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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


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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 #180 on: June 11, 2012, 12:25:28 PM »
just curious when do i send the mess to chase? after a period of time? or the moment after i sign up? or before i even sign up?
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #181 on: June 11, 2012, 12:26:29 PM »
just curious when do i send the mess to chase? after a period of time? or the moment after i sign up? or before i even sign up?
You can SM as soon as it appears on your Chase.com account (typically within a couple days of approval)
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #182 on: June 11, 2012, 01:59:47 PM »
thanks, i just called my rep who has helped me out in the past (to see if he can waive the fees) he said that i would have to get a special targeted offer from united themselvs for them to waive the 395 and to also get the 55K on both cards.... but i will do what u explained and sign up for both and then mess them.

does 2bm work? or has to be three? i dont need another card just the 2 united cards
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #183 on: June 11, 2012, 02:30:32 PM »
thanks, i just called my rep who has helped me out in the past (to see if he can waive the fees) he said that i would have to get a special targeted offer from united themselvs for them to waive the 395 and to also get the 55K on both cards.... but i will do what u explained and sign up for both and then mess them.

does 2bm work? or has to be three? i dont need another card just the 2 united cards
Please dont mess them ;)
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #184 on: June 11, 2012, 03:15:23 PM »
I was just at a United lounge (in ORD) and they had stacks of brochures which each had a unique promo code for 1st year free, expiring 6/30.
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #185 on: June 11, 2012, 03:34:57 PM »
Please dont mess them ;)

MESSaged...lol thanks though. ya was very vague and he knew exactly what i was talking about, he said it was a non-chase thing to waive the fee's
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #186 on: June 11, 2012, 05:08:25 PM »
You can SM as soon as it appears on your Chase.com account (typically within a couple days of approval)

when signing up for chase united cards do i put in my original continental onepass number? or keep it blank and ill merge them later on
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #187 on: June 11, 2012, 05:11:21 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.

You're a disrespectful ingrate.
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #188 on: June 11, 2012, 06:00:53 PM »
this is off a bit i think....

i just applied for the club and the explorer at the same time :-)

got instantly approved for the club and pending on the explorer...does that make sense?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #189 on: June 11, 2012, 06:46:30 PM »
You're a disrespectful ingrate.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #190 on: June 11, 2012, 06:48:55 PM »
this is off a bit i think....

i just applied for the club and the explorer at the same time :-)

got instantly approved for the club and pending on the explorer...does that make sense?

Why not?
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #191 on: June 12, 2012, 12:26:28 AM »
when signing up for chase united cards do i put in my original continental onepass number? or keep it blank and ill merge them later on

Have you received a bonus for the MPE card before?  If you have, then get a new OnePass number and use that on your app.  If you leave it blank, you risk having your old account linked to your existing OnePass number.  It happened to me earlier this year but luckily it was my first time with the MPE and I got the bonus (had previously churned the OnePass Plus card).
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #192 on: June 12, 2012, 01:27:30 AM »
Have you received a bonus for the MPE card before?  If you have, then get a new OnePass number and use that on your app.  If you leave it blank, you risk having your old account linked to your existing OnePass number.  It happened to me earlier this year but luckily it was my first time with the MPE and I got the bonus (had previously churned the OnePass Plus card).

its my first with united and i havent used my onepass in 3 yrs so far. (i left it blank in both of them) bec my one pass is not linked to my name under any credit cards. i dont even know if i had a credit card bak then :-) i have all of 16k of points
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #193 on: June 12, 2012, 11:26:23 AM »
This might be a NOOB questions but I mostly sell the points I get on all my CC's. right now I generally use the Chase Saphire preferred. Am I better off with this card in terms of points sale value (assuming I get the fee waived)?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #194 on: June 12, 2012, 12:15:40 PM »
This might be a NOOB questions but I mostly sell the points I get on all my CC's. right now I generally use the Chase Saphire preferred. Am I better off with this card in terms of points sale value (assuming I get the fee waived)?

Yes, but unless you're spending $110k in the first year, the UA Exp card is probably best for you (when you factor in the $55k signup bonus, if you don't have it yet).
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #195 on: June 12, 2012, 01:27:49 PM »
Yes, but unless you're spending $110k in the first year, the UA Exp card is probably best for you (when you factor in the $55k signup bonus, if you don't have it yet).
I understand the logic. I am looking more for the long term so although the bonus in the first year would be better on UA Exp, in the long run Im better off with the 1.5 miles per dollar

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« Reply #196 on: June 12, 2012, 02:13:13 PM »
I understand the logic. I am looking more for the long term so although the bonus in the first year would be better on UA Exp, in the long run Im better off with the 1.5 miles per dollar
What about churning UA EXP a few times a year?
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #197 on: June 12, 2012, 02:19:33 PM »
What about churning UA EXP a few times a year?
In theory I could. I am just hesitant to churn..

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #198 on: June 13, 2012, 07:09:54 AM »
just looked at my account and i see that my club card and my explorer card is there! :-)
now comes the hard part. i sent them an e mail about the club card for the yrly fee waived. 


can i send them now another message asking to get the 55K on the explorer? or should i wait till i spend the money?
and how do i get to add someone one  (for the 5K)?
and lastly whats the min i have to spend on the explorer to get the points?
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #199 on: June 13, 2012, 07:21:59 AM »
and how do i get to add someone one  (for the 5K)?
Call SCR and ask to add an AU.
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