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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: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1080 on: October 15, 2013, 08:03:02 PM »
is that CSR willing to waive the fee even if you just upgrade from explorer to Club card? or is it just for new apps?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1081 on: October 22, 2013, 02:57:37 PM »
Is this a go?
Could you give us fellow DDFers any insight into what convinced them to waive the first year fee?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1082 on: October 22, 2013, 11:18:59 PM »
Does this card come in business?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1083 on: October 22, 2013, 11:21:02 PM »
Does this card come in business?
Click: http://www.dansdeals.com/go/United1/
Click "Are you a business owner" in the top-right.
Click on the club tab.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1084 on: October 23, 2013, 11:47:26 PM »
Could somebody explain me please these two benefits:

-Premier upgrades on award tickets:
 Premier members will be eligible for upgrades by being a United cardholder.

-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.

By having this card will I have more availability on award travel?

Does this card currently have any bonus offer (or could be matched by SMing)?

TIA 4 ur help!!!!

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1085 on: October 23, 2013, 11:53:58 PM »
Could somebody explain me please these two benefits:

-Premier upgrades on award tickets:
 Premier members will be eligible for upgrades by being a United cardholder.

-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.

By having this card will I have more availability on award travel?

Does this card currently have any bonus offer (or could be matched by SMing)?

TIA 4 ur help!!!!
Yes, but you will pay for it...double miles.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1086 on: October 23, 2013, 11:58:27 PM »
Could somebody explain me please these two benefits:

-Premier upgrades on award tickets:
 Premier members will be eligible for upgrades by being a United cardholder.

-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.

By having this card will I have more availability on award travel?

Does this card currently have any bonus offer (or could be matched by SMing)?

TIA 4 ur help!!!!
$100 Statement credit after first purchase.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1087 on: October 24, 2013, 12:03:49 AM »
Yes, but you will pay for it...double miles.
Meaning what? Example EWR to TLV no saver award availability how much would an economy class cost and how much business?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1088 on: October 24, 2013, 12:05:51 AM »
$100 Statement credit after first purchase.



1. If the you're an elite member which gets automatic upgrades you'll also get it on award economy bookings.

2. You can always book award reservations until there is any seat left on the plane for the standard award rate (the yellow button, more expensive award rate) on UA metal.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1089 on: October 30, 2013, 05:51:25 PM »
Just wanted to report that I was able to get the first year annual fee waived via SM today.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1090 on: October 30, 2013, 11:36:44 PM »
Just wanted to report that I was able to get the first year annual fee waived via SM today.

Mazel tov
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1091 on: October 31, 2013, 02:35:20 AM »
Just wanted to report that I was able to get the first year annual fee waived via SM today.

+1 on the Mazal tov :-)
Sharing general strategy would be appreciated too

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1092 on: October 31, 2013, 02:37:21 AM »

+1 on the Mazal tov :-)
Sharing general strategy would be appreciated too
Have you read the previous pages in this thread?!

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1093 on: October 31, 2013, 04:46:56 AM »
Have you read the previous pages in this thread?!
It seem like your around on the forums for some while now. What happened to nisht aleh muhl darf men tzurik entferen?  ;)

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1094 on: October 31, 2013, 06:24:32 AM »
Have you read the previous pages in this thread?!
I thought I had, but guess I have not done it thoroughly enough!

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1095 on: October 31, 2013, 07:51:41 AM »
I went through things more thoroughly now, and want to make sure I've understood before doing anything rash:

In the past, everyone was able to get the fee waived via SM for the first year AFTER receiving the card. Recently, this has become more YMMV, although people have reported being successful (even yesterday! :) ). However, even if it doesn't work out, you can cancel your card within 60 days and not be charged the AF.

Is this correct?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1096 on: October 31, 2013, 08:36:17 AM »
I went through things more thoroughly now, and want to make sure I've understood before doing anything rash:

In the past, everyone was able to get the fee waived via SM for the first year AFTER receiving the card. Recently, this has become more YMMV, although people have reported being successful (even yesterday! :) ). However, even if it doesn't work out, you can cancel your card within 60 days and not be charged the AF.

Is this correct?
Indeed

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1097 on: October 31, 2013, 09:48:30 AM »
Indeed
Thanks! Does it make sense to add something like the above statement to the wiki, so that when other noobs ask the question I did, we can just respond RTW (Read the wiki)?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1098 on: October 31, 2013, 11:26:28 AM »
If it's helpful to anyone, the following is the SM I sent the day I received my Club card and the response I received from Chase later the same day:

My SM
"I saw that there is an offer to get the United club card with the first year fee waived, can you please match that offer on my United Club card that I just received. Thanks."

Response from Chase
"Dear sayhey,

Thank you for contacting Chase about your United
MileagePlus® Club credit card account.

We reviewed the application that you completed and the
enrollment offer attached to that application states you
will receive a $100 statement credit after your first
purchase. We understand you are requesting the first year
annual fee waiver enrollment offer. We will be happy to
exchange the offers and issue a credit for the difference
of $295. Please contact us after the annual fee has posted
to the account so we can make the necessary adjustments at
that time.

If you have any further questions, please reply using the
Secure Message Center.

Thank you,

Laurie Laird
Customer Service Specialist"

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1099 on: October 31, 2013, 12:02:54 PM »
Thanks! Does it make sense to add something like the above statement to the wiki, so that when other noobs ask the question I did, we can just respond RTW (Read the wiki)?
Great idea.