Chase launches new bonus offer worth up to 70,000 miles on the United Explorer Card

Editor's Note: The United℠ Explorer Card welcome bonus mentioned below is no longer available; please click here for the current offer. Some offers mentioned below are no longer available.

Chase isn't done releasing limited-time offers on its travel cards. The United℠ Explorer Card is the latest Chase card to offer an elevated welcome bonus — worth up to 70,000 bonus miles.

New applicants who are looking to maximize miles through United Airline's loyalty program should consider the United Explorer card while it's offering one of it's highest bonuses to date. This bonus offer is worth up to 30,000 more miles than usual and is a great middle-ground between the no-annual-fee The New United Gateway℠ Card (see rates and fees) and the premium $695 annual fee The New United Club℠ Card (see rates and fees), since the Explorer card has a $95 annual fee (waived the first year).

The United Explorer offer is only running for a limited time, until January 13, 2021.

If you want to benefit from an above-average welcome bonus that can help offset the cost of future United flights and travel plans, act now and check out how you can qualify to earn this bonus.

• New offer: Earn 60,000 bonus miles after you spend $3,000 on purchases in the first three months your account is open. Plus earn an additional 10,000 bonus miles after you spend $6,000 in the first six months.
• Old offer: Earn 40,000 bonus miles after you make $2,000 in purchases in the first three months from account opening.

This new bonus offer is two-tier, with the first part worth 60,000 miles and the second part worth 10,000 miles. You can just earn the 60,000-mile offer, or earn both offers for a total of 70,000 miles. It just depends on how much you can reasonably spend within the first three to six months of account opening.

The new bonus increased by 30,000 miles overall, and the spending requirement went up by $4,000, assuming you earn the entire bonus. Otherwise, if you only earn the first part of the bonus, you're earning 20,000 more miles for only $1,000 more in purchases, which is a reasonable increase.

This offer is only available to you if you don't currently have the United Explorer Card and haven't received a new card member bonus for the United Explorer Card in the past 24 months.

Here are Chase's exact terms:

These eligibility requirements are more lenient than the Chase Sapphire cards. You only have to wait two years to earn another United Explorer bonus, versus four years for the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card (see rates and fees) and Chase Sapphire Reserve® (see rates and fees).