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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 #5140 on: August 24, 2016, 05:08:16 PM »
Does the united card get you free luggage to Canada on award flight (taxes paid on the card)?
How many, is it 1 per passenger or only the primary?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5141 on: August 24, 2016, 05:39:56 PM »
Does the united card get you free luggage to Canada on award flight (taxes paid on the card)?
How many, is it 1 per passenger or only the primary?
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5142 on: August 24, 2016, 07:49:12 PM »
Is there any Chase non-united card that can be upgraded/downgraded into a United Explorer?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5143 on: August 24, 2016, 10:33:47 PM »
Does the united card get you free luggage to Canada on award flight (taxes paid on the card)?
How many, is it 1 per passenger or only the primary?
Yes.
Yes as.... 1 per each passenger or only the primary and 1 companion (meaning 2 suitcases total)?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5144 on: August 29, 2016, 02:41:30 AM »
is there a 50k link?
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5145 on: August 29, 2016, 04:34:51 PM »
What are the chances of getting matched to 50k these days?
I am sometimes accused of overthinking things. I am still mulling over whether that accusation has merit.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5146 on: September 04, 2016, 01:34:55 AM »
Any DP of getting AF of 95$ waived? Maybe thru SM?
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5147 on: September 05, 2016, 09:21:25 PM »
any point of sending SM to get a matched offer? I signed up using a 30k link

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5148 on: September 06, 2016, 09:41:29 AM »
any point of sending SM to get a matched offer? I signed up using a 30k link

They easily match you to 50K by sm request

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5149 on: September 15, 2016, 08:12:00 PM »
Is there such a thing as being pre-approved for this card in the branch?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5150 on: September 15, 2016, 08:14:43 PM »
Is there such a thing as being pre-approved for this card in the branch?
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5151 on: September 16, 2016, 06:37:01 AM »
They easily match you to 50K by sm request
Even if it was almost a year since opening think I Stand a chance? 
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5152 on: September 16, 2016, 06:43:20 AM »
When using this card, the explorer can one waive the closing fee when booking Within 3 weeks? Or if one has some statues for flying a lot? Or only the ddms hack?   
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5153 on: September 16, 2016, 09:30:54 AM »
When using this card, the explorer can one waive the closing fee when booking Within 3 weeks? Or if one has some statues for flying a lot? Or only the ddms hack?   
Card does not help for close in fee.
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5154 on: September 16, 2016, 11:46:30 AM »
Or only the ddms hack?   

Go with that while it's still available.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5155 on: September 18, 2016, 10:35:00 PM »
Applied for united explorer and got denied. They said bec it's been less than 24 months since I RECEIVED the bonus which was oct 2014. I applied and got approved for the card in August 2014. I applied for new one sept 2016. Has anyone had this before? I always thought the 24 months goes from time of app.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5156 on: September 18, 2016, 10:36:57 PM »
Applied for united explorer and got denied. They said bec it's been less than 24 months since I RECEIVED the bonus which was oct 2014. I applied and got approved for the card in August 2014. I applied for new one sept 2016. Has anyone had this before? I always thought the 24 months goes from time of app.
Its 24 months since receiving the signup bonus.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5157 on: September 18, 2016, 10:38:11 PM »
Only the united card? Have never had that before

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5158 on: September 18, 2016, 10:38:58 PM »
Only the united card? Have never had that before
All chase cards have that language.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #5159 on: September 19, 2016, 11:39:29 AM »
Have a targeted 50K offer on an account that hasn't received the bouness in 24 months,  but it was merged with a different account that got it within 24 months, Will I get the bonus?