60,000 Mile Offer for United Explorer Card

by The Points Guy on January 7, 2012 · 62 comments

in Chase,Continental,United

Numerous TPG readers have emailed me over the last couple months with their emailed offers of 60,000 miles for the United Explorer card. The offer, which gives 50,000 miles after first use and 10,000 after you spend $25,000 within a calendar year, is a pretty good deal, but unfortunately it’s targeted to select United MileagePlus elite members so I haven’t written about it. I even wrote in my future credit card strategy post that I look forward to applying for this offer once it’s made public.

However, it was reported on Flyertalk that if your United account has a positive balance and if you click this link, you can get the 60,000 offer to populate. I decided to try it out, so I transferred 2,000 miles from my Continental account to my United using this site (FYI weirdly I got an error when trying to transfer using this method,  but when I logged into my United account the Continental transfer had indeed gone through. Not sure what the issue is, but beware). You can also transfer Ultimate Rewards points to your United account since United is a new transfer partner. If you don’t have a United MileagePlus account, you can get one here.

Once my United account had a positive balance, I clicked this link and was shown the 60,000 mile offer.

As with all things miles and points, your experience may vary and this method may actually work. Everything is a risk, so just make sure you evaluate whether it makes sense. For me, it’s just not worth the risk, especially since there are so many other juicy Chase offers right now (50,000 points for Southwest (no longer available), 2 Free Hyatt Nights, 50,000 for Sapphire Preferred, 50,000 for Ink Bold) that I don’t mind holding off until this offer is a sure deal.

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  • Patermeus1

    Received the 60,000 bonus miles flyer today, 2/7/12 but also cannot bring up the unitedexplorercard.com/60K site. Called united, customer service, was transferred four other times to different departments and NO One could help. Close to two hours on the phone to no avail. It just won’t work. Can any one help also????????

  • Guest

    worked for me. 50K bonus and approval Feb 2012

  • DaveG

    this worked for me. i already have a chase united card but i wanted a new one and the bonus miles, but only the 60k. i cleared my cache and history from my browser. logged into my united account, with miles in it. then, in a new tab, went to https://www.theexplorercard.com/MPYoureIn60kAFW.aspx. at first it just redirected to some site where i could buy things as it recognized that im a card holder. i closed the tab and tried AGAIN, and voila! just keep trying, it will eventually open with the 60k mileage bonus. good luck friends.

  • chickendinner

    I’ve been a longtime mileage plus member (though not elite), but never had the associated mileage plus credit card. The 60,000 mile (50,000 + 10,000) advert was displayed in my mileage plus homepage and I clicked through to sign up for the card. I was approved instantly and I just received my card in the mail today. When I called in to activate the card the representative informed me that my signup bonus would in fact be the 50,000 miles, just as advertised, which would post to the account 4-6 weeks after my first purchase with the new credit card. She supplied me with this information, I did not even ask about it.

    So far so good with this offer! I’ll try and remember to follow up when the miles get added to my account.

  • RIck

    I opened the united mileage plus card in 2010 and got 50000 points and I opened continental one pass credit card last year and also got 50000 points. Today I checked the mail and they gave me an invitation mail for the explorer card saying I will get another 50,000 points if that I open that too. I have already closed my united mileage plus last year and now my continental card has been converted to the explorer card, would I still be eligible for the 50,000 points from the mail offer? I called the credit card offer phone number and the lady said I may or may not get the points. Anyone have an idea? Thanks

  • mm1127

    Did the same thing, and I was instantly approved. They just confirmed on the phone to night when I called to activate the card that I would receive 50k for my first purchase.

  • anonymous

    Just received in the mail, “Earn 50% more miles”. 1.5 on regular purchases, 3 on United. Feb 29 – April 29. I wish it would have started a month earlier, but should be good for at least an additional 10k miles for more.

  • chickendinner

    Well, the 50,000 posted to my account today or within the last couple days. I am not sure when exactly my original comment was from but it has been about 4-6 weeks I guess, so the deal worked out as promised. Cool!

  • John

    When I login to my Continental account, I get an offer for 65,000 MILES, but when I click on it it only says 40,000 on the next page. If I print out the info, will they honor it?

  • Prayhumbly

    I also get a 65k offer, 50000, then 5k with additional cardholder, and 10k after $25k.

  • Nelson Lopez

    I keep getting the 40k offer despite being logged in and having 50k miles already in my account. Is everyone still using the same link?

  • dallasflyer

    I just went to United.com (I am United Premier 1K) and got an offer for 65,000 miles. 50K upon issuance, 5K for signing up add’l user (wife), and 10K for spending $25,000 within 12 months. No annual fee ($95).

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