United Mileageplus Explorer card coming to Canada?
Jan 28, 2014, 1:40 pm
#31
Join Date: Aug 2010
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Haven't heard a thing. Given the plethora of cards in the Canadian market, UA MP's absence is strikingly conspicuous. It would almost make you wonder if something anti-competitive was going on.
Feb 3, 2014, 9:17 am
#33
Join Date: Feb 2005
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If they bring the Chase United MileagePlus Club Visa that is available in the U.S. to Canada, I shall apply for one.
Feb 4, 2014, 1:08 am
#34
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If they bring the Chase United MileagePlus Club Visa that is available in the U.S. to Canada, I shall apply for one.
Oct 24, 2014, 11:12 am
#37
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Canada
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Oct 24, 2014, 11:29 am
#38
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: WAS
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott Titanium, Nexus, GE
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I haven't heard any rumours of a United card, but Marriott did open a Canadian rewards card. I quite like it as it has no foreign exchange fees and gives you Cat 1-5 certs which is marginally less useful than the cat 1-4 certs you get with the American one.
Oct 24, 2014, 12:32 pm
#39
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Come to think of it, is there ANY * A member with an affiliated card in Canada? Unless I'm forgetting any, I can't think of one.
Oct 24, 2014, 4:22 pm
#40
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Canada
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Oct 24, 2014, 9:11 pm
#41
Join Date: Nov 2011
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-They'd be competing with AC
-I don't think collecting UA is worth it as in many cases AC is better.
That's why I said "I think." I never said it as fact, but rather, opinion.
Nov 26, 2014, 1:23 pm
#42
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Programs: United MileagePlus Silver, Nexus, Global Entry
Posts: 8,798
I'm one of them.
So it would be nice if there was a UA card in Canada so we could put our credit card-spend earnings and flight earnings into one bucket.
Nov 27, 2014, 1:27 pm
#43
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: YWG
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So tired of seeing the Chase MP Explorer pamphlet in the seat-pocket, with the bewitching Cardmember Stacy R. beckoning me to enjoy the delights of this wonderful credit card and the generous bonuses that come with it, only to be denied because I live on the wrong side of the 49th.
Nov 27, 2014, 1:40 pm
#44
Join Date: Oct 2002
Programs: United Premier 1K
Posts: 1,230
Since Chase Canada offers variants of the Chase US Marriott and Amazon cards, one would think it wouldn't be that difficult for them to release a United card in Canada if they felt there was a market for it. (I'm sure the fixed costs of introducing a new card product are not small, but given that Chase already has a credit card issuing infrastructure in Canada I would have suspected that there would be enough of a demand that it could be justified).
(Of course, if the card's introduction would mean PQD requirements for Canadian residents (with a credit card spend waiver), then it would definitely be a mixed blessing!)
(Of course, if the card's introduction would mean PQD requirements for Canadian residents (with a credit card spend waiver), then it would definitely be a mixed blessing!)
Nov 27, 2014, 1:43 pm
#45
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It has to be because of some sort of handshake deal with AC. I mean, non-Canadian airlines with a far, far smaller marketshare than UA have credit cards available here, so that tells you something.