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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 #1220 on: April 30, 2014, 08:29:00 PM »

Feel free to go blow some of your UA miles on these "amazing goodies."
+1 Look at their website for some of these amazing deals!

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1221 on: May 15, 2014, 04:23:08 PM »
anybody successful in getting AF waived for second year? if so how?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1222 on: May 16, 2014, 09:07:48 AM »
Anybody even try waiving AF for second year with this card

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1223 on: May 18, 2014, 02:35:39 AM »
Anybody even try waiving AF for second year with this card
I tried by sm and by calling. I got turned down both ways so I just cancelled the card and moved the cl to my freedom card.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1224 on: May 28, 2014, 12:15:32 AM »
Is the Card still good to access lounges even once the card is closed?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1225 on: May 28, 2014, 08:41:51 AM »
Is the Card still good to access lounges even once the card is closed?

Reports are that if you cancel your credit card, your United club membership will be canceled shortly thereafter.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1226 on: May 28, 2014, 10:46:09 AM »

Reports are that if you cancel your credit card, your United club membership will be canceled shortly thereafter.
How do you normally access the Lounge with the club card? Don't you just flash the credit card and go?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1227 on: May 28, 2014, 11:22:14 AM »
How do you normally access the Lounge with the club card? Don't you just flash the credit card and go?

You access the lounge with your United Club Membership Card which you receive a few weeks after your credit card account opening.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1228 on: May 28, 2014, 12:19:11 PM »

You access the lounge with your United Club Membership Card which you receive a few weeks after your credit card account opening.
and they swipe that card?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1229 on: May 28, 2014, 12:22:44 PM »
Yup as many times as you want, in as many lounges as you want. :) :) :)

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1230 on: May 28, 2014, 12:49:02 PM »

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1231 on: May 28, 2014, 12:49:20 PM »
Thanks guys!

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1232 on: June 26, 2014, 06:50:08 AM »
they almost always ask for the united club card and swipe it so the credit card wont help

IIRC Yes

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1233 on: July 07, 2014, 01:42:53 PM »
Got the annual fee waived even though I only upgraded from the UMPE!

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1234 on: July 07, 2014, 05:10:56 PM »
Got the annual fee waived even though I only upgraded from the UMPE!

With the statement credit?!

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1235 on: July 07, 2014, 05:44:40 PM »
With the statement credit?!
No, just waived!


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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1236 on: July 07, 2014, 05:45:25 PM »
No, just waived!

Sorry - I meant, on top of the statement credit offer?

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1237 on: July 07, 2014, 05:50:04 PM »
Sorry - I meant, on top of the statement credit offer?
No, when upgrading a card you don't get any bonuses that are tied to the sign up, its considered like the 2nd year I have the card. So getting the fee waived is harder than for people who apply directly for this card.


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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1238 on: July 07, 2014, 07:10:48 PM »
You can say what you think when you think what you say.

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Re: Introducing the new United MileagePlus Club Card
« Reply #1239 on: July 07, 2014, 07:12:39 PM »
You asked for it?
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was it for the business version?
thru SM?
What did you tell them?