United Explorer Card and balance transfers for min spend limit?
 

I recently got the 50,000 point offer on the United Explorer card form Visa in the mail. The terms are the same that people have been seeing, but it had a $2k spend limit in 2 months (as opposed to $1k).

I'm trying to trim back expenses and don't want to do the gift card churn, so I was wondering, would a balance transfer count? The reason I ask is my Virgin America Elevate card is my primary card, and I'm about to book a lot of flights on it which should be somewhere about $1200. Assuming I pay it off immediately after I balance transfer I'll get the double bang with the additional Virgin points and then get me more than halfway there with United card.

United Explorer Card and balance transfers for min spend limit?
 

Look at the fine print , rules normally say balance transfer doesn't count , also you would be hit with a 3% on that amount