There is a higher bonus of 75k miles + $50 available, also YMMV. Or there is a public link for 55k miles.
The Offer
Direct link to offer [need to sign into your MileagePlus account, some people will only see a 30,000 or 50,000 offer]
- Receive a sign up bonus of 70,000 United miles when you sign up for the Chase MileagePlus Explorer card and spend $3,000 or more within the first threee months.
- Add an authorized user and receive an additional 5,000 United miles after they make their first purchase
Card Benefits
- Offer valid until June 30th, 2016
- Annual fee of $95 is not waived the first year
- Free first checked bag
- Priority boarding
- 2 United Club Passes each year
- Earns at the following rate:
- 2x miles on all tickets purchased from United
- 1x miles on all other purchases
- Comes with EMV chip
- Not eligible if you’ve received the sign up bonus within the past 24 months
Our Verdict
We suspected this deal would be coming. Previous best deal on this card has been 55,000 miles + $50 statement credit with the $95 annual fee waived. In this case you’re getting 20,000 more miles but also paying an additional $145 for those miles, which make this deal less attractive than it seems at first (although still better than the previous deal). If you’ve recently applied for this card with a smaller bonus, you should be able to get matched to this higher sign up bonus. (See this post where we wrote more about this.)
We think Chase’s 5/24 application rules now apply to this card, but we aren’t sure if semi targeted offers like this are included or not. Please share your data points in the comments. Also please read these 22 things everybody should know about Chase credit cards before applying or asking common questions in the comments.
Hat tip to reader jnrfalcon &Â mileague on /r/churning
