United MileagePlus Club Card, 1st Year Annual Fee Waived, Tied to United Status?
 

I've benefited incredibly from this forum and all the people on it, and I want to try and do my part to give back.

The current promotion that is going around is that the United MileagePlus Club Card has a $95 statement credit for the $395 fee. However, I came across an offer for the first year waived.

I stumbled across this an hour ago and have been trying to replicate the exact steps to get the offer to show up. I found another poster who managed to find the same offer as well on the United forum. As far as I know, it's possibly tied to either status with United or having a previous MileagePlus Explorer card. YMMV but see if it works on your end. I started off with a fresh browser and everything logged off (e.g. Chase, United, etc.):

1) Log into your United MileagePlus account via united.com
2) Click on the following link: https://www.theexplorercard.com/MPCl...rce=navigation

I clicked through to the application and there's no explicit mention of the fee waiver, so if applying I fully recommend screen-shotting everything in case an issue does arise. I can only access this link after logging in to United, so I believe this is status linked.

UPDATE: Must have status with United.
UPDATE #2: For those having trouble, others have had success clearing their browser cache and logging into Chase first before clicking on the link. Sometimes multiple clicks may be required, but it worked perfectly the way I mentioned above. One FTer found language of the fee waiver in the "Pricing and Terms" of the application.

Welcome to FT!

I attempted to make this work on my end but it was a no go. It has to be an elite thing as I was able to get the 60k+$50 semi targeted offer after logging in. Sounds like a good deal though!

Do you mind posting a screenshot of where it says fee waived?

Update:

Logged in with my personal account (had previous card, no status) - No waiver
Logged in with my Dad's account (not sure if he had car, lifetime gold) - Waiver

This is the screenshot:

http://i.imgur.com/Gv7Ev.png?1

Anyone know if authorized users of this card get the same benefit?

2p here. I get the offer with first year free. Now I don't know if I want to apply for that or the Explorer 50k in my next batch. I expect the Explorer bonus will still be at least 40k when I'm ready for another go, so I might do this. Thanks!

worked for me exactly after following op's instructions. i'm premier silver if it makes a difference.

is there any consensus on what makes this card worth it for the long run? meaning you'd pay future $400 membership fees.

Interesting...Did not work for me but I did see the banner momentarily this morning when I was on united.com. However, when I came back to the UA web site later on in the day, I was unable to reproduce this and am now really disappointed... I am Silver Premier.

This worked for me....
 

I was able to get the Annual Fee Waived offer but it required also logging into my chase account. First, sign into chase, then go to united.com (same window), sign in to united.com (view an itinerary to make sure it's really signed in, sometimes cookies leave you in this not quite signed in state), then paste the URL from this thread. Now it will take you to the explorer card member site. Paste the URL from this thread again and it should take you to the fee waived club card page.

I applied, but of course I'm going to have to go through the reconsideration line, two or three too many chase cards... :rolleyes:

christian

Already covered here
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/credi...tial-plus.html
If you can spend 100k a year from business spend,
you get 50k miles extra = worth an easy 750-1000$

The fee waiver is stated in the "Pricing & Terms" sections after you click the "Apply Now" button (which does not submit an application until you fill everything out)

It could be worth it, if you go to the Club at least 8 times, especially if you bring a guest in. What is nice about the card is that it basically gives you Silver status (2 Checked Bags, Premier Access) without (bonus miles on flights,upgrades, and waitlisting priority of course) which I have not seen the latter two frequently anyways. Plus E+ is virtually non-existant for Silvers traveling from hub to hub, and hub to spoke. :rolleyes:

Aha, worked for me only after I logged in United.com, logged into Chase, THEN clicked the link in OP.

I'm a 1K with UC membership and the MP Explorer (grr! CO card converted! Idiot not to cancel...) and the old United Select (Which gives 3 mi/$ spent on UA! Love that card!).

ETA: Grrr... Chase's site is down right now. I was going to send an SM to Chase asking for the 60k UA Explorer bonus because they switched me without my permission, plus I'm a loyal customer that spent $50k on the UA card last year and $xxk on Chase cards, etc. I'll let you guys know how it goes when Chase.com comes back up.

Woah...took a bit of fumbling and closing/opening browser windows but it works. I'm a 1K with 2 Chase UA cards, Sapphire Preferred, and literally yesterday signed up for the 80K bonus points IHG Priority Club Visa. Probably will get declined on this one hah. Great find OP!

Nice find but didn't work for me (don't have status on United). I'll forward it to my friend who's platinum with them though. Thanks!

Thank you OP. Great share. Worked for me in Safari...

1) cleared cache
2) logged into United (verified by viewing itinerary)
3) clicked link above
3a) the first time, it re-linked to a generic page
3b) closed that window and clicked again... viola
4) On the application page under annual fee it explicitly states first year free then $395

Awesome! This brightened a dark day in San Diego (it's sunny here, but I just filed taxes)

United MileagePlus Club Card, 1st Year $395 Annual Fee Waived
 

I was in the United Club at SFO on March 31. They had brochures at the United Club ticketing counter with the 1st Year $395 Annual Fee Waived Offer if you use the personal invitation code inside the brochure and apply for the card by May 31, 2012.

Cleared Cache did it for me! Thanks w0r1dtrave1er!

I had to do it two times, but I got the offer. The first time was the Explorer card, which I already have 2 of, since they converted my CO card to Explorer.

I doubt I'd get approved if I applied, since I have 4 Chase cards right now.

I doubt I'd get approved if I applied, since I have 4 Chase cards right now.[/QUOTE]


I have 6 personal and 1 biz Chase Cards.....I think it has to do with how often you apply and your credit and relationship history with Chase.

I have 6 personal and 1 biz Chase Cards.....I think it has to do with how often you apply and your credit and relationship history with Chase.[/QUOTE]

Applied for the Chase IHG Priority Club 80K points promo on Friday and the Club card yesterday...immediately approved for the IHG card but the Club card is pending...probably will get declined as I already have two UA cards and two months ago month signed up for the Chase Sapphire 50K promo.

I had to be logged into UA and Chase for it to appear. Now the wrinkle for me is that I want to upgrade my Explorer Card to the Club card and still get the annual fee waived.

This works for me. I am debating whether I want this though. With my current travel load (low this year), I am waiting for the explorer card sign up bonus to go up. Does anyone think they will give 75k miles or higher?

Instantly approved for me. 7-10 days for Sapphire Preferred. Gonna call the reconsideration line tomorrow. Edit: Painless approval of the SP as well. Now I gotta calm down with cc apps for a while.

Thanks, OP!

Thanks so much, OP!

I already have Premier status and just got the Explorer card a couple months ago (plus the Marriott and Priority Club cards late last year), but I guess it can't hurt [much] to apply since I do plan to travel United a fair amount this year. Given the delays I've had to endure so far this year alone it would be nice to be able to check out the lounge.

This worked
 

Thank you for this clarification, this was only way I could see the $395 credit.

Thanks OP! Worked for me exactly as in the last post.

I logged out of UA. Emptied cache. Logged into Chase, then UA. DIDN't work. Logged out of both, then logged into UA. Worked!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29004972/Scr...29.05%20AM.png

Can anyone confirm if this offer is only eligible to United elites? Any non-Elites able to get the annual fee waived?

Forgot to mention that I am Premier Plat.

Received the card today. Called to activate, and let the agent go over the benefits with me. He said I'll get 10k miles after my first purchase. I didn't see that benefit in any of the stuff on the application or that I received in the mail, but it's a nice bonus. :)

Also asked about authorized users and club access. He said it was tied to the MP # not the credit card, so if they're not traveling with the primary card holder, no access.

Shoot! I was there the same weekend, but didn't look at the brochures. I won't fly SFO again until end of May.

If anyone will have access to a brochure and can PM me the code, I'd really appreciate it and will pay it forward. Thanks!

I followed these instructions, and it worked perfectly on my end. While enrolling online, a page comes up that confirms the waive of first year fee. Note that I could not get the first year free offer until I followed these instructions and logged into Chase first.

After logging into United and checking on my reservations, I noticed that sometimes there were small ads in the upper corner of the page that advertised the 1st year free United Club Card. That might be another way to access the application.

I also see the United Club Card offer in the top right hand corner when I go the the Credit Cards page of united.com. On the front page I only get the free Explorer Card offer.

If someone has a spare brochure with an unused invite code, I would also love getting one.

Thanks in advance!

I too would appreciate a code for the first year free. Thank you.

Edit: I don't need it anymore as I have received a code. Thanks again HankAAFlyer.

Got this to work.


Opened a Chrome Incognito browser.
Signed into united.com
Signed into chase.com
Clicked link.
Instantly approved!

Thanks, OP.

access code?
 

Might anyone have an extra access code they could pm me? I won't be at the airport for a few more weeks and this would help. Thanks to everyone as I have found these threads quite useful and look forward to contributing as I'm fairly new to the site.

For those of you looking for a code, simply pick up the brochure the next time you walk by a UAL Club. They had a stack when I was in Chicago over the weekend, although you had to specifically ask for one, as they were kept behind the counter. During a connection in Denver, both clubs were out of the brochures, but said that more should be coming in.

Given that you are all frequent flyers, simply stop by a club during your next flight. If you don't fly that often, why bother taking the ding to your FICO score just for the sake of having the card. You might then be better off with the Explorer card that comes with the 40K+/- mile enrollment bonus, in addition to two club passes.

Out of curiosity, has any non-elite called Chase and asked for the no annual fee promo?