TSMRSRNE got a (targeted?) flyer via postal mail for the United MileagePlus Explorer Card. Printed therein was the link below. She applied August 19 and received the card today. She previously had a MP Explorer card, but cancelled it more than a year ago to avoid the annual fee. She "should" get 55,000 bonus miles right off the bat. I'll let you know if she does.
Bonus Miles:
50,000 when you spend $1,000 in the first three months
5,000 for adding an authorized user
10,000 every calendar year you spend $25,000
As promised, I am reporting back.
Bonus miles have now posted to her MP account. There were 5000 bonus miles as expected because she added an authorized user: yours truly. (She did not yet meet the $1000 spend requirement, so we were not expecting the 50,000 bonus miles yet.) The problem, though, is how the 5000 bonus miles are identified. It says "First Use Miles Earned," but the flyer doesn't mention any such bonus. We expected it to be "Authorized User Bonus." Now maybe this is just a misnomer. Or maybe it's an unplublished bonus. Or maybe Chase doesn't know what's going on. We'll see next month.