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Old Apr 1, 2025 | 1:08 pm
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Originally Posted by Quiglemm
.....between us we have three additional United Chase Explorer cards – giving us six guest one-time passes annually.

We have been “gifting” these passes (which are of no use to us) to our family members when they are traveling without us.

Now the combination of increased fees plus loss of the ability to “gift” the one-time passes make these cards less attractive. In fact, I can’t think of a single reason why we should keep them.
DId you actively use the three cards? Could not 1 or 2 cards covered your purchasing activities?

I suspect Chase has found too many cardmembers are "sock drawering" the cards and just using the benefits but not generating the desire card revenues for Chase. Essentially the cards were not covering the cost of benefits.
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