United℠ Explorer Card (Chase UA Explorer) Review 2025.4 Update: There’s a new link with better offer: earn 5k more miles upon approval when you use your United agent‘s promotional code, and earn 5k more miles when you add an authorized user in the first 3 months. That’s 90k miles in total. “United agent‘s promotional code” should be obtained when you…
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United Quest℠ Card (Chase UA Quest) Review 2025.4 Update: There’s a new link with better offer: earn 5k more miles upon approval when you use your United agent‘s promotional code, and earn 5k more miles when you add an authorized user in the first 3 months. That’s 100k miles in total. “United agent‘s promotional code” should be obtained when you…
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United Gateway℠ Card Review 2025.3 Update: The offer is back to 20k. The 30k offer came back. At the same time, this card has a major negative change: starting from Aug 1, 2025, you don’t have automatic cardmember pricing on award ticket any more, instead, you need to spend $10,000 each calendar year to see it. 2024.11 Update: The new offer…
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United℠ Business Card Review 2025.3 Update: This card has the following changes today: The welcome offer is changed to 125k, and this is one of the best ever offer on this card! Offer ends on May 7. The annual fee is increased from $99 to $150. First year annual fee waived. $125 United travel credit: Receive $125 in United TravelBank…
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United℠ Club Business Card Review 2025.3 Update: This card has the following changes today: The welcome offer is changed to 125k. Offer ends on May 7. The annual fee is increased from $450 to $695. First year annual fee NOT waived. $200 Renowned Hotels and Resorts credit: Receive up to $200 back in statement credits each anniversary year on hotel…
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United Club℠ Infinite Card (Chase UA Club) Review 2025.3 Update: This card has the following changes today: The welcome offer is changed from 80k to 95k. Offer ends on May 7. The annual fee is increased from $525 to $695. First year annual fee NOT waived. $200 Renowned Hotels and Resorts credit: Receive up to $200 back in statement credits…
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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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