slivrflyr

Here's the math that I'm looking at.

First premise is that I have to maintain a United card in order to have access to better saver inventory (in case I don't requalify for silver) and a tool to hit $25k and get PQD waiver


So $450 vs $95
$355 in extra cost. To me lounge access is negligible I only care when I use Lufthansa lounges in FRA or MUC. Other euro hubs that I favor like ZRH have PP lounges. Plus, LH won't let me guest more than one.

The other differential is extra earn. I value UA at 2.4c minimum so the extra half a point by on $25k is worth $300.
However, Explorer bonuses 10k once you hit $25k of spend per calendar year and this year my spend on club card won't be above the bare minimum maintenance of $25k.

So at $25k club gets me 37.5k vs 35k on Explorer. Only 2500 miles, which can be earned easily with one hertz rental or a shopping portal promo. But still, i will give it a $60 value. I've used the closein waiver at lest for times thus far ytz and see myself using this twice per year MINIMUM.

So:
$140 closein benefit (likely more)
$60 extra miles earned (more if I spend beyond $25k)
$40 i would pay this much for access to premier desk

= $240 minimum benefit.

This leaves $115 unmet difference for me. So a $100 retention offer fills that gap the gap would prob be smaller if I put value on lounge access but I don't. (I have Amex plat, CSR, Ritz and Prestige, all with PP. )

Again the main value driver has been the close in waiver fees. Family work schedules etc make it hard to plan trips months in advance. So the 2x close in waiver instance is a low ball.

Am I missing anything ?

Thanks.

ylord789

People use this card in different ways. I mainly use it to access lounges, especially partner lounges. Most of us would agree that united clubs within US are pathetic,. outside US are not that bad. I use my miles exclusiVely for upgrade to transpacific business cabin.
after some thinking, I might just bargain year over year for retention offers.

mtftw

As a DP, I was able to get the first year waived for this today using this link:

https://www.theexplorercard.com/ClubAFW

wheatland

Got the United MileagePlus Business Club Card with the 1st Year Annual Fee Waived 14 months ago through a link on my United Mileage Plus Account. I canceled the card in May because I didn't want to pay the $450 Fee.

I now notice that I have a link in my Mileage Plus account to obtain the United MileagePlus Business Club Card with the 1st Year $450 Annual Fee waived again.

I don't want to take a hard credit card pull if I can't get the card a second time.

Does anyone have any experience as to whether the card can be approved two years in a row with the first year waived. I didn't read anything in the terms and conditions that discusses or prohibits this scenario. I don't have a 5/24 problem

Mark Ambrose

I hope someone here can help me (or at least convince me that I am not losing my mind). Last year, when I had Silver status on United, I took advantage of an offer to get the United Club Card with the first year's membership fee waived for Mileage Plus Premier members. I am absolutely certain that when I signed up for the card, among the benefits was a statement credit to reimburse the fee for TSA PreCheck or Global Entry.

I finally got around to signing up for TSA PreCheck in May; the fee posted to my card in June; there was no statement credit. I phoned Chase customer service and was told that a credit for TSA PreCheck is not a benefit for the Club Card. And I now see no reference to that benefit online or in the membership materials that I was mailed.

However, I know I saw that benefit listed multiple times online before I applied for TSA PreCheck. Am I losing my mind? Was there a change in the benefits associated with the United Club Card (in which case I will complain to Chase)? Or was it, perhaps, a benefit that United would provide, but only while I maintained my Premier status (which has since lapsed)?

Any information would be appreciated!

mia

Welcome to Flyertalk. I moved your question into the Club card thread. I find no indication that this was ever a benefit of the card.

You may find this short thread helpful:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ck-credit.html

...and perhaps also this longer one:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...rs-2017-a.html

nomad420

I have held the same Club card for years. I thought it was a benefit years ago but has long been dropped. I think some of the AmEx cards still offer this but I don't hold any AmEx cards so not sure.

felicidad76

So, I have activated chase club card this morning. Is it possible to use it in the united club even though my club membership cars has not arrived. Could they look it up by my mileage number and see I have membership?

Anyone had any experiences to enter just with visa mileage club card?

Thanks

eeflyer

... I've heard that you can use the digital card to get into United clubs. It should show up in your United app sometime after approval.

Tazmania

Did anyone successfully got the United Club card a second time fee waived?

Canceled my card two month ago and offer with $450 waived is showing up again in my profile. Also business card is available with fee waiver.

Not sure though if that would work.

slivrflyr

I don’t foresee “needing” this card until next summer. What do you think about downgrading this to explorer (or a no af united card) and then reupgrading it next year when needed? Is this doable or does chase have some rule against re-upgrading the product within a time period or ever ? Thanks

eeflyer

New public offer for this card: 50,000 miles after $3000 in the first three months.

Could be useful depending on how you value 50,000 miles ($500 at $0.01/mile to up to $1000 at $0.02/mile) vs the first year free($450).

slivrflyr

Does it make sense to downgrade our card immediately and apply for this offer?
Rather than just paying the $450 af coming due

JA610

I have had the Chase United Club Card for years. I have tried to get my Hertz Gold membership upgraded to Hertz Presidents Circle based on the T/C with no success using the link on the United site. I have called Chase and they said it was a United problem United clames that it is a Hertz problem.
Here is the link: united.com/HertzChaseBenefit
Thanks in advance for everyone help and advice.

wco81

Does this offer lounge access that you don't already get with MP and *A Gold?

Trying to see the benefits over what you already get with MP Gold.

Free checked bags, waiver of some award change fees, some upgrades which would otherwise not be available to MP Gold?

So among these, the upgrades sound interesting but I'm guessing it just moves you a little higher in the queue, but not ahead of 1K elites, who also have difficulty getting CPUs out of hubs like SFO?