Update 11/15/21: Deal is back and valid until 1/26/2022
The Offer
- Chase is offering on their United Club Infinite card 100,000 mile sign up bonus after you spend $5,000 on purchases within the first 3 months your account is open.
Card Details
- Annual fee of $525 (not waived first year)
- This product is not available to either (i) current Cardmembers of any United ClubSM credit card, or (ii) previous Cardmembers of any United Club credit card who received a new Cardmember bonus for this credit card within the last 24 months. If you are an existing United Club Visa Signature Cardmember and would like this product, please call the number on the back of your card to see if you are eligible for a product change.
- Comes with United Club membership
- Card earns at the following rates:
- 4x miles per $1 spent on United
- 2x miles per $1 spent on dining at restaurants and all other travel
- 1x miles per $1 spent on all other purchases
- Free first and second checked bags
- Premier Access travel services
- Up to $100 Global Entry or TSA PreCheck
- 25% back on United in flight purchase
- No black out dates
- No foreign transaction fees
Our Verdict
Previously this card had no signup bonus, but a waived $525 annual fee the first year; this new offer does not waive the fee, but gives 100,000 points – a much better deal. We saw this 100k offer at card launch as well.
The United Explorer card also just increased its signup bonus to 60,000 points. Given that most of us won’t be able to make tons of use on the Infinite’s premium benefits, it probably makes more sense to just save yourself the $525 annual fee and go for the Explorer card. If you’ll actually use the benefits, that obviously changes the story.
The offer is down to 80k now.
Will online gift cards work for the $75 ihg credit? Most likely a physical GC at an IHG hotel is the safest option for triggering the credit IMO. Data points needed
can anyone check here https://choices.unitedmileageplus.com/annualFee to see if it is 1.5 miles for each cent or 1 mile for annual fee reinbursement
I have Explorer, but it’s 1.5 cpp for me
I wish they allow one guest to the united club. too bad just cardholder.
actually they do allow 1 guest and one dependent if they travel with card holder
If I have united gateway card can I apply for this
yes
Keep in mind you can use miles to pay the AF at 1.5 cpp, so 35k miles. Makes it a 65k sub after washing out AF.
Is this specific to this united card or all united cards?
I believe it’s all their cards, but the 1.5 cpp is a promotional rate they occasionally have if I recall correctly. Around this time last year I was considering doing that same thing but the promotion was ending sooner than I was comfortable with so I decided against it
I’m seeing a version of this offer that waives the $525 AF in lieu of a SUB.
Why not both?
You can redeem miles towards the AF at a 1.5 cpp rate.
P2 here took them up on the other card’s initial 40K offer and she switched offers via SM to the 60K. They sent four club passes to her but the clubs are all closed indefinitely except for three, which I can imagine will be constantly at capacity. She generated a referral link for me and clicking through it led to the 60K offer, so we’ll see if she gets the 10K, we’ll see if I get the 60K, and we’ll also see if I get four of those useless passes, which if so might find their way onto Ebay.
Can’t imagine who would value the United Club membership that comes with the $525 AF when nearly all the clubs are closed and the ones left open are strictly capacity-controlled.
I think the regular United explorer card 60000 offer (plus 2500) ends tomorrow too!
Yup it does
Can we get both UA explorer and club infinite cards and get both SUB?
if you aren’t 5/24 (chase rule) and space the applications by a month to be safe i don’t see why not.