Update 10/7/23: Deal is back.
Update 2/25/21: Deal is back and valid until May 5, 2021.
The Offer
- Chase is offering up to 75,000 miles on the United Business card after $5,000 within the first three months
Card Details
- Annual fee of $99 waived first year
- $100 annual United travel after 7 United flight purchases over $100
- 25% back on United inflight purchases
- Card earns at the following rates:
- Earn 2 miles per $1 spent on purchases at restaurants, gas stations, and office supply stores.
- Earn 2 miles per $1 spent on local transit and commuting, including taxicabs, mass transit, tolls, and ride share services
- Earn 2 miles per $1 spent on tickets purchased from United.
- Earn 1 mile per $1 spent on all other purchases.
- 5,000 bonus miles each card anniversary when you have both the United Business card and a personal United credit card
- Last seat availability
- Miles don’t expire
- Free checked bag when you pay with card (for 2 people)
- Priority boarding
- 2 Club passes per year
- No FX fees
- 5/24 rule applies to this card
Our Verdict
Previously we saw a 100,000 miles offer, but that required an additional $5,000 in spend and the annual fee was not waived. This might be a better option for some people due to the lower spend requirement, but most people will be better off waiting for a 100,000 mile offer to return. Keep in mind 5/24 rule does apply to this card, but Chase business cards do not report to your personal credit report so this card won’t be added to your 5/24 total. I won’t be adding this to our list of the best business credit card bonuses because the 100,000 mile offer was so recent.
its down to 50k today 11/20/2023
The expiration date of this deal has changed. It was Nov 30, but now: Offer ends 11/8/2023
A little food for thought: If just churning this for United miles and not the other card benefits, the Chase ink cash/unlimited for 90k might be a better value. If you have an ink or Sapphire that grants you points transfer, you can slide the 90k bonus over to your United acct for 90k United miles. $6k spend vs $5k but worth it for me for the extra 15k pts.
Other United card benefits like free checked bags and United Club passes make the card a little more attractive if you fly on United more often, of course.
You might have overlooked that the UA card has the annual fee waived the 1st year. For comparison to UA, let’s say the Ink is really 90k – $95 = ~80,500 points. Plus if you qualify for the UA anniversary bonus next year, the renewal is effectively $45. It depends what you want for benefits really. Having said that, UA destroyed their award prices for routes I want personally, but partner awards may still work.
The ink cards he referred to have no annual fee.
You’re right! Somehow I had Ink Preferred stuck in my head.
United award redemption sucks 180k points for one way business class award redemption 🤦♂️
That is why this game is dying. You’ll never read that on points-and-miles blogs.
United isn’t as good as some other programs, but their award taxes and fees are usually lower than others, and I’ve been able to get good value for my miles compared to cash prices. If you’re patient, you can find long-haul one-way business awards for under 100k and long-haul economy for under 40k. I currently have both types of awards booked for my family of 4, with only about $50 in fees per ticket.
You can redeem partner airlines Biz classes around 120K, harder to find seat but not impossible
I want the 150k offer back.
This is showing on referrals for extra 10k if playing in two player mode
Didn’t they have 150k once on this and when the points were worth twice as much
Is this card churnable?
It’s live again with waived annual fee
annual fee not waived anymore.
it’s live again