Chase United Explorer Card, New 70K Bonus with Waived Fee (YMMV)

Chase United Explorer 70K Bonus

The Chase United Explorer Card has a new offer that will earn you 70,000 miles. That’s a pretty good bonus for this card, which also comes with no annual fee for the first year. This offer is showing in select United accounts. Check out the details below.

Signup Bonus

• Earn 70,000 bonus miles after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months your account is open.
• $0 intro annual fee for the first year, then $95
• CHECK DIRECT LINK (or visit United.com, log in, and look for a banner with the offer)

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

• 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.

Guru’s Wrap-up

This is a very good offer for the Chase United Explorer Card. You need to spend a total of $3,000 in order to earn 70,000 miles bonus. Plus the annual fee is waived for the first year.

This offer get you an extra 20,000 miles compared to what’s currently available on Chase website.