New United Gateway Card Launch & Increased Business Offer
Chase and United released a new credit card this month. It’s called the United Gateway Card. This is a no annual fee card that comes with a limited time sign-up bonus of 20,000 MileagePlus miles. Additionally, Chase and United have improved the welcome offer for the United Business Card. Let’s take a look at the offers and the details for each credit cards.
Chase United Business Card
In January, Chase and United Airlines teamed up to launch the new United Business Card. You can read our full review here. The offer at launch was for 100K miles for $10K spending and the annual fee wasn’t waived. It was then lowered shortly after launch but they have introduced a new, increased offer.
Welcome Offer
- Earn 75,000 bonus miles after you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first 3 months your account is open.
- $0 intro annual fee for the first year, then $99
- This limited-time offer ends 11/30/2020.
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Card Details
- Earn:
- 2X miles per $1 spent on United, local transit and commuting and at gas stations, office supply stores and restaurants.
- Earn 1X mile per $1 spent on all other purchases.
- $100 annual United travel credit after seven United flight purchases of $100 or more
- 25% back on United in-flight purchases (includes Wi-Fi, food and beverages)
- No blackout dates when redeeming miles, so you can fly without date restrictions
- Free first checked bag on United flights
- Priority boarding on United flights
- 2 United Club one-time passes at account opening and on each cardmember anniversary
- No foreign transaction fees
- Travel and purchase protection benefits
- Receive an additional 5,000 bonus miles every year if you have both a United Business Card and a personal United credit card.
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Chase United Gateway Card
This month, Chase and United Airlines teamed up to launch the new United Gateway Card. This is an entry level product and it replaces the old Chase United TravelBank Visa Card. It has no annual fee and it provides some benefits for United travelers and opporunitites to earn points towards award fares.
Welcome Offer
- Earn 20,000 bonus miles after you spend $1,000 on purchases in the first 3 months your account is open.
- Plus, 3 miles per $1 spent on grocery store purchases up to $1,500 per month through 9/30/2021.
- No annual fee.
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Card Details
- Earn:
- 3X miles on grocery purchases on up to $1,500 in eligible purchases per month until September 30, 2021
- 2X miles on United purchases, gas stations and local transit and commuting
- 1X mile on all other purchases
- 25% back as a statement credit on in-flight United purchases of food, beverages and wifi
- No foreign transaction fees.
- Travel and purchase protection benefits
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Conclusion
The improved offer for the Chase United Business Card might not be the highest we have seen, but the annual fee is waived for the first year. That means that you are saving $99 and the spending requirement is $5,000 less than the 100K offer we saw at launch.
The Chase United Gateway Card on the other hand comes with a 20,000 miles welcome bonus and 3X on grocery purchases on up to $1,500. It’s a no-fee card that you can keep long term, but it’s probably not worth the hard pull unless you can max out the grocery bonus. It is very similar to the new Freedom Flex offer.
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