The usual offer for the United MileagePlus® Explorer Card from Chase is 30,000 United miles when you spend $1,000 within three months. But there are a few methods to get this sign up bonus increased to 50,000+ miles, when doing so the minimum spend requirement seems to increase from $1,000 to $2,000.
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Apply At A Chase Branch
If you apply at a chase branch, all of the advertising material is for 50,000 miles instead of 30,000. Everybody who has applied in branch that we’ve spoken to has reported successfully receiving 50,000 miles after their $1,000 spend.
Apply Online & Send A Secured Message
Multiple people are reporting that they were able to apply for the card as normal online and then send a secured message stating something such as to receive the 50,000 miles:
I recently applied for the United MileagePlus Explorer card with 30,000 bonus miles, I recently saw an advertisement for a 50,000. I’d appreciate it if you could please match this offer.
Apply Online & Search For A Targeted Offer
There is another offer where you can get 50,000 United miles and another 5,000 for adding an authorized user and a $50 statement credit when you hit the $2,000 within three months. There are a couple of different ways to get this offer to appear and we will list them below. As always, make sure you take screenshots so you can dispute with the customer service represantives if you have any issues. Sometimes you’ll receive the $50 statement credit and 5,000 authorized user bonus and sometimes you won’t, it seems to vary person to person.
Method One
- Go to united.com and log in, if you don’t already have an account create one
- Search for flights
- Wait for the offer to appear as an ad, it will usually appear in the top right of the search results page
Method Two
- Clear all cookies/history from your browser (probably a good idea to use incognito mode on google chrome as well)
- Go to united.com and log in, if you don’t already have an account create one
- Click on the 30,000 United points banner
- Copy and paste the following link into your browser: https://www.theexplorercard.com/UMPCreditAppRedirect.aspx?SPID=DZ9V&CELL=06P&REFERID=TEC (some people have used http://unitedexplorercard.com/my50K as well)
- You should see a screen saying “please wait while we load your application”
- The next page should have your United frequent flyer number and address pre-filled
If you use method two, you will not see a screen that has information about the 50,000 point offer and as such it will be impossible to take a screen shot. This will make it difficult if Chase decides to give you the 30,000 point offer instead, as you’ll have no proof you actually applied for the 50,000 point offer. We suggest applying at a branch if method one does not work for you.
Create A MileagePlus Account & Wait For A Targeted Offer
- Create a United MileagePlus account
- Wait for a targeted offer
People have reported success creating a United MileagePlus account and then receiving a targeted offer via mail after 1-2 months.
Our Verdict
The safest way to get the 50,000 sign up bonus is by applying for it at a Chase branch. Although the minimum spend requirement is slightly higher (an extra $1,000) it’s well worth it considering the extra 20,000 points. Because Chase doesn’t require a SSN for authorized users, it’s also quite easy to get the additional 5,000 points if offered.
Get 40,000 Bonus Miles after you spend $2,000 on purchases in the first 3 months your account is open
Earn 5,000 bonus miles after you add the first authorized user to your account and make a purchase with your Card during the first 3 months as a Cardmember.
https://www.theexplorercard.com/40kAF?CELL=D1Q&jp_cmp=//sea//&kwdID=_dc&adgrpID=216744605471
Hey there, I asked about the 50,000 offer via secure messaging amd they said they could not confirm it unless I provided a scanned copy of the physical advertisement addressed to me.
Even then they said they might make necessary adjustments, not that they would honor it.
Since I cannot find current ads on the internet for thiw bonus, I think it is safe to say that 30,000 after $1,000 is the bewt yoy can get rigut now.