United Explorer Card 85K Bonus
Chase and United Airlines have launched a new welcome bonus for the United Explorer Card. You can now earn a bonus of up to 85,000 miles which is the highest ever offered on this card. However, the annual fee is not waived. Check out the details of this United Explorer Card 85K bonus below.
Signup Bonus
- Earn up to 85,000 bonus miles:
- Earn 80,000 bonus miles after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months your account is open.
- Plus, earn 5,000 bonus miles after you add an authorized user to your account in the first 3 months.
- Annual Fee: $95 (not waived)
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This is an in-flight offer and the extra 5,000 miles require a 6 or 7-character promotional code from a United representative. If you don’t have a code, you can enter 999999.
Eligibility
This card product is available to you if you do not have this card and have not received a new Cardmember bonus for this card in the past 24 months. It is also subject to the Chase 5/24 rule.
Card Details
- Earn:
- 2X miles per $1 spent on:
- United purchases
- hotel stays when booked with the hotel
- dining including eligible delivery services
- 1X mile per $1 spent on all other purchases
- 2X miles per $1 spent on:
- Up to $100 Global Entry, TSA PreCheck® or NEXUS fee credit
- Two United Club one-time passes per year
- Earn 25 PQP for every $500 you spend, up to 1,000 PQP in a calendar year.
- Free first checked bags for you and a companion.
- Priority boarding
- 25% back on United inflight and Club premium drink purchases.
- No blackout dates for MileagePlus members booking award flights on United.
- No foreign transaction fees
- Exclusive Cardmember benefits with Luxury Hotel & Resort Collection
- Travel and purchase protection benefits.
- One-year complimentary DashPass. Activate by 12/31/24.
About United MileagePlus Program
MileagePlus is United Airlines’ frequent flyer loyalty program. When you pay for a tickets on United Airlines, or its airline partners and its Star Alliance partners, you will earn MileagePlus miles. There are also several other options to earn miles, such as using a Chase United MileagePlus credit card, transferring points from Chase Ultimate Rewards, the MileagePlus Shopping mall, dining and more. If you’re not familiar with the program, here are a few things worth knowing:
- United MileagePlus miles are worth about 1.2 cents each.
- MileagePlus miles can be used for flights on United Airlines, on Star Alliance airlines and airline partners.
- The miles you’ll earn for a flight are based on the price of the ticket and your MileagePlus status. A basic member earn 5 miles per $1, and with higher status you earn between 40% and 120% bonus.
- United no longer has an award chart and uses dynamic pricing instead. Flights start as low as 5,000 miles. Check United’s flight award deals.
HT: UScardforum