Chase/UA offer: spend $2000, get 2000 bonus miles (ends Dec 31)
Nov 15, 2019, 3:41 pm
#1
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Chase/UA offer: spend $2000, get 2000 bonus miles (ends Dec 31)
Via email for my UA Select Visa:
T&C:
1To be eligible for this bonus offer, you click the button in this email or log on to united.com/holidaymiles referenced in this offer and enroll by December 15, 2019, 11:59 p.m. CT. You will qualify for and receive your bonus if you make Purchases with your credit card that total an amount at or above the specified target amount referenced in your email or mailer during the promotional period. Purchases posted to your account with a transaction date during the offer period are eligible for this offer. Delays by the merchant, such as shipping, could extend the transaction date beyond the offer period. Please allow 6–8 weeks after the promotion ends on December 31, 2019, for bonus miles to post to your MileagePlus account. Bonus Miles will post directly to your MileagePlus account and will not appear on your credit card statement. ("Purchases" do not include balance transfers, cash advances, travelers checks, foreign currency, money orders, wire transfers or similar cash-like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, or fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable.) To qualify for this bonus offer, account must be open and not in default at the time of fulfillment. Credit card product changes during the promotional period will forfeit this bonus offer. This promotional offer is non-transferable and applies only to the account ending in the last 4 digits referenced in this offer. United and MileagePlus are registered service marks. Miles accrued, awards, and benefits issued are subject to the rules of the United MileagePlus program. Taxes and fees related to award travel are the responsibility of the passenger. Additional terms may apply. For additional details of the MileagePlus Program, go to united.com.
T&C:
1To be eligible for this bonus offer, you click the button in this email or log on to united.com/holidaymiles referenced in this offer and enroll by December 15, 2019, 11:59 p.m. CT. You will qualify for and receive your bonus if you make Purchases with your credit card that total an amount at or above the specified target amount referenced in your email or mailer during the promotional period. Purchases posted to your account with a transaction date during the offer period are eligible for this offer. Delays by the merchant, such as shipping, could extend the transaction date beyond the offer period. Please allow 6–8 weeks after the promotion ends on December 31, 2019, for bonus miles to post to your MileagePlus account. Bonus Miles will post directly to your MileagePlus account and will not appear on your credit card statement. ("Purchases" do not include balance transfers, cash advances, travelers checks, foreign currency, money orders, wire transfers or similar cash-like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, or fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable.) To qualify for this bonus offer, account must be open and not in default at the time of fulfillment. Credit card product changes during the promotional period will forfeit this bonus offer. This promotional offer is non-transferable and applies only to the account ending in the last 4 digits referenced in this offer. United and MileagePlus are registered service marks. Miles accrued, awards, and benefits issued are subject to the rules of the United MileagePlus program. Taxes and fees related to award travel are the responsibility of the passenger. Additional terms may apply. For additional details of the MileagePlus Program, go to united.com.
Nov 15, 2019, 7:29 pm
#4
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Posts: 6,285
I also got 750/$3000. A 25% mile bonus, are you kidding me? Doesn't even make the card competitive with 2% CB. It's like UA is trolling to see how cheaply we can be bought. My card's staying firmly in the sock drawer.
Nov 15, 2019, 10:00 pm
#5
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I’d move some everyday otherwise unbonused spend to my card if I didn’t have to reach $2k to get any bonus. That is unlikely unless I put my estimated taxes on it. Doesn’t seem worth it.
Nov 16, 2019, 8:32 pm
#11
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: PDX, OGG or between the two
Programs: AS 75K
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Yeah, Chase must think we have all lost our minds (and our calculators). I just got an email with an offer to redeem my points for 80% of their normal value with Amazon purchases. That's 80% of the value if I just redeemed for cash. Barely over 50% what I can redeen the points for with booking travel through Chase. I guess trying to capture the market segment of total stupidity is a decent business plan..... I'm sure it looked good on a pie chart from the new bean counter in the board meeting.
Nov 29, 2019, 5:30 am
#14
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: NY
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This is United’s own fault.
After many years of using a UA card I stopped using it about three months ago. I now use a Chase Reserve and love it.
My wife signed up for the Chase business unlimited Ink and stopped using her UA card.
This is the incentive UA comes back with? Spend $3,500 for 2K miles? As others have said, what a joke.
As one article stated, “"There wasn’t anything the United card was doing for me that the Chase Sapphire Reserve couldn’t,” Al Sanzari told the Journal.”
After many years of using a UA card I stopped using it about three months ago. I now use a Chase Reserve and love it.
My wife signed up for the Chase business unlimited Ink and stopped using her UA card.
This is the incentive UA comes back with? Spend $3,500 for 2K miles? As others have said, what a joke.
As one article stated, “"There wasn’t anything the United card was doing for me that the Chase Sapphire Reserve couldn’t,” Al Sanzari told the Journal.”
Nov 29, 2019, 11:56 pm
#15
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: SEA
Programs: Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 1,947
$2000 for 2k. Annual spend ~10k. Since I'm getting 2x on grocery store purchases, between normal grocery shopping and GCs (which Safeway is now giving 10x J4U points on this week), this should be easy to clear.
Long credit history on this card, or else it would have been retired long ago.
Long credit history on this card, or else it would have been retired long ago.