Quote from Savings Beagle on January 23, 2020, 10:05 am

Chase is just coming off an offer for the United MileagePlus Explorer card which was good, but had an extremely high minimum spend requirement ($10,000) to get the full sign-up bonus.  For that reason, I didn't think it was a good option for many. Now, however, the minimum spend on the MileagePlus Explorer card has changed to a more reasonable level...enough so that I'm adding it to the list. Chase United  MileagePlus Explorer credit card - 60,000 United MileagePlus miles after spending $3,000 within 3 months from card approval.  The $95 annual fee is waived the first year. The card earns 2 United MileagePlus miles per dollar spent on United purchases and at restaurants and hotel accommodations (when purchased directly with the hotel). The card earns 1 United MileagePlus mile per dollar spent on all other purchases. You'll also get 2 United Club one-time passes after account opening and on each card anniversary. As with most co-branded airline cards, your first checked bag on United will be free as long as you hold the card. You can click the card link above to see more cardmember benefits. This is a good sign-up bonus for a typical/reasonable minimum spend amount. I find United miles are better than other domestic carriers' miles for finding overseas award availability, and about as good to slightly better than American and Delta for finding domestic award availability.  Keep in mind, the days of a set amount of miles for a specific itinerary are gone, replaced by variable award pricing based on a variety of factors.  Which means it's hard to nail down exactly what the 60,000 MileagePlus miles will get you.  I will say that recently I redeemed 72,000 United miles to fly Lufthansa business class, one-way, from Germany to the U.S., a ticket that at the time of booking would have cost approximately $5,000.  This sign-up bonus would get you close to a one-way business class (saver level) flight to/from Europe...or a roundtrip saver level economy ticket from the U.S. to Europe.  And, depending on the variable pricing, one to many saver level economy class tickets for flights within the U.S. For those Miles and Points hobbyists, this card/sign-up bonus is a great opportunity to add to your miles balance...but obviously not an everyday card to use past meeting the sign-up bonus requirements.  Many other Chase cards fill that role. And, you need to keep Chase's 5/24 rule in mind.  If you've been approved for 5 or more credit cards from any bank in the past 24 months, Chase will not approve your application. Additionally, per Chase, "A card product is available to you if you do not have that card and have not received a new Cardmember bonus for that card in the past 24 months." This offer ends 4/2/2020. Are you going after this sign-up bonus?