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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 #1440 on: January 21, 2016, 12:27:48 AM »
Just got a nice booklet for the plus card. Waiving the 450 fee for first year. Wondering if I should do it or not.
It's always waived in-branch

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1441 on: January 21, 2016, 03:37:43 AM »
Just got a nice booklet for the plus card. Waiving the 450 fee for first year. Wondering if I should do it or not.

What's the "plus card"?

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1442 on: January 22, 2016, 09:34:43 AM »
What's the minimum CL on this card?
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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1443 on: January 22, 2016, 09:46:59 AM »
What's the minimum CL on this card?

To sign up? $5k

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1444 on: January 22, 2016, 09:52:35 AM »
What's the minimum CL on this card?
The visa signature cards need a starting CL of 5k to open.
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 Club Card
« Reply #1445 on: January 22, 2016, 09:55:54 AM »
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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1446 on: January 22, 2016, 10:05:24 AM »
I like vanilla but my name is Venilla.

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1447 on: January 22, 2016, 10:13:15 AM »
I got a 15k CL.
Otherwise high exposure with chase?
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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1448 on: January 22, 2016, 10:19:19 AM »
Otherwise high exposure with chase?
Yes, that's why I asked. I wanna know if they gave me 15k because this is what they feel comfortable with or just because that's the minimum to get it approved.
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« Reply #1449 on: January 22, 2016, 10:21:01 AM »
Yes, that's why I asked. I wanna know if they gave me 15k because this is what they feel comfortable with or just because that's the minimum to get it approved.
Not the minimum. Minimum is 5k. Was your CL with chase a high  percentage of your reported income before this?
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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1450 on: January 22, 2016, 10:26:31 AM »
Not the minimum. Minimum is 5k. Was your CL with chase a high  percentage of your reported income before this?
What would you call high percentage? I have much larger CLs with other banks.
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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1451 on: February 12, 2016, 11:04:03 AM »
Does this card get me access to any partner lounges?
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Data point: I applied online and they matched the in branch offer (1st year free).
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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1452 on: February 13, 2016, 09:02:21 PM »
BUMP

Data point: I applied online and they matched the in branch offer (1st year free).
I got first year waived as well.
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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1453 on: March 02, 2016, 12:58:32 PM »
Any reports of getting declined for having this card in the past 24 months?

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1454 on: March 03, 2016, 12:00:49 AM »
Any reports of getting declined for having this card in the past 24 months?
There's no bonus on this card, so doubt it.

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1455 on: March 03, 2016, 11:20:39 AM »
There's no bonus on this card, so doubt it.
I posted in the wrong thread.

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1456 on: March 23, 2016, 04:09:12 PM »
It has probably been discussed in this thread, and if so i apologize.... The wiki suggests that you can merely show the card at the airport to get the free bags.

I don't know what i was thinking when i booked some United tickets using a different card.
When checking in, they charged me for the bags and would not waive the fees. They (correctly) stated that i didnt use the card when purchasing the tickets and the benefit only works when using the club card to purchase the tickets. 

Has anyone had this happen? Will chase refund the fees if i call them and say I had the club card and they charged me anyways?

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1457 on: March 30, 2016, 09:52:30 AM »
It has probably been discussed in this thread, and if so i apologize.... The wiki suggests that you can merely show the card at the airport to get the free bags.

I don't know what i was thinking when i booked some United tickets using a different card.
When checking in, they charged me for the bags and would not waive the fees. They (correctly) stated that i didnt use the card when purchasing the tickets and the benefit only works when using the club card to purchase the tickets. 

Has anyone had this happen? Will chase refund the fees if i call them and say I had the club card and they charged me anyways?
Update:
Called chase and they would not refund the fees. Said i can either dispute the charge or file a claim/dispute with UA and ask them to refund.
Apparently they have no liason or direct contact with United ro resolve things like this.
The silly part is that i used my chase SP to buy the tickets... So the taxes still went on a chase card!
Anyone have advice on how to get my $120 back?

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1458 on: May 02, 2016, 12:17:57 AM »
You can always try filing a complaint with the BBB.

http://www.bbb.org/chicago/business-reviews/airlines/united-airlines-in-chicago-il-5446/

I had a different issue with bags (not related to Chase), where United overcharged me  and I was getting nowhere with United. I decided to file a compliant and United got back to me via BBB in less then 24 hours offering a United gift card worth the amount of money i spent extra. 

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Re: United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1459 on: May 15, 2016, 08:34:12 AM »
Any seat, any time, on United-operated flights?
does this include economy plus/ how about intl?