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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 #3380 on: September 01, 2014, 05:26:22 AM »
what's that's ?
you're kidding. Right?
Well if not. Then you might wanna read through these threads .
But anyways here's Wikipedia about ffn

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3381 on: September 01, 2014, 07:49:00 AM »
what's that's ?
After starting 25 topics you should know that...
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3382 on: September 01, 2014, 07:59:42 AM »
what's that's ?
http://www.ffntest.com/
This is what came up when I googled it.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3383 on: September 01, 2014, 08:00:35 AM »
Is it very YMMV within 24 of the bonus even with a new ffn?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3384 on: September 01, 2014, 08:04:25 AM »
Is it very YMMV within 24 of the bonus even with a new ffn?
I can't talk from experience. But from reading this thread it seems that as long as you do it properly. New ffn ect. It should work fine

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3385 on: September 01, 2014, 08:15:26 AM »
When creating a 2nd ffn do I need to change any info from the first? Address, name?
Bump

I can't talk from experience. But from reading this thread it seems that as long as you do it properly. New ffn ect. It should work fine
What's the etc besides FFN?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3386 on: September 01, 2014, 09:43:24 AM »
could anyone PLS explain what's mean you open a new FFN and applying again ? Do I need to close the first card ? Do I don't need to wait 24 months as usual ?  Is it by all cards or only by United ?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3387 on: September 01, 2014, 09:46:30 AM »
could anyone PLS explain what's mean you open a new FFN and applying again ? Do I need to close the first card ? Do I don't need to wait 24 months as usual ?  Is it by all cards or only by United ?
Each chase united card is linked to a united frikin flyer number. To churn the card, link the churnee to a new frikin flyer number.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3388 on: September 01, 2014, 09:52:04 AM »
Yet no one is reporting recently here or in the Hyatt thread about whether just creating a new FFN is enough, or if you have to change info within the new FFN as well.

Obviously, close the card or downgrade first. Why take a chance?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3389 on: September 01, 2014, 10:52:12 AM »

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3390 on: September 01, 2014, 11:06:24 AM »
I opened my explorer card 2 years ago, after half a year I added my wife as a "joint account holder" not an additional (was a mistake) they never even took my wife's FFN. Last Thursday I downgraded the card to the "united rewards card" they told me they will send me the new cards in a few days but the old cards are still active as long as I don't activate the new ones, I didn't get yet the new ones.
Is it safe to aplly now for my wife for a new explorer?? (with a new ffn) I want to make the sep 2nd deadline

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3391 on: September 01, 2014, 11:20:07 AM »
Can anyone here share whether they have received the bonus while holding an active UMPE card?  Even with a new FFN?  Active or within one day of canceling? ;D

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3392 on: September 01, 2014, 11:40:14 AM »
Is there reason to believe that they will not honor match requests once this deal expires?
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3393 on: September 01, 2014, 11:56:44 AM »
I opened my explorer card 2 years ago, after half a year I added my wife as a "joint account holder" not an additional (was a mistake) they never even took my wife's FFN. Last Thursday I downgraded the card to the "united rewards card" they told me they will send me the new cards in a few days but the old cards are still active as long as I don't activate the new ones, I didn't get yet the new ones.
Is it safe to aplly now for my wife for a new explorer?? (with a new ffn) I want to make the sep 2nd deadline
i was denied last week the freedom card because my wife was a joint account holder. i huca'd and nothing. they said its as if she has the card
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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3394 on: September 01, 2014, 12:43:27 PM »
Is there reason to believe that they will not honor match requests once this deal expires?
That's what I was thinking... that this is a way to get rid of the 50k deal that we have all been matching to for years without getting too much backlash.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3395 on: September 01, 2014, 01:15:58 PM »

Is there reason to believe that they will not honor match requests once this deal expires?
Was wondering the same, if it leaves he banks as well then we'll probably have a hard time matching.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3396 on: September 01, 2014, 01:16:20 PM »

Is it very YMMV within 24 of the bonus even with a new ffn?
I did it recently with no issues.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3397 on: September 01, 2014, 02:10:04 PM »
I did it recently with no issues.
Change anything in the FFN account or just created a new account with same info?

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3398 on: September 01, 2014, 02:10:21 PM »

Change anything in the FFN account or just created a new account with same info?
Just email.

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Re: United MileagePlus Explorer Card
« Reply #3399 on: September 01, 2014, 08:03:19 PM »
i was denied last week the freedom card because my wife was a joint account holder. i huca'd and nothing. they said its as if she has the card
I know but I have a little of a different story because I already downgraded that card to a different one.