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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 #280 on: June 24, 2012, 01:43:35 PM »
the names on both status cards are my first initial (t) and last name...my father and i both have the same initials! :-)

that can work...no
It doesnt really mater what it says on the card, the account is under YOUR name!
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #281 on: June 24, 2012, 01:49:00 PM »
in america (airport) i would give it a small maybe as you can show your card to the agent in the lot and ask for an upgrade, and they may give it before looking on the computer. in israel no chance

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #282 on: June 24, 2012, 01:57:16 PM »
ok thanks    worse comes to worse ill just go down and rent the car myself
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #283 on: June 24, 2012, 02:33:47 PM »
And there is a seminar in NY tomorrow.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #284 on: June 24, 2012, 02:35:31 PM »
And there is a seminar in NY tomorrow.
Huh?
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #285 on: June 24, 2012, 02:36:39 PM »
And there is a seminar in NY tomorrow.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #286 on: June 25, 2012, 08:12:43 AM »
if i have avis pres. wizard number and card but im waiting to hear back from hertz...and i need a rental today would hertz honor my avis?
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #287 on: June 25, 2012, 08:48:47 AM »
nope, definitely not in israel.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #288 on: June 25, 2012, 12:38:14 PM »
thanks i booked avis for an extra 10$  hope my print out of my pres club card works
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #289 on: June 25, 2012, 12:45:15 PM »
Can anyone confirm what the 21 day expedite fee benefit is with this card?

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« Reply #290 on: June 25, 2012, 12:51:19 PM »
Can anyone confirm what the 21 day expedite fee benefit is with this card?
They waive the $75 fee.
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #291 on: June 25, 2012, 01:19:45 PM »
They waive the $75 fee.

Is it for both new bookings and changes? Does the reservation need to be made on the card?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #292 on: June 25, 2012, 01:27:40 PM »
Is it for both new bookings and changes? Does the reservation need to be made on the card?
New bookings
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #293 on: June 25, 2012, 01:37:15 PM »
New bookings
No

OK, so I assume the reservation needs to be made with the UA account that's linked to the card.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #294 on: June 26, 2012, 07:50:01 AM »
i have a club card and i just picked up my from avis and they gave me a one car upgrade in israel (i think they really didnt have anything)

and another thing does anyone know what this means...hertz said they wont match my avis status even though it says on the card pres club united. and also in avis themselvs they said the card it itself is a preffered card even though it says pres united club on the bottom
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« Reply #295 on: June 26, 2012, 09:03:20 AM »
i have a club card and i just picked up my from avis and they gave me a one car upgrade in israel (i think they really didnt have anything)

and another thing does anyone know what this means...hertz said they wont match my avis status even though it says on the card pres club united. and also in avis themselvs they said the card it itself is a preffered card even though it says pres united club on the bottom
Did you email hertz or Call?
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #296 on: June 26, 2012, 01:33:22 PM »
I got approved last week for the UCC and since i dont have Access to a computer i called tham up to ask tham to get matched for the first year free but they asked me for a promotion code does anyone have a code that i could give tham?

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« Reply #297 on: June 26, 2012, 01:36:42 PM »
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #298 on: June 26, 2012, 01:39:03 PM »
With the united club it says you get free companion for business class ticket. I tried calling the reservations 5x but I'm just kept on hold.
Is one business class ticket much more then two regular tickets at $1700 each?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #299 on: June 26, 2012, 01:40:42 PM »
With the united club it says you get free companion for business class ticket. I tried calling the reservations 5x but I'm just kept on hold.
Is one business class ticket much more then two regular tickets at $1700 each?

Its impossible to get through to united.
It's only on full-fare business, don't waste your time.
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