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May 24, 2013 | 12:33 am

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Originally Posted by Ragnarok

I am aware of that quality of the UR program.
I am just arguing that the earning rate of 1.4% ( corrected to reflect the bonus requires $25k spend ) is not so pathetic and that to match said earnings rate on a CSP will require one's Travel and dinning spend to be more than 35% of their total spend ( corrected to reflect the bonus level for the MP card )

And also that the MP Explorer provides higher protection benefits than the CSP does, which may make the UA MP card a better card (depending on how much importance one accord to said benefits )

Good analysis, thanks. For me though, Sapphire's still better, since virtually all my Sapphire spend is travel and dining. So I get much more value than I would on the Explorer (which I only use now for United tickets). I'm not the type to use purchase protection, so that benefit, while acknowledged, has no value to me.

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