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So what do you get for having the card? These incredibly sweet benefits:
-Expanded award ticket availability
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-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


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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: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #160 on: June 10, 2012, 12:30:56 PM »
im sorry i will try to be shorter pls everyone forgive me

what is the adv of having the united club or the explorer in terms of point system?

is it worth it to have both?
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #161 on: June 10, 2012, 12:37:40 PM »
im sorry i will try to be shorter pls everyone forgive me

what is the adv of having the united club or the explorer in terms of point system?

is it worth it to have both?
Club is better, you get 50% more points and 2 free bags
however explorer gets you 55K Bonus + $50  statement credit
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #162 on: June 10, 2012, 12:42:44 PM »
Club is better, you get 50% more points and 2 free bags

But the annual fee is steep, so considering that and the signup bonus on the Explorer card, you're probably best off with the Explorer card unless you plan on spending at very least $50-60k each year on the Club card (or you fly often enough that the 2 free bags make it worth paying the annual fee for the club card).
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #163 on: June 10, 2012, 12:43:45 PM »
But the annual fee is steep, so considering that and the signup bonus on the Explorer card, you're probably best off with the Explorer card unless you plan on spending at very least $50-60k each year on the Club card (or you fly often enough that the 2 free bags make it worth paying the annual fee for the club card).
No anuall fee 1sy year on club.
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #164 on: June 10, 2012, 12:44:00 PM »
But the annual fee is steep, so considering that and the signup bonus on the Explorer card, you're probably best off with the Explorer card unless you plan on spending at very least $50-60k each year on the Club card (or you fly often enough that the 2 free bags make it worth paying the annual fee for the club card).
1 flight abroad would probably clear that threshold at $200/roundtrip for a 2nd bag per person.
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #165 on: June 10, 2012, 12:46:44 PM »
No anuall fee 1sy year on club.

If you're only doing one card, then even with no AF you'd be ahead with the explorer due to the signup bonus. You'd have to spend 110k in the first year on the Club card just to earn those $55k miles.
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #166 on: June 10, 2012, 12:48:09 PM »
If you're only doing one card, then even with no AF you'd be ahead with the explorer due to the signup bonus. You'd have to spend 110k in the first year on the Club card just to earn those $55k miles.
Yup, hard to make the case for it just for the 50% more miles if you don't travel to enjoy the lounges, 2 free bags, waived expedite fees, premier access, avis/hyatt status, etc.
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #167 on: June 10, 2012, 12:49:49 PM »
Yup, hard to make the case for it just for the 50% more miles if you don't travel to enjoy the lounges, 2 free bags, waived expedite fees, premier access, avis/hyatt status, etc.

Right, and the original question was:

what is the adv of having the united club or the explorer in terms of point system?

Whatever that means.
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #168 on: June 10, 2012, 01:28:43 PM »
yes i do fly, my wife and i will be flying in sept and iyh pesach so right there itll be four flights ... that is, if i use star alliance being that there so expensive for tix
and plus i think ill do both... it makes sence, as long as the first yrs are waived...
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #169 on: June 11, 2012, 09:18:49 AM »
if someone has a code that they can pm me would be greatly appreciated

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« Reply #170 on: June 11, 2012, 11:44:13 AM »
if someone has a code that they can pm me would be greatly appreciated
Not one person has been rejected via SM for a free year.
Why the need for a code?
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Chase United MileagePlus Club Card - First Year Free
« Reply #171 on: June 11, 2012, 11:49:27 AM »
I have heard that the United Clubs have brochures with codes which will waive the annual fee for the first year of the United MileagePlus Club credit card.  Is this the case?

Do all the United Clubs have these brochures?

I am traveling in a few weeks and have some United Club passes, and would love to grab a few of these codes.

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« Reply #172 on: June 11, 2012, 11:56:48 AM »
There's no need for a code, you can signup for a card here and send an SM to get the annual fee waived.  Sometimes they even let you keep the $95 credit as well.
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« Reply #173 on: June 11, 2012, 12:02:44 PM »
I have heard that the United Clubs have brochures with codes which will waive the annual fee for the first year of the United MileagePlus Club credit card.  Is this the case?

Do all the United Clubs have these brochures?

I am traveling in a few weeks and have some United Club passes, and would love to grab a few of these codes.

Thanks.
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Re: Chase United MileagePlus Club Card - First Year Free
« Reply #174 on: June 11, 2012, 12:05:04 PM »
Thanks Dan.  I saw that, but I know with those things YMMV, so I would much rather sign-up with a code to make sure I am getting it free.

I am traveling in three weeks so can wait to get my hands on a code.  Do you know if all of the United Clubs have the codes?

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« Reply #175 on: June 11, 2012, 12:06:03 PM »
Thanks Dan.  I saw that, but I know with those things YMMV, so I would much rather sign-up with a code to make sure I am getting it free.

I am traveling in three weeks so can wait to get my hands on a code.  Do you know if all of the United Clubs have the codes?
Hundreds of people have signed up that way.
I have not read of a single rejection via SM.  There are different levels of YMMV, this is at least 99%.

At any rate the codes in the clubs currently expire 06/30.
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« Reply #176 on: June 11, 2012, 12:16:02 PM »
Dan, you sound desperate, try doing it in a more professional manner.
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« Reply #177 on: June 11, 2012, 12:18:37 PM »
Dan, you sound desperate, try doing it in a more professional manner.
He's just saying the truth  ;)
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Re: Chase United MileagePlus Club Card - First Year Free
« Reply #178 on: June 11, 2012, 12:20:18 PM »
Hundreds of people have signed up that way.
I have not read of a single rejection via SM.  There are different levels of YMMV, this is at least 99%.

At any rate the codes in the clubs currently expire 06/30.

I am traveling in the beginning of July, so hopefully they will have new ones out.  Will try and pick up a few to share.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #179 on: June 11, 2012, 12:20:37 PM »
I know, but the truth could be said in one post, no need to repeat it 3-4 times in a row and bagging like a baby for a milk feed.
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