hiima

It's a very semi targeted offer. I haven't flown United since December, never had status, and I got the offer. Even have the no first year fee for club in my account.

shigomi

Breaking the lurking habit:

30k cleared yesterday, called in this morning and asked about matching to the 50k offer. (I actually signed up with the 50k offer through UA but it obviously didn't go through.) Rep was very helpful and said they'd add 20k more after a total of 2k spend; in other words, spend another 1k by the three month deadline. No complaints!

sound48

I applied yesterday. Not sure if it's because I'm semi targeted but the 30k offer showed up first after logging into my United account. changed the 3 to 5 in the address bar and the 50k offer showed up. Was approved after calling in to verify info from the app.

macboss

Hey guys,

So I went into my local Chase branch and they had the 50k miles personal card with $2k spending. I applied and got approved on the spot. They told me I can apply for the business card the next day.

Do you guys know the churning rules for Chase? Please elaborate.

Thanks,

ToneDaBass

This card still has a foreign transaction fee, correct?

mareh

I just got the 50K offer with 2K spending in my email this weekend. Unfortunately, I just applied for a Hyatt credit card 6 weeks ago. I was only eligible for the 30K UAL at that time. I wish now that I'd waited.

philemer

You might still be eligible for the 50K UA card. Apply & see. Chase is less strict on co-branded cards.

philemer

No. Check wiki for benies.

jacknyoc

mrs. jacknyoc applied today for the business version, with 50K after $2k spend. We like the earning options better than the personal card. her application is under review. rarely if ever happens to her. she was immediately approved early this year for Ink and last year for a Citi card. great credit. I'm usually the one who gets the review notice due to a flag we put on our credit a few years ago after a fraud attempt. we'll call in a day or so in hopes of moving things along. I wonder whether they're getting more picky, or whether having me as an authorized user flagged something this time?

jacknyoc

Notified today of approval (two days after application) via email. We were going to call today to follow up on application and try to get them to approve. Nicely done Chase.

delta spartan

If I was an authorized user on another persons explorer card within in the past year, would I still be eligible for the 50K mileage bonus?

pallhedge

Yes. Check the wiki for the only 2 disqualifying factors.

shonamac

I applied a couple of days ago for this card and although I have several other Chase cards (INK, IHG etc), I did not get an instant online approval but a screen telling me that they will send their decision and/or the card by US mail in 30 days.

Is there any way of knowing whether it has been approved and how much is the credit limit, prior to hearing from Mr. Postman?

Also, what is the best way to score the $25Kminimum purchase by 12/31, without being out of pocket by very much (i.e. charge, pay, refund or get the money back)

mike2200

Chase Credit Card
888-609-7805, 888-871-4649(Reconsiderations)
800-432-3117 (App status)
888-270-2127 (App recon)

sdsearch

There'a s whole forum for that:
In that forum, start with:
Refunds (back to the card, anyway) is not a good route. You could have your miles pulled, or at least by blacklisted by Chase for having tried to earn miles by making purchases and then doing refunds after the miles posted.

You need to get the cash-equivalents out in a way that Chase doesn't notice "glaringly" for it to work. That's why there are so many techniques to Manufactured Spending which are not all trivial to do. (Several of the simpler ones only work if you're reasonably near a Wal-Mart, as you may have to visit its Money Center often for that amount of spend. And most involve fees at some level, so you have to figure out how much you're willing to pay in fees to get whatever the $25k spend will give you.)