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So what do you get for having the card? These incredibly sweet benefits:
-Expanded award ticket availability
See DDMS for details, including here.
-Full United Club membership:
 This membership normally costs $395 per year for non-elites and it’s the only club network that can’t be accessed with the AMEX Platinum card or the Priority Pass lounge membership that comes with that card.
 A full United Club membership allows your entire family, or you and 2 guests, to enter hundreds of United and partner lounges worldwide, regardless of which airline you are flying of even if you are even flying at all!  Just show your membership card and you’re in!
 Here is a dreadfully incomplete list of lounges.  For example I’ve used my United membership card in Tel Aviv but they’re not listed. 
-Unlimited Airport Terminal Access:  **ENDING AUGUST 2016**
 Another very nice benefit of being a full United Club member is that you can access the secured part of the airport even when you’re not flying! When I pick someone up from the airport I often like to meet them at the gate and surprise them and go for a free drink in the club. All you have to do is go to the checkin counter, show your United Club membership, and request a gate pass to get past security to access the lounge.
 This will work in any airport where there is a United or USAirways lounge.
 With free wifi, snacks, drinks, newspapers, magazines, and even showers and free ironing services in some locations, you can even make the United Club your new office if you wanted to!
 Or you can just take your kid past security to see the planes taking off when not rushing to a flight, just like in the pre 9/11 days.
 See here more detailes about this benefit.
-1.5 United Miles per dollar spent everywhere!
 This blows every other card out of the water. You’ll get 1.5 miles for every dollar you spend anywhere.  No other card out there offers anything near this earning rate on everyday purchases!  Even the great Starwood card earns an effective 1.25 miles per dollar spent and those can’t be directly transferred to United (though they can be used on United via an airline like USAirways though they have harsher award policies), or the excellent Freedom card with checking offers 1.1 points per dollar spent on everyday purchases.
It’s not hard at all to get at least 1.8 cents value per mile (or much more than that), but at that rate it’s a 2.7% rebate on everything you buy. Considering you can pay your federal income taxes for a 1.89% fee, you will be able to load up on miles the next time you pay taxes and be excited about getting a discounted vacation out of it!  It would come out to a cost of just 1.26 cents per United mile, which is an incredible bargain (A business class ticket to Europe is 100,000 miles with no fuel surcharges, so you would be paying just $1,260 for business to Europe or $1,512 for business to Israel or the Maldives), plus you may even be able to deduct the 1.89% fee!
You also earn 2 miles per dollar on United purchases, though that is beat by the 2.14 points per dollar offered by Sapphire Preferred.
-2 Free Checked Bags:
 You and one companion automatically get 2 free checked bags on United worldwide. If you bring 2 bags each that’s a savings of $240 domestically or a savings of $400 to most international destinations (Europe, Israel, Argentina, Asia, Australia, etc) on a round-trip.
Not only that but additional cards are free, and although additional cardholders don’t automatically get 2 free bags like the primary cardholder, they will at the checkin counter by just showing the agent their United Club card. I have tested this out many times to confirm that this works. For a family of 4 with 8 checked bags you can split your itinerary into 2 after purchasing it, and then with 1 primary card and 1 additional card all 8 checked bags will be free, a savings of $480 domestically or $800 to most international destinations on a round-trip.
As the free luggage benefit can be attained by just showing a checkin agent your credit card, it will last until the card’s expiration date, which is 3 years from when you are approved.
-Premier Access and Boarding:
 You’ll get priority check-in, priority baggage handling (your bags will arrive ahead of the general public’s), and priority security line access.
 Plus you will board at the same time as Premier Silver elite members, ahead of Explorer cardholders, ahead of families with children, and way ahead of the general public, so that you will have plenty of space for your carry-ons.
-Waived Award Expedite/Close-In Fees:
 Those pesky $75 per passenger fees for booking an award ticket within 21 days (which is right when the best award availability starts to open up) are automatically waived for cardholders!
-No foreign Transaction fees:
 Get the best rates and pay no exchange rate fees.
-Hertz President's Circle Status:
 Cardmembers get President's Circle status at Hertz. After getting the card, register at https://hertzstatus.mileageplus.com/
-Hyatt Platinum Elite Status:
 Cardmembers get Platinum status at Hyatt, giving them free internet, upgrades, and bonus points. After getting the card, register at https://hyattstatus.mileageplus.com
As with the Explorer card, you also get these benefits:
-Primary CDW Rental Car Insurance:
 Almost all credit cards only offer secondary CDW rental car insurance, meaning that you must first file a claim with your personal insurance which will affect your rates. The United consumers cards cover accidents without the need to make any claim with your personal insurance and should definitely be your go-to card for all car rentals outside of Israel.
-Premier upgrades on award tickets:
 Premier members will be eligible for upgrades by being a United cardholder.
-Non-expiring miles:
 As long as you’re a United cardholder your miles will never expire.
-Last-Seat Standard Awards:
 As long as there’s a seat on the plane you’ll be able to use double miles for it. This level is now capacity controlled for general members.
-Other protections:
 -Travel Accident Insurance
 -Emergency Assistance
 -Trip Cancellation Insurance
 -Lost Luggage Reimbursement
 -Delayed Luggage Reimbursement
 -Delayed Trip Reimbursement
 -Extended Warranty Protection
 -Price Drop Protection
 -Purchase Protection
 -Return Protection
 -Worldwide Emergency Card Replacement


Source
Getting the AF waived After being approved for the card, you could SM and ask for the AF to be waived for the first year.

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1400 on: September 06, 2015, 08:50:47 AM »
I know someone with a centurion card who lost his card to a parking garage because it was too thick to spit back out...
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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1401 on: September 06, 2015, 08:58:21 AM »
I know someone with a centurion card who lost his card to a parking garage because it was too thick to spit back out...

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1402 on: October 11, 2015, 04:08:33 PM »
Is the biz club card AF also waived when applying in-branch?

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1403 on: October 11, 2015, 05:24:38 PM »
On one United account I got an offer for the Club with $0 AF for the 1st year. Is this common?

Elite status?

Like the look of the new cards.

Same layout/weight as the CSP, no?

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1404 on: October 11, 2015, 05:27:25 PM »
Elite status?

No status. Offer comes and goes.

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1405 on: October 11, 2015, 05:42:25 PM »
Is the biz club card AF also waived when applying in-branch?
Is there even a business club card?
ETA: There is, I never knew.

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1406 on: October 11, 2015, 05:48:57 PM »
Is there even a business club card?
ETA: There is, I never knew.

Yup. I have one in front of me right now. It's not even offered on the Chase website. The only way to get it is through the United website or in branch.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1407 on: October 11, 2015, 06:12:34 PM »
How do I get Hyatt platinum status if they didn't even ask me for my hyatt # on the app? And what about Avis President’s Club Elite Status?

There's a new answer to this, that I haven't seen documented anywhere: https://hyattstatus.mileageplus.com

And now the car rental benefit is with Hertz instead of Avis, and you can sign up at: https://hertzstatus.mileageplus.com/

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1408 on: October 11, 2015, 06:17:57 PM »
There's a new answer to this, that I haven't seen documented anywhere: https://hyattstatus.mileageplus.com

And now the car rental benefit is with Hertz instead of Avis, and you can sign up at: https://hertzstatus.mileageplus.com/
Don't think any of that matters in olam ha'emes :'(
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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1409 on: October 11, 2015, 06:23:51 PM »
Don't think any of that matters in olam ha'emes :'(

Oh, didn't know. :-\   I'd like to imagine there's something nicer than United Clubs there.

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1410 on: October 11, 2015, 08:26:48 PM »


Yup. I have one in front of me right now.
So did you pay the annual fee or had it waived?

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1411 on: October 12, 2015, 06:52:53 PM »
So did you pay the annual fee or had it waived?

Got the waiver offer as a Premier Silver. Only went for the business version for the hidden tradeline.

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1412 on: October 12, 2015, 07:58:15 PM »
Got the waiver offer as a Premier Silver. Only went for the business version for the hidden tradeline.
Oh, there's no pre defined credit limit?

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1413 on: November 15, 2015, 01:27:17 AM »
If I make a dummy account for a friend of mine, can I put his ffn on my application and have the points post to his account? Or does the name on the account have to match the name on the application?

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1414 on: November 15, 2015, 02:40:29 AM »
If I make a dummy account for a friend of mine, can I put his ffn on my application and have the points post to his account? Or does the name on the account have to match the name on the application?
People have reported having issues with non-matching names.

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1415 on: November 26, 2015, 06:40:27 PM »
So I just got this card, and have a quesion:

It says the primary card holder gets a lounge membership. What about a spouse?


In terms and conditions it says:

1. "Cardmembers may purchase a United Club spouse membership by calling the United Club Service Center..."

2. "Existing United Club members are eligible to receive a pro-rated refund for any unused portion of their current membership (including spouse memberships)..."


So, should I just buy a membership right away for me and my wife and get reimbursed for the whole thing? Looks like they do not give spouse memberships but do reimburse spouse memberships.

Any experience?

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1416 on: November 29, 2015, 09:00:45 PM »
If I book a flight for a family member will they get the insurance benefits of my card? sorry for the "noob" quesiton

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1417 on: November 29, 2015, 09:30:59 PM »
Regarding my question:

בא הכתוב השלישי The price of a spouse membership is the same as regular membership. So probably we can read:
"Existing United Club members are eligible to receive a pro-rated refund for any unused portion of their current membership (including [if the primary card holder's membership was only a] spouse memberships)..."

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1. Not worth playing around with it because it says all purchases are final.
2. My account already shows the membership even though it is supposed to take 2 weeks.

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1418 on: December 21, 2015, 05:28:21 PM »
The wiki says that if you have club membership, you can use the lounge even if not flying UA. What about the club pass (for a non-member)? Do you need to fly UA to access the club? Thanks.

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1419 on: December 30, 2015, 12:51:17 PM »
If I have no previous connection to United can I get the AF waived after applying online?