Travel rewards card
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Showing 12 reviews mentioning great travel perks Show all
Reddit · r/CreditCards · Oct 15, 2026
PositiveSummary of a Reddit comment
They hold the United Explorer along with a Sapphire card and live near a United hub; the free checked bags for themselves and their spouse more than cover the annual fee, so they consider it worth it.
Reddit · r/Chase · Oct 5, 2026
PositiveSummary of a Reddit comment
Entering a MileagePlus number unlocked discounted award fares in the portal about a week before the physical card arrived in the mail.
Reddit · r/unitedairlines · Jul 22, 2026
PositiveSummary of a Reddit comment
Got it for the sign-up bonus and used the points on a couple of flights, the free checked bag perk and a lounge pass in SFO, then product changed to the Gateway card when the annual fee posted; felt they did pretty well with it.
Reddit · r/ChaseSapphire · May 12, 2026
PositiveSummary of a Reddit post
They hold the United Explorer and credit it with a discount of at least ten percent on every United award redemption, which they used to book business class tickets to Newark for far fewer miles than the listed price.
Reddit · r/CreditCards · Apr 12, 2026
PositiveSummary of a Reddit comment
They held the United card through grad school and found it worth it: free checked bags, cheaper basic economy fares with carry-on and early boarding, and a couple of lounge visits a year. They would choose it again.
Reddit · r/unitedairlines · Jan 11, 2026
PositiveSummary of a Reddit comment
Held the card for almost a year and loves it, citing the free checked bag, boarding group 2 and free seat selection toward the back of the plane when buying with the card.
Reddit · r/CreditCards · Nov 15, 2025
PositiveSummary of a Reddit comment
They find the Explorer worth keeping for the free checked bag, primary rental car insurance, priority boarding and the Global Entry credit, though they say lounge passes are unreliable in big United hubs.
Reddit · r/CreditCards · May 18, 2025
PositiveSummary of a Reddit comment
They used their United Explorer card to book a hotel through the United hotels portal and received the statement credit within a few days, even on a reservation they later canceled. They found customer service unhelpful beforehand.
Reddit · r/CreditCards · Oct 15, 2026
PositiveSummary of a Reddit comment
They hold the United Explorer and call it a sleeper card, saying that simply carrying it without using it gives a large advantage on United travel.
Reddit · r/amex · Sep 26, 2025
PositiveSummary of a Reddit comment
They use their Chase United Explorer Card as their go-to card when traveling, especially overseas, earning good miles on plane tickets, hotels and dining.
Reddit · r/unitedairlines · Jul 22, 2026
PositiveSummary of a Reddit comment
Monthly rideshare credit works nicely by buying Uber gift cards through the MileagePlus X app to stack miles.
Reddit · r/ChaseSapphire · May 14, 2026
PositiveSummary of a Reddit comment
They call the United Explorer great for United flights, since they usually buy basic economy and the free carry-on benefit adds up over time.
Of the 56 reviews with a clear verdict, 38% are positive, 36% mixed and 27% negative. The praise mentioned most is great travel perks. The most common complaint is poor support.
The praise reviewers mention most: great travel perks (12 reviews), easy to cancel (2 reviews) and great rewards (2 reviews). For example: Monthly rideshare credit works nicely by buying Uber gift cards through the MileagePlus X app to stack miles.
The complaints reviewers mention most: poor support (5 reviews), buggy app (1 review) and hard to cancel (1 review). For example: They opened their United Explorer card in early September and hit the spend requirement within days, but the authorized user bonus miles still had not posted weeks later.
It's how well reviewed Chase United Explorer Card is, out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews: a product needs plenty of them, compared with the most-reviewed products here, to reach the high 80s and 90s. It's worked out from reviews only, needs at least 5 of them, and updates as new ones come in.
Category: Travel rewards card. Type: Airline credit card. Fees: $0 intro annual fee for the first year, then $150. Rates & rewards: 9x total miles on eligible United flights; 3x on other eligible United purchases; 2x on dining and hotels booked direct; 1x on all other purchases.
56 are quotes from Reddit, each linked to the original. Customer reviews are checked for spam before they appear. Every review, written here or quoted, is read as positive, mixed or negative.