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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: Free United MileagePlus Club Card for 1 year
« Reply #1120 on: November 06, 2013, 08:27:34 PM »
Awesome thansk
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Re: Free United MileagePlus Club Card for 1 year
« Reply #1121 on: November 06, 2013, 09:47:01 PM »
What's the big deal here? The Chase United Club card is first year annual fee free practically every time you hit a landing page for it.

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Re: Free United MileagePlus Club Card for 1 year
« Reply #1122 on: November 06, 2013, 09:47:38 PM »
What's the big deal here? The Chase United Club card is first year annual fee free all the time.
Not the Club card.
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Re: Free United MileagePlus Club Card for 1 year
« Reply #1123 on: November 06, 2013, 09:57:07 PM »
Not the Club card.

I admit I only have a few data points, but I'm definitely talking about the Club card. $395 statement credit.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1124 on: November 06, 2013, 10:00:45 PM »
I admit I only have a few data points, but I'm definitely talking about the Club card. $395 statement credit.
Most people have reported getting off part of it or 10K points its pretty hard to get rid of the whole thing.


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Re: Free United MileagePlus Club Card for 1 year
« Reply #1125 on: November 06, 2013, 10:05:26 PM »
I admit I only have a few data points, but I'm definitely talking about the Club card. $395 statement credit.
People have had success, but its not "free all the time".
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1126 on: November 06, 2013, 10:07:12 PM »
Most people have reported getting off part of it or 10K points its pretty hard to get rid of the whole thing.

Didn't know that, but between me & wife we've gotten fee waived 3 times. If the first time you hit the landing page doesn't show it, log in to Chase and go back to the page. The $395 statement credit offer shows up pretty reliably after a few tries. It was actually a Chase CSR who told us to do this.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1127 on: November 06, 2013, 10:08:40 PM »
Always been free via SM.
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 #1128 on: November 06, 2013, 10:13:41 PM »
Always been free via SM.
But its not offered like that.
Or is it?
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1129 on: November 06, 2013, 10:19:44 PM »
But its not offered like that.
Or is it?
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1130 on: November 06, 2013, 10:26:25 PM »
But its not offered like that.
Or is it?

My trick still works, I just tried it again. Go to the regular landing page and you'll see only a $100 credit for applying. Log in to Chase and go back, the offer changes to $395. Doesn't always work first time, but works.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1131 on: November 06, 2013, 10:36:43 PM »
My trick still works, I just tried it again. Go to the regular landing page and you'll see only a $100 credit for applying. Log in to Chase and go back, the offer changes to $395. Doesn't always work first time, but works.
Doesn't seem to work for me.
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Re: Free United MileagePlus Club Card for 1 year
« Reply #1132 on: November 07, 2013, 08:55:36 AM »
Airlines sending me "We're in this together" emails.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1133 on: November 07, 2013, 09:02:30 AM »
Always been free via SM.
First year only (i.e. churn), or even subsequent years on same card?

I am trying to get reduced AF on Chase PP via SM, and reps ain't budging.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1134 on: November 07, 2013, 10:03:54 AM »
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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1135 on: November 14, 2013, 04:09:54 PM »
Can i have the United club and explorer at the same time? will i get the explorer 30K points if i already have the club?

I just got an offer in the email for first year fee waived, anyway to get signup points on that as well?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1136 on: November 14, 2013, 04:23:06 PM »
Can i have the United club and explorer at the same time? will i get the explorer 30K points if i already have the club?

I just got an offer in the email for first year fee waived, anyway to get signup points on that as well?
Yes. Yes.
There is never a signup bonus on the Club.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1137 on: November 14, 2013, 05:32:31 PM »
Yes. Yes.
There is never a signup bonus on the Club.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1138 on: November 14, 2013, 11:06:36 PM »
have united card annual fee is due now is it best to apply for other card and ask them to shift credit line to approve new card or just transfer credit line to an existing chase credit card account?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1139 on: November 15, 2013, 01:45:27 AM »
have united card annual fee is due now is it best to apply for other card and ask them to shift credit line to approve new card or just transfer credit line to an existing chase credit card account?
1. Call to see if they'll waive a/f or for retention bonus.
2. If that fails, downgrade to a no a/f card.
3. Do as you wrote (in your first option).

Hope that helps.