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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 #4720 on: December 02, 2015, 10:04:35 AM »
Doesn't exist online.
just downgraded to it
it does exist

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4721 on: December 02, 2015, 10:20:59 AM »
just downgraded to it
it does exist

That's exactly what I meant. You can downgrade to it, but you won't find it online as a new card to sign up for.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4722 on: December 02, 2015, 12:20:51 PM »
Oh, thats good to know!

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4723 on: December 02, 2015, 01:20:36 PM »
Wiki is your friend.
but the link in the wiki, only works on old accounts that have some points in them.
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4724 on: December 02, 2015, 01:24:12 PM »
but the link in the wiki, only works on old accounts that have some points in them.
CMIIW.

No need for miles in your account.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4725 on: December 03, 2015, 02:05:40 PM »
but the link in the wiki, only works on old accounts that have some points in them.
CMIIW.

That's fine. From there you should be able to 'inspect element' and change the FFN (and first and last name if different). I think that still works.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4726 on: December 03, 2015, 02:09:53 PM »
That's fine. From there you should be able to 'inspect element' and change the FFN (and first and last name if different). I think that still works.

You've done it successfully with Chase apps?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4727 on: December 03, 2015, 02:13:08 PM »
You've done it successfully with Chase apps?

Twice with UMPE myself, the last time was in July. I am preparing for an AOR for my DW and am going to attempt it again. I just created a new FFN for her with no miles, and like Baruch said, it only linked to 30k. So I signed in to mine (which has miles and an UMPE attached, fwiw) and it was 50k. Inspect element seems to still work to change the info and I advanced through the app. Didn't apply yet though, if I do, and I get the points, I'll report back if I go 3 for 3.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4728 on: December 03, 2015, 02:52:46 PM »
Twice with UMPE myself, the last time was in July. I am preparing for an AOR for my DW and am going to attempt it again. I just created a new FFN for her with no miles, and like Baruch said, it only linked to 30k. So I signed in to mine (which has miles and an UMPE attached, fwiw) and it was 50k. Inspect element seems to still work to change the info and I advanced through the app. Didn't apply yet though, if I do, and I get the points, I'll report back if I go 3 for 3.
I've tried that once. And I got declined. And the name was changed back to the original united account owner. It seems like in Chase's system it didn't change.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4729 on: December 03, 2015, 03:00:28 PM »
advice:is 500$ a good price to sell 50k united miles?
nothings impossible- the word itself says Im possible

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4730 on: December 03, 2015, 03:03:34 PM »
advice:is 500$ a good price to sell 50k united miles?
You're getting ripped off. Who offered you that?
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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 #4731 on: December 03, 2015, 03:04:29 PM »
advice:is 500$ a good price to sell 50k united miles?
you should be able to get $600

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4732 on: December 03, 2015, 03:17:34 PM »
you should be able to get $600
You're getting ripped off. Who offered you that?

I guess I don't want to say now but where cud I get 600$?
nothings impossible- the word itself says Im possible

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4733 on: December 03, 2015, 03:52:11 PM »
advice:is 500$ a good price to sell 50k united miles?
you should be able to get $600
where cud I get 600$?
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4734 on: December 03, 2015, 08:49:10 PM »
BUMP(sorry)
Call all numbers in local publications who advertise buying miles, and see who pays the most.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4735 on: December 04, 2015, 11:03:00 AM »
Call all numbers in local publications who advertise buying miles, and see who pays the most.
peyd:.8
    A&H exchange:1.1
    sellmilesnow:only buys them by 100k(didn't ask price)
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4736 on: December 09, 2015, 10:29:00 AM »
Just got approved for this card. How do I know if United.com realizes that I have the card (so that I can see expanded award availability)?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4737 on: December 09, 2015, 10:30:45 AM »
Just got approved for this card. How do I know if United.com realizes that I have the card (so that I can see expanded award availability)?

Hover over the mileage expiration

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4738 on: December 09, 2015, 10:36:16 AM »
Hover over the mileage expiration
Don't see any expiration at all. Maybe that's because I don't have any miles... yet.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #4739 on: December 09, 2015, 10:51:40 AM »
Does the 10k bonus for spending  $25k annually post with the next statement after spend, or by the end of the year?