United Credit Cards Will Count More For Status Next Year, And The Cards Have Bigger Offers
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United announced today that spend on their co-brand credit cards will contribute more towards elite status next year. Coinciding with that announcement, there are new improved initial bonus offers for several of their cards.
- UnitedSM Explorer Card earn 60,000 bonus miles after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months your account is open. The card has a $0 intro annual fee the first year then $95 annual fee. Cardmembers get access to extra award availability at lower mileage prices that general members don’t have. Elites with the card can receive complimentary domestic upgrades on award tickets.
- United ClubSM Infinite Card earn 90,000 bonus miles after you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
The $525 annual fee card is the best way to gain access to United Clubs and gets you a 10% United Economy Saver Award discount within the continental U.S. and Canada.
- United QuestSM Card earn 70,000 bonus miles and 500 Premier qualifying points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months your account is open.
Each year, receive Up to a $125 United® purchase credit and up to 10,000 miles in award flight credits each year – terms apply. For those who fly United, the United QuestSM Card will provide real value taking advantage of both the annual credit towards spend with the airline and earning 10,000 miles back on redemptions.
Starting next year you’ll earn 25 Premier qualifying points for every $500 in purchases – that’s 20% faster earning than before and you don’t have to reach $12,000 spend thresholds to benefit.
Card-earned qualifying points will count towards 1K status in 2024, too. In the past they haven’t.
Moreover, in 2024 the cap on qualifying points earned from the Club Infinite card goes up from 8,000 to 10,000 and the 15,000 qualifying point cap on earning across all cards goes away. That’s a strong incentive to have and spend on more than one United card.
My starting assumption is that ‘5/24’ applies to these cards, which is to say that Chase usually won’t approve new cardmembers who have had 5 or more new cards in the past 24 months. And it’s generally best not to apply for more than one Chase card in 30 days.
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