[Expired] July 31st – Last Day for Chase United MileagePlus Explorer Increased Bonus of up to 70,000 Miles + $50 (Recheck To See If You’re Targeted)

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Update: Expiry date is now July 31st, 2017. It seems when Chase extends the expiry date new people are also targeted for the offer so worth checking to see if that applies to you.

Update, April 4: Chase has extended the offer yet again to April 30, so I’m republishing yet again… (Be sure to re-check whether you are targeted.)
Update, March 21: this post was originally published on March 16, when the offer was set to end March 31. I have updated the post and have republished it because Chase has extended the offer again, to April 15.

Following up on some comments on Will’s post from yesterday, the increased offer on the United MileagePlus Explorer is available until April 15, 2017.

According to my e-mail records, the offer was originally set to expire February 28 (e-mail dated Feb. 7), then March 15 (e-mail dated Feb. 21), then March 31 (e-mail dated Mar. 7), then April 15 (e-mail dated Mar. 21), and now April 30 (e-mail dated Apr. 4).  It looks like other readers got e-mails at the same time. You’ll notice that these e-mails are all 14 days apart—so it may be worth waiting until April 18 to see if the offer is extended again! (note: this originally said March 21 and Chase has now extended the offer four times, so it could very well happen again.)

It’s unknown if the public offer of 50,000 miles + $50 statement credit will disappear when the 70,000 miles offer ends, but I’d consider that a good bet.

As reader Zorba mentions, the refreshes on this offer means it’s probably worth checking if you’re targeted even if you weren’t targeted previously.

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The Offer

These direct links require you to be targeted & logged in to your United account: 70,000 + $5070,000. Though I’m targeted, I haven’t been able to get those links to work, for some reason. These direct links do work for me: 70,000 + $5070,000 (pulled from the ads I see when logging in to my United account).

  • 70,000 bonus miles after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months your account is open. Plus, earn a $50 Statement Credit after your first purchase.
  • If you’re targeted for the 70,000 miles offer, you should be able to get the $50 statement credit by doing a dummy booking.
  • If none of the links work, check your e-mail or log in to your United account and see if you’re targeted.

United 70k – March 31

Our Verdict

Same as always. 70,000 miles is the best signup bonus Chase has offered on this card, and it’s certainly worth going for. There are several things to keep in mind, though.

First, even if you’re targeted by e-mail or physical mail, this card is subject to the 5/24 rule (which makes it mutually exclusive with some other 5/24 Chase cards, some of which have a signup bonus that you may value more than 70,000 United miles). Second,  in-branch pre-approvals for the United MileagePlus Explorer are possible and do bypass 5/24, but the offer is for 50,000 miles + $50 statement credit and DPs are scant as to whether Chase will match to 70,000 miles (let us know if you try!) (reader irshad was successful matching from an online application).

Edit: Originally, I incorrectly stated that the annual fee is waived on the 50,000 miles offer. That is not the case for the personal card, though it is for the business card (but the business card does not have a generally available 70,000 miles offer). Apologies for the error. 

Those caveats aside (and they don’t apply to anywhere near everyone), this is a great offer and I’d certainly be going for it if I weren’t well over 5/24.

If you’re thinking of applying, make sure to read these things everybody should know about Chase first.

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John Wilcox
John Wilcox (@guest_470170)
September 1, 2017 21:10

Please, someone tell me how to get the card and the 60,000 miles
John Wilcox

ameli0rate
ameli0rate (@guest_470736)
September 3, 2017 09:52

If it’s a targeted offer, you wait and see. Some people have said that you get targeted by using the app etc., but I had no luck with that. I did apply for the card even with just the 50K miles, 6K miles additional for AU, which I did. The card came to my address with the AU’s name, but it’s the same number and lands directly in my bill, so that’s easy money.

John Wilcox
John Wilcox (@guest_470167)
September 1, 2017 21:08

I just 2 days ago received a 60,000 bonus offer by a large folding card in the mail. I am ready to spend the 3,000 now, but when I log in to UnitedExplorerCard.com/Apply7, for two days I am only getting “join for 50,000 bonus miles”.

shamoosh
shamoosh (@guest_448590)
July 28, 2017 14:27

applied 3 weeks ago. got approved and got the card just last week. i kept getting 50k last month then suddenly received an email early this month for the 70k but haven heard of $50 statement credit. will let you know updates after im done with 3k purchases..

ameli0rate
ameli0rate (@guest_448717)
July 28, 2017 16:57

I downgraded my MPE last month and then applied for it again to get the 70K just a week ago.

HOWEVER, the mail-hold during my vacation went well, the post office pitched all my mail, so I called to have them resend the downgrade card, and the next morning for my application, I only got the 50K offer.

After an SM to Chase, they said it had no impact and I was only approved for the 50K. I mean, I don’t think I imagined having 70K for 4 weeks until getting a reissued card.

Alas, 50K and $50 SC will work fine for me, but the additional 20K would have been nice.

I haven’t received the card yet, but I have things planned for the $3K spend (vacation, I’ll pay for all the tickets and friends repay me for their part).

ameli0rate
ameli0rate (@guest_444556)
July 22, 2017 10:47

Does anyone have a screenshot of the 70000 and $50 statement credit that they can post up? I keep getting the 50K offer instead after having gotten the 70K offer all up until yesterday.

I thought that maybe I could apply for the 50K and then SM customer service and get them to match the 70K. A screenshot would be helpful.

Marco
Marco (@guest_441304)
July 17, 2017 13:42

The statement credit is triggered by any purchase?

Scott
Scott (@guest_426909)
June 24, 2017 23:56

A technical question about the “no bonus within 24 months of previous bonus” rule: I had the United card in June 2015, and got the bonus (50k) in mid August 2015. So according to the rule, would Chase not approve my application at all if I apply for the 70k+$50 offer at the end of July? I’m targeted when I checked via the link and I’m also under 5/24, so am really tempted to try.

William Charles
Admin
June 25, 2017 07:01

They will approve you whenever you want, but you won’t get the bonus unless you apply after mid august 2017. You need to wait 24 months since you last received the bonus.

Pete
Pete (@guest_427119)
June 25, 2017 15:17

I’d try searching on r/churning — imagine some data points of this.

Maybe one has to be a bit creative. Say, during a July 31st application, if a piece of personal information is mistyped (e.g. digit of SSN/house number is off) and Chase puts the application into review. They deny you with a letter come first week of August for some identity verification sanfu. You call in a week later to recon and ask what’s going on, correct the error, and get approved — with the terms of the 70k offer as originally applied under 🙂

Apple
Apple (@guest_422587)
June 18, 2017 01:24

Will I be qualify if I’m right on 5/24? Or do I have to be under 5/24 in order to receive the sign up bonus? Does AU account/cards count toward 5/24? thanks.

Jim
Jim (@guest_422624)
June 18, 2017 03:40

Highly unlikely on being at 5/24. If you’re at or over 5/24, you’ll likely just be denied and not need to worry about receiving the bonus.

Non-business card AU accounts will count towards 5/24, but recon will likely let you get away with it — might consider calling up the card issuer to remove the AU account from credit bureau reports ahead of time.

apple
apple (@guest_424188)
June 20, 2017 16:20

Hi,

I have 2 amex AU accounts, I contacted Amex via chat to remove AU account from my credit report, but rep said unable to do it without cancelling the AU account. I thought even by cancelling/closing the account, the AU account will still show on my credit report.

What are the wording I should say to Amex? or the amex chat rep is just clueless?

thanks

NinjaX
NinjaX (@guest_422559)
June 18, 2017 00:18

the number of people who qualify for this offer without being pre-approved is quite alarming…

Norm
Norm (@guest_422319)
June 17, 2017 10:30

Any more DPs on whether or not inflight applications will bypass 5/24? Also, is the in-air offer different than the 50k offered in-branch or 70k offered online?

William Charles
Admin
June 17, 2017 22:03

It looks like they don’t currently

Yet Another Redditor
Yet Another Redditor (@guest_416196)
June 6, 2017 22:59

Posted on r/churning https://www.reddit.com/r/churning/comments/6fl2ev/daily_discussion_thread_june_06_2017/dijhmwy/ and adding it here too

This is the direct link to United MPE 70K + $50 https://www.theexplorercard.com/MPExplorerICSpecialOffer?cell=9SQ&int_source=loyalty&mode=d&int_medium=uacom2&int_campaign=explorer_70k50promo217_hotlist&alm=17963&int_content=70k_50&partner_category=cc&partner_name=chase_acq&asset_position=ftsdt&promo_code=cell_9sq&targeting=hotlist&launch_date=2017-02-01

It will prompt you to authenticate your United account and then show you the offer.

Alternatively, 1st log into United account and then paste this link into that window. The URL eventually resolves to https://www.theexplorercard.com/70k50IC but click on this link directly will only show you the 50K offer.

Reverend
Reverend (@guest_444367)
July 21, 2017 23:47

Crap. So I downgraded my MPE card last month and *this very morning* I had the full 70k50IC offer available.
Right now the offer is the 50K offer instead! Same expiration of 7/31.

Major bummer missing out on 20K miles like that. I need to poke around to see if I can call/do something to get the full 70K miles.

Lily
Lily (@guest_449315)
July 30, 2017 07:27

No dice, your link still gives $50k offer, both options produce same result.