Originally Posted by
worldwidedreamer
The Mrs. is a lifetime UC member and PP cardholder who had been paying $100/year for many years. She received a letter in the mail today indicating that her new annual fee would be $600/year. I have not received a letter. At that price point we will probably cancel the card, and significantly reduce our UA flying. We have the JP Morgan Reserve card which has much better earning, and can be converted into United...and rarely check bags.
Assuming this was not sent in error, do any other United cards make sense as a transition?
I'm in the same position as your Mrs. -- but I've not received the letter you describe. As a 2mm UA flyer with a lifetime club membership I'd probably consider the $150/year explorer card ($50 after a $100 rebate). It might be worth it to me for that rebate, the 25% in-flight purchase rebate (only for WiFi until Starlink) and the 10,000 RDM discount. But otherwise, I already have all the benefits and even the two lounge entries are almost completely w
rthless to me. Now I'm not looking forward to going to the mailbox...