my pleasure in clarifying the eligibility for
enrollment miles, if you have any questions you may call
me directly at the number I have provided below or reply
be secure e-mail.
Did u make a new FFN with a diff address?
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4088 on: February 19, 2015, 01:24:15 PM »
Did u make a new FFN with a diff address?
different address and different number.
I think it's not a game changer. However if you push too much(in my case 2-3 SM) to get matched they look thoroughly in to your account info, and that's when problems start.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4089 on: February 19, 2015, 02:24:06 PM »
I cancelled my 1st card which I got 50k for and now i got the 2nd one which I can get 30k for but the mileageplus# on the card is the same as my old one. will I get the bonus?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4090 on: February 19, 2015, 02:26:30 PM »
I cancelled my 1st card which I got 50k for and now i got the 2nd one which I can get 30k for but the mileageplus# on the card is the same as my old one. will I get the bonus?
^ look up this Q was asked many times before

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4091 on: February 19, 2015, 02:30:52 PM »
^ look up this Q was asked many times before
i looked at the wiki. seems like no because i didnt make a new FFN

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4092 on: February 19, 2015, 02:57:39 PM »
i looked at the wiki. seems like no because i didnt make a new FFN
Yup. If you leave the same info it's every 24 months.

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Re: Outrageous....Chase has clawed back my 30k UA
« Reply #4093 on: February 19, 2015, 11:35:32 PM »

Thank you for re-contacting Chase regarding your Chase
MileagePlus® Consumer Explorer credit card account
enrollment bonus.

I have contacted United MileagePlus and they have
confirmed your correct frequent flyer account number is
****. The Agent has closed and merged the duplicate
accounts ****, AND **** into
the correct frequent flyer account.

Your credit card was previous linked with your active
frequent flyer account****.

Under the Chase MileagePlus programs you are entitled to
one enrollment incentive per MileagePlus product per a two
year time frame (24 months).

I have reviewed your accounts and found you received a
total of 55,000 enrollment miles under the United
MileagePlus Explorer program. You received on November*,
2013 35,000 miles and a additional 20,000 on December*,
2013 from the Explorer account ending in ****. You had
requested the account since closed.

As this term is reflected on each solicitation offered by
Chase( under the pricing and terms link), I will not be
able to honor your request for your new account ending in
**** to be eligible for an enrollment mileage incentive.

United has removed the 30,000 bonus miles issued on
2/8/2015 as you had previously received the enrollment
bonus as you were informed on January 29, 2015.

It has been my pleasure in clarifying the eligibility for
enrollment miles, if you have any questions you may call
me directly at the number I have provided below or reply
be secure e-mail.
I got a similar sm a few weeks ago that I already received the bonus, but they didn't say they'll remove the miles.
Did they already tell you thru sm that you received the bonus and you smed again?

I wonder if you'll really lose those miles.
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Re: Outrageous....Chase has clawed back my 30k UA
« Reply #4094 on: February 20, 2015, 01:34:12 AM »
I wonder if you'll really lose those miles.
Usually we always hear that once the miles are in your mileage account they can't take them. Well guess what they are gone :(

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4095 on: February 20, 2015, 05:05:03 AM »
Is there anything to do now or should I just give up?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4096 on: February 20, 2015, 06:12:18 AM »
different address and different number.
I think it's not a game changer. However if you push too much(in my case 2-3 SM) to get matched they look thoroughly in to your account info, and that's when problems start.
Thanks. So is it no longer advisable to SM one time for 55k?
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4097 on: February 20, 2015, 06:26:46 AM »
Thanks. So is it no longer advisable to SM one time for 55k?
To counter that one. I just got matched today with a second SM after first being declined.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4098 on: February 20, 2015, 06:51:00 AM »

Ah. I take it uve had the bonus b4?
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4099 on: February 20, 2015, 06:52:36 AM »
Is there anything to do now or should I just give up?

Trying to figure out what the problem is. You can't be upset that they enforce their own rules