The Offer
No direct link to offer, shows up when doing a dummy booking.
- Chase United Explorer is offering a bonus of $250 statement credit after your first purchase and 35,000 miles after $2,000 in spend within three months. The annual fee of $95 is also waived for the first year.
Card Details
- Annual fee of $95 is waived first year
-  Chase 5/24 rule applies to this card
- 25% off in flight purchases when using your card (including WiFi and food/beverages)
- $100 Global Entry/TSA PreCheck credit
- Card earns at the following rates:
- 2 miles per $1 spend with United Airlines, restaurant and hotel purchases
- 1 mile per $1 spend on all other purchases
- 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
Our Verdict
Standard offer is 40,000 miles. You can currently get 60,000 miles with a slightly higher spend requirement of $3,000. This is basically just $250 instead of 25,000 extra miles. Normally I’d say that almost everybody would prefer the miles, but given the current market conditions some people might prefer to bank some cash and still earn some miles at the same time. Most people won’t be eligible due to the 5/24 rule.
Hat tip to reader Jim S
