United Gateway℠ Card Review 2022.6 Update: The new offer is 30k. 2022.1 Update: The new offer is 20k. 2021.10 Update: The offer is now only 15k. 2021.3 Update: The new offer is 30k. Application Link Chase UA Gateway Benefits 30k offer: earn 30,000 United miles after spending $1,000 in 3 months. This is the best offer on this card. Earn 2…
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United℠ Club Infinite Card (Chase UA Club) Review 2022.5 Update: 120k offer is now expired. The current offer is 100k. 2022.3 Update: The new offer is 120k! This is the best ever offer on this card. 2022.2 Update: 100k offer is expired. The current offer is 80k. 2021.11 Update: The new offer is 100k. Application Link Chase UA Club Benefits…
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United℠ Quest Card (Chase UA Quest) Review 2022.4 Update: The new offer is 90k. 2021.11 Update: The 80k+20k offer is expired. The current offer is 80k. 2021.4 Update: This is a newly launched credit card. It’s welcome offer is 80k+20k (the latter 20k has a rather high spending requirement). Application Link Chase UA Quest Benefits 90k offer: earn 90,000 United…
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United℠ Club Business Card Review 2022.4 Update: The new offer is 100k. 2021.7 Update: The new offer is 75k. 2020.9 Update: The offer is only 50k. Application Link Chase UA Club Business Benefits 100k offer: earn 100,000 UA Miles after spending $10,000 in the first 3 months. This is the recent best offer. We value UA mile at 1.5 cents…
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United℠ Business Card Review 2022.3 Update: The offer now is 75k. 2022.1 Update: The 150k offer (first year annual fee NOT waived) is back. The spending requirement is huge. 2021.11 Update: The offer now is 75k. 2021.7 Update: The new offer is 150k! However, note that the spending requirement is huge. Application Link Chase UA Business Benefits 75k offer: get…
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United℠ Explorer Card (Chase UA Explorer) Review 2021.7 Update: The 70k offer is back~ 2021.2 Update2: The new offer is 40k+25k. Ends on 2021.5.5. It’s not as good as the previous 70k offer. 2021.2 Update: The 70k offer is back~ Application Link Chase UA Explorer Benefits 70k offer: earn 60,000 United miles after spending $3,000 in the first 3 months;…
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The United TravelBank Card Review 2020.9 Update: This card will become a card called Chase United Getaway on 9/21. The main difference is, you earn TravelBank Cash with the previous card, and you will earn United miles with the new card. HT: DoC. 2020.5 Update: This card is removed from both Chase and United, and all existing application links seem…
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Today it was announced that American Airlines is going to raise the revenue requirements for Executive Platinum. At American, it used to be the case that you need to spend $12,000 Elite Qualifying Dollars (EQD) to earn the Executive Platinum status. Now the EQD threshold has increased to $15,000, representing a 25% hike. This move actually mirrored what United has done…
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Back in late April United opened its second Polaris Lounge in San Francisco, and it was a truly amazing lounge. At the preview event, we were told that the next Polaris Lounge to be opened will be United’s fortress hub at Newark. Indeed, a couple of days ago it was announced that EWR’s Polaris Lounge will be open to public…
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This is an introduction to how to retroactively request mileage credit on the major U.S. airlines. There are a variety of reasons one might want to retroactively request mileage credit. For instance: The miles from a flight you took do not appear in your frequent flyer account after a certain period of time (varies by airline, as described below). You…
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This post is a collection of hotel points -> UA miles promotions. Similar hotel points -> AA miles promotions are collected here. 2017.10.12: 30% Bonus Miles There is a limited time promotion for UA that through November 30, you will earn a 30% mileage bonus (up to 25000 bonus award miles) when you transfer hotel points to UA. The official…
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Introduction MileagePlus X (MPX) is an app that allows you to earn extra United Airlines miles for shopping with one of their listed partners. The app’s been out for a while but it doesn’t get much discussion. No surprises there, since it doesn’t look like United cares too much about this app either. The UI for iOS devices are still…
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1. Introduction United Airlines is one of the three legacy carriers in the U.S. alongside American Airlines and Delta. Their miles are some of the best when it comes to redeeming for international travel. Here are a few reasons why I like them a lot: United miles are relatively easy to earn They have a big network of partner airlines to…
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