dnwaldmann

I already have a (paid) MPC card, but clicking the link above and signing in showed me be eligible for the "first year free" offer. I didn't pursue it, because I don't see it actually "working"... i.e. it's obviously a "promotion" and I already have it, so what do they have to gain by comping me?

eeflyer

How did that go for you? I'm at 5/24 and thinking of giving it a shot as well. Won't drop under 5/24 for another few months and am worried the offer won't be there anymore.

FlyerTalkUserName

After reading a little more I decided not to do it online. Might try in-branch.

mingw

same here. got the super nice letter in mail and points me to mpclubcard.com/75k. after login, it redirects to https://www.theexplorercard.com/ClubAFW this is the annual fee waived page, with no mention of 75k.

14940674

Does the waived annual fee constitute a "new Cardmember bonus"? I had the card for no annual fee from February 2015 to January 2016 and am wondering whether I can qualify for the fee waiver again.

Need

Yes, free first year was new card incentive. I tried to get them to waive my 2nd year annual fee they wouldn't do it. My first year spending on that card was about $85K.

If you look at the Chase Retention thread's Wiki, it seems like nobody got their 2nd+ annual fee waived on this card. The most someone got was $100 statement credit. I didn't even get that.

slivrflyr

First year waived
First renewal $150 statement credit ($50k+ spend)
Second renewal $100 statement credit (I can't recall the spend. $40k-$50k?

First renewal credit was achieved after several attempts with retention dept.

Need

So you went to the retention dept I see. I didn't really push it as I really don't want to cancel the card, so they wouldn't even give the time of day. This year I am just going to ask to cancel it when the annual fee posted. I will report back if they offer anything, but I will end up cancelling it anyway unless they completely waive the fee which is extremely unlikely. I don't need the United Club any more as I have Priority Pass, and I don't need the 1.5 mile/$1 spent as I have the Chase Freedom Unlimited, and I already get the free checked bag as United Silver. And buy United Flight tickets on CSR gives me 3 points instead of 2 miles on the MPC.

eeflyer

Has anyone seen or know of the expiration date for this offer? I login to the rsvp site in the wiki and it doesn't say anywhere. I don't remember getting a mail offer, but may have and just discarded it due to being in the CSR mode. However, my travel patterns have shifted towards UA, and this card would be very beneficial.

I'm exactly at 5/25 and the oldest card in those 5 was opened in March. It's getting harder and harder to resist applying now, but I know I shouldn't. Waiting for March 1 exact!

slivrflyr

I have the club card and this past summer picked up the explorer when it was offering 70k +$50 credit. I still think I will keep the club and close the explorer.

As bulk of my flying is award and my revenue flights are cheap I need a United card in order to put $25k to get the PQD waiver with united.

I like the full club membership because I like using star alliance lounges. Europe especially doesn't have convenient PP lounges while the star alliance ones were more convenient. The one downside is that for star alliance lounges I only get one guest so family trips don't enjoy this benefit.

I like the idea of freedom unlimited but don't plan on wasting 5/24 on it. So far classic freedom has worked better for me. Once I've reached $25-30k YTD on Club card I've switched to Amex EDP for 1.5MR as I have a lot of United miles and prefer to diversify away from a captive currency. (I use MR > KF to book united).

Last year most of my cards had a net zero cost between retention offers and travel reimbursements. Club card was the only one that actually cost me and at $200 more than the Explorer (assuming a retention offer and my grandfathered $395 fee) it's worth the full loiunge access and the waived close-in fees. (Priority access isn't a big deal to me as I have GE/TSA pre). My family rarely checks bags unless it's an overseas flight and those include one free bag anyway.

I am paranoid about further MP deval otherwise I could see myself using this card exclusively. This year again i only plan to spend $25k on the club card which wouldn't have a much different earn rate than the explorer ($25k x 1.5) vs ($25k x 1 + 10k bonus at $25k spend)

mingw

the 75k mailer (with link redirects to annual fee waiver page for me) says march 15.

eeflyer

Fantastic, thanks for your reply. Now just gonna keep my fingers crossed until then!

FlyerTalkUserName

Went to a branch today. Banker saw no pre-approval so I didn't apply.

eeflyer

Darn, there goes my plan as well. I will try checking next week and report back. Not optimistic since my credit lines from Chase are fairly high compared to income

mingw

the link from the mailer now redirect me to https://www.theexplorercard.com/Club75k -- 75k bonus, $450 annual fee not waived.

for those do want united club membership, this is good offer.