Applied Jan 4th - got the "pending decision" message. I was planning on calling reconsideration dept today when I get a call from Chase.

"We see you have applied for the UA card - we cant give you any more credit but could we take $5K from another card?" Ofcourse, I said

I was fully expecting that I would have needed to close 1 or perhaps 2 cards - as I now have SIX active Chase cards:

1 Continental (no annual fee version)

2 Amtrak

3 Saphire

4 Freedom

5 Marriott

6 UA Explorer

Very pleased that I did not have to close the Continental as this card is about 7 years old.

While I dont see the UA card online yet, I can already see that the credit limit on my Amtrak is reduced by $5000, so that's the card they decided to pick to "steal" some credit from.

I also note in an email I received from Chase back in August 2011:

I am pleased to confirm that since the United MP Explorer product is a new product, you would not be denied the enrollment bonus if you previously held another United MP product.
No doubt this is mentioned in another thread, but thought it worthwhile to mention it here. So get your 50,000 miles for 1 purchase now - fab deal !!