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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 #1840 on: June 11, 2013, 08:57:42 AM »
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Re: United explorer card and United explorer buisness churning
« Reply #1841 on: June 12, 2013, 12:23:55 AM »
did ant body get the United explorer  got hte bonus then cancelled/moved line then tried for the United explorer  buisness card and also got the bonus plz
speak with expierence not the im pretty sure think so and i heard from cousins, brothers, uncles, partners, dead dogs owners, ex wifes, sisters, neases, boyfriends neighbor that it might work

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Re: United explorer card and United explorer buisness churning
« Reply #1842 on: June 12, 2013, 12:30:27 AM »
did ant body get the United explorer  got hte bonus then cancelled/moved line then tried for the United explorer  buisness card and also got the bonus plz
speak with expierence not the im pretty sure think so and i heard from cousins, brothers, uncles, partners, dead dogs owners, ex wifes, sisters, neases, boyfriends neighbor that it might work
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Re: United explorer card and United explorer buisness churning
« Reply #1843 on: June 12, 2013, 12:01:26 PM »
did ant body get the United explorer  got hte bonus then cancelled/moved line then tried for the United explorer  buisness card and also got the bonus plz
speak with expierence not the im pretty sure think so and i heard from cousins, brothers, uncles, partners, dead dogs owners, ex wifes, sisters, neases, boyfriends neighbor that it might work
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Re: United explorer card and United explorer buisness churning
« Reply #1844 on: June 12, 2013, 02:44:43 PM »
I promise to answer almost all your questions if you type like a mentch.
How soon after canceling the United card(personal) can you reapply and get the sign up bonus? Is this mentchely typed or do I get put on the Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread  just for writing the word mentchely?

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Re: United explorer card and United explorer buisness churning
« Reply #1845 on: June 12, 2013, 04:46:09 PM »
How soon after canceling the United card(personal) can you reapply and get the sign up bonus?
Ther's is no set rules, it all depends on your credit report and/or on the mood of the recon lady.
I had a reall hard time to do it within 30 days, got instant approval after a couple of months.
Make sure to have a new UA account for the second app. (as outlined in the Wiki.
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Re: United explorer card and United explorer buisness churning
« Reply #1846 on: June 13, 2013, 06:31:23 AM »
Ther's is no set rules, it all depends on your credit report and/or on the mood of the recon lady.
I had a reall hard time to do it within 30 days, got instant approval after a couple of months.
Make sure to have a new UA account for the second app. (as outlined in the Wiki.
I never understood what putting in a new FFN helps if the miles are coming from Chase. Don't they see that I just had the card even after a few months?

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Re: United explorer card and United explorer buisness churning
« Reply #1847 on: June 13, 2013, 06:39:02 AM »
I never understood what putting in a new FFN helps if the miles are coming from Chase. Don't they see that I just had the card even after a few months?
aha! I guess they don't come from chase

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1848 on: June 13, 2013, 07:28:10 AM »
Even so, Chase still sees that you had the card.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1849 on: June 13, 2013, 07:36:29 AM »
Even so, Chase still sees that you had the card.
And they assume you won't be getting the bonus again.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1850 on: June 13, 2013, 08:12:22 AM »
If the miles don't come from Chase then why does SMing them get you the miles?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1851 on: June 16, 2013, 04:43:05 PM »
Whats min income required? Someone put 9k as a student. Is he toast?  Can he still fix it by giving the parents family income? How would he fix it?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1852 on: June 16, 2013, 05:50:03 PM »
Whats min income required? Someone put 9k as a student. Is he toast?  Can he still fix it by giving the parents family income? How would he fix it?
9k not gonna do it as min for the card is 5k, dont know if its fixable , but reconsidering on the phone on occasion they will ask u to make sure they have the right info and me able to update.
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1854 on: June 16, 2013, 06:25:14 PM »
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Was waiting for someone to speak up,  i was told so numerous times by reps,,, and approved for the min once  before, as well as the sapphire  preferred is 5k.

Are u disagreeing or u know someone that was approved for less then 5 k , And moving over credit after being approved doesn't count

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« Reply #1855 on: June 16, 2013, 06:33:12 PM »

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1856 on: June 16, 2013, 06:41:21 PM »
+1
I have one with a 1k limit.
approved for 1 k or moved around credit

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1857 on: June 16, 2013, 06:55:08 PM »
approved for 1 k or moved around credit
Approved for 2k, moved off 1k.
ETA, and it's a Visa Signature version.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1858 on: June 16, 2013, 07:14:43 PM »
Was waiting for someone to speak up,  i was told so numerous times by reps,,, and approved for the min once  before, as well as the sapphire  preferred is 5k.

Are u disagreeing or u know someone that was approved for less then 5 k , And moving over credit after being approved doesn't count

Was approved for 2k

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #1859 on: June 16, 2013, 07:57:28 PM »
2K Visa Signature version.
Oh wow that's a chidush for me.