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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.
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-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 #460 on: July 18, 2012, 08:48:28 PM »
Did you look into buying within Avios?
what is avios and how does it work?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #461 on: July 18, 2012, 08:57:01 PM »
Did you look into buying within Avios?
what is avios and how does it work?
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #462 on: July 19, 2012, 05:20:45 AM »
I signed up someone a few weeks ago, should he be receiveng anything from United like a club ard welcome pack or just the CC from Chase?
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #463 on: July 19, 2012, 09:44:28 AM »
I still don't understand what avoid is
 can u explain? what is iirc?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #464 on: July 19, 2012, 10:22:15 AM »
I still don't understand what avoid is
 can u explain? what is iirc?
BA miles
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #465 on: July 19, 2012, 05:18:44 PM »
I still don't understand what avoidavios is
 can u explain? what is iirc?
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #466 on: July 21, 2012, 10:51:46 PM »
BH I was approved for the card and the annual fee was waived.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #467 on: July 22, 2012, 01:10:18 AM »
does someone know if the having the card also if it's canceled still gives me free luggage or do they swipe it in the airport?  Also how big of a chance is it that I will get the united club membership card or could I access with the cc?
You should get free baggage. But you won't get into the club. Of course YMMV
The card itself should give you 2 free luggage. Not sure if they will send you a club membership card but the CC won't help.
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #468 on: July 22, 2012, 01:15:22 AM »
ull get the bags free if flying WITH united, and that ppl have mentioned that u just have to show them the card/membership card and thats good enough, why u cancelling just sm tchase asking for the first yr waived free, it works ya know
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« Reply #469 on: July 22, 2012, 01:19:14 AM »
ull get the bags free if flying WITH united, and that ppl have mentioned that u just have to show them the card/membership card and thats good enough, why u cancelling just sm tchase asking for the first yr waived free, it works ya know
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #470 on: July 22, 2012, 01:20:48 AM »
I just got approved on my united club card 2 days ago received the card yesterday.  I called chase to reconsider my ba 100k (50 k. +50 k the 2nd year ) after 3 HUCA they finally approved me but she said I have to close the ucc  ( i applied for my first cc less then a year ago got approved for 6! Chase cc 1.continental 2.united 3. Sapphire visa 4. Sapphire master 5.freedom 6.the new united cc and I never had a cc before!   ) does someone know if the having the card also if it's canceled still gives me free luggage or do they swipe it in the airport?  Also how big of a chance is it that I will get the united club membership card or could I access with the cc?

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« Reply #471 on: July 22, 2012, 01:21:37 AM »
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« Reply #474 on: July 23, 2012, 08:13:45 PM »
Got my Club card today!

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« Reply #476 on: July 23, 2012, 08:27:21 PM »
Got my Club card today!

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Interesting I never got 1 compliment and I use it quite often.
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Interesting I never got 1 compliment and I use it quite often.
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #478 on: July 23, 2012, 08:28:57 PM »
Interesting I never got 1 compliment and I use it quite often.
I get compliments on it all the time.
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« Reply #479 on: July 23, 2012, 08:30:42 PM »
probably the person charging you is to busy starring at your face.
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