Another 1k benefit going away -- $60 statement credit for MP Chase Credit Card
Mar 3, 2016, 10:13 pm
#62
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I said you couldn't "really" get the status any more. That means that for 99.99% of flyers, you can't get it. Yes, you theoretically can get it this way if you're living on UA aircraft. How many people have? A handful? It's like earning 1K status for 30 years.
Mar 3, 2016, 11:11 pm
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Did it somehow use to be easy to get 1K for life?
Mar 4, 2016, 12:28 am
#64
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You would be surprised how many 3 MM Lifetime flyers there are. The number of 4 MM Lifetime flyers is also on the rise. Last year alone, I am aware of 5 FT'ers (including me) who hit 4 MM. There are a lot of us who fly more than 100,000 miles per year. It doesn't necessarily take 30 years to hit 3 MM. A couple of years at 900,000 BIS will help get you there fast!
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Mar 4, 2016, 3:38 am
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DoctorofCredit did a post on this topic, which is how I heard about it. Below is my comment on his thread. I will probably cancel the card at my next anniversary if Chase does not offer me a retention bonus. Lately, my experience, along with my wife's, is that Chase isn't giving out many retention bonuses. Hopefully, we're just having a run of bad luck.
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Aw, I’m one of the few people who are hurt by the elimination of this credit.
Like most folks, I got the card for the sign-up bonus. But I’m also a lifetime 1K member (you can’t really earn this status anymore). So I’ve been paying the $95-$60=$35 annual fee for the ability to get on the upgrade list when I take UA North American coach award flights. For most 1Ks, including me, this is only a modest benefit. First, I don’t take a lot of domestic award flights — like most folks I usually redeem for int’l awards (although, occasionally, I take a domestic segment to the int’l hub). Second, getting on this list isn’t usually very valuable because UA tries its best to sell those upgrades to anyone who will pay anything. And if those FC seats are still unsold, you still get trumped by elites using coupons.
That said, about once a year, I do get a domestic upgrade on an award ticket thanks to this card. I don’t value that upgrade very highly, but I do value it at $35, and there’s certainly some “fun” in being eligible to play the game on a domestic award ticket. The problem is whether I’d pay $95 for this benefit. I probably would not — especially now that UA is improving the coach product for 1Ks (free food and drink for us). So it may be bye-bye UA Chase card. A shame.
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Aw, I’m one of the few people who are hurt by the elimination of this credit.
Like most folks, I got the card for the sign-up bonus. But I’m also a lifetime 1K member (you can’t really earn this status anymore). So I’ve been paying the $95-$60=$35 annual fee for the ability to get on the upgrade list when I take UA North American coach award flights. For most 1Ks, including me, this is only a modest benefit. First, I don’t take a lot of domestic award flights — like most folks I usually redeem for int’l awards (although, occasionally, I take a domestic segment to the int’l hub). Second, getting on this list isn’t usually very valuable because UA tries its best to sell those upgrades to anyone who will pay anything. And if those FC seats are still unsold, you still get trumped by elites using coupons.
That said, about once a year, I do get a domestic upgrade on an award ticket thanks to this card. I don’t value that upgrade very highly, but I do value it at $35, and there’s certainly some “fun” in being eligible to play the game on a domestic award ticket. The problem is whether I’d pay $95 for this benefit. I probably would not — especially now that UA is improving the coach product for 1Ks (free food and drink for us). So it may be bye-bye UA Chase card. A shame.
Mar 4, 2016, 5:14 am
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r this. There will not be any press release announcing this. Someone noticed it in the card benefit statement when applying for a UA-branded card. See post #1.
Mar 4, 2016, 7:31 am
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After the merger there were some former continental people who became lifetime 1Ks without having flown even 1 million miles! I believe the infinite elite people turned into lifetime 1ks
This wasn't a chase benefit. It was a UA benefit. I believe this thread would have been moved to chase forum if it was
This wasn't a chase benefit. It was a UA benefit. I believe this thread would have been moved to chase forum if it was
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Mar 4, 2016 at 6:02 pm Reason: merging consecutive posts by same member -- please use multi-quote
Mar 4, 2016, 3:24 pm
#68
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As a 1K, I quite liked holding onto the Explorer card. I kept it solely for the CPU on award ticket benefit.
After the $60 statement credit, I was spending $35 / year. I cleared 4 award CPUs last year and 3 of them were to/from Hawaii. $8 per upgrade isn't too bad
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I don't spend any money on the card though (I prefer Chase sapphire). Now that I'm based internationally (fewer domestic awards), and with the loss of the $60 statement, it's probably not worth holding onto this card. (Although it is nice to have a backup no fx-fee credit card at home, in case I lose my Chase sapphire and don't want to wait for a new card to be shipped to Japan...)
After the $60 statement credit, I was spending $35 / year. I cleared 4 award CPUs last year and 3 of them were to/from Hawaii. $8 per upgrade isn't too bad
. I don't spend any money on the card though (I prefer Chase sapphire). Now that I'm based internationally (fewer domestic awards), and with the loss of the $60 statement, it's probably not worth holding onto this card. (Although it is nice to have a backup no fx-fee credit card at home, in case I lose my Chase sapphire and don't want to wait for a new card to be shipped to Japan...)
Mar 4, 2016, 8:54 pm
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Another 1k benefit going away -- $60 statement credit for MP Chase Credit Card
If this was part of an overall de-emphasis of perks/bennies for CC holders in favor of BIS/$$ flyers, that would be something to applaud.
This is just a benefit cut though it appears.
This is just a benefit cut though it appears.
Mar 4, 2016, 11:44 pm
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Mar 5, 2016, 9:02 am
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Has anyone queried UA or Chase. Just because someone noticed it on the terms, does not mean that it does not apply to cardholders and 1ks...
Mar 5, 2016, 9:11 am
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Mar 27, 2016, 9:29 am
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Mar 27, 2016, 9:47 am
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(And it's good to know that they still do this for GS. One year I had to call and convince them that GS should get it too. Agent didn't quite get it at first.)