Summary
- The United Club card offers lounge access worldwide, which includes various amenities and services at airports.
- You can earn up to 4x miles on United purchases, bonus miles, and benefits like free checked bags.
- Enjoy other perks like 25% back on onboard purchases, Premier Qualifying Points, and Premier Access.
The United Club Infinite Card grants you several travel perks when flying with United Airlines, United Express, and Star Alliance partners. With an annual subscription, you can access benefits that you would otherwise get when traveling in a premium cabin. Let us look at the benefits the card offers.
United Club membership
Up to a value of $650 per year
The United Club Infinite Card has an annual fee of $525. While it seems like a high fee, one of the main benefits is the United Club membership, which usually costs $650 annually for non-elite members. You will have access to United Club lounges and participating Star Alliance lounges worldwide. Club members must also have a same-day boarding pass for a United, Star Alliance, or contracted partner flight.
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United Club lounges offer complimentary WiFi, free food and beverages, alcoholic drinks, comfortable seats, and private restrooms. However, each lounge differs in amenities and services, depending on the airport you are flying from. Some of the locations where you can find a United Club include:
- Atlanta (ATL): North Terminal, Concourse T, between Gates 11 and 12
- Boston (BOS): Terminal B, Level 3, near gate 24
- Los Angeles (LAX): Terminal 7, next to Gate 71A
- London (LHR): Terminal 2, across from Gate B46
- Tokyo (NRT): Airside, Satellite 3
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Where Are United Airlines’ Non-US Club Lounges?
United Airlines’ United Clubs are quite common around the United States, but are more rare internationally.
You must wait two weeks after the account open date for the United Club membership to activate. Furthermore, your membership will be renewed automatically on each credit card anniversary date. However, if you choose to close your United Club Card account, all benefits, including your membership, will be canceled.
Earn rewards faster
Up to 4x miles on United purchases
You can earn miles when you or an authorized user of the account purchases products or services with a United credit card. In most cases, buying products or services counts as a purchase. However, this excludes balance transfers, cash advances and other cash-like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, and any checks that access your account. The earning rates are as follows:
- One mile: 1x miles for each $1 spent
- Two miles: 2x miles for restaurant purchases and travel
- Four miles: 4x miles for United Airlines tickets and seat upgrades, Economy Plus, inflight food, beverages, WiFi, baggage service charges, and other United fees.
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You can also earn 4x miles on purchases of United Card Events from Chase. It is important to note that miles earned during each billing cycle are automatically transferred to United after the end of each billing cycle. If you fail to pay, you’ll immediately lose all miles that haven’t been transferred to United.
Earn 80,000 bonus miles
When you apply for a United Club Infinite Card, you can earn 80,000 bonus miles after spending $5,000 on purchases within the first three months of opening an account. The offer is not available to current cardmembers of any United Club credit card or previous cardmembers who received a new cardmember bonus for the United Club Infinite Card in the last 24 months.
If you are an existing United Club Visa Signature cardmember, you must contact the number on the back of the card to check your eligibility for a product change. Bonus miles will be credited to your account about six to eight weeks after qualifying.
Free first and second checked bags
The primary cardmember and one companion traveling on the same reservation receive their first and second standard checked bags for free. To receive the benefits, you must purchase your tickets using your United Visa Infinite Card and include your MileagePlus number in the reservation. However, the requirement does not apply to flights completed within the first 90 days of opening an account.
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You can get free first and second checked bags on United and United Express flights, but not codeshare partner-operated services. Since the offer applies to standard bags, you can get charged for oversized, overweight, and extra baggage. You and a traveling companion can save up to $320 per roundtrip.
Global Entry, TSA PreCheck, and other perks
Trusted Traveler programs
With a United Club Infinite Card, you will receive one statement credit (up to $100) every four years after the first program application fee, for either Global Entry, TSA PreCheck, or NEXUS, is charged to your card by you or an authorized user. The statement credit will appear on your credit card billing statement within 1-2 billing cycles.
25% back on various purchases
You can get 25% back as a statement credit when you purchase food, beverages, and WiFi onboard United and United Express flights. The offer also applies to premium drinks purchased at United Clubs. The statement credit will be reflected in your account within 24 hours of making an onboard purchase.
Earning Premier Qualifying Points
The United Club card also allows you to earn 25 Premier Qualifying Points for every $500 in net purchases up to a maximum of 10,000 PQP in a calendar year. This includes purchases made by an authorized user of the card. PQP will contribute to earning MileagePlus Premier status tiers up to Premier 1K.
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The number of Premier Qualifying Points to be earned, as well as the annual cap and qualification requirements for Premier status, may vary by MileagePlus program year and MileagePlus Credit Card type. PQP will be posted to your account about six to eight weeks after making purchases.
Premier access
You and your companions traveling on the same reservation qualify for Premier Access. Benefits include priority check-in, exclusive security lanes, priority boarding, and priority baggage handling. To access the perks, the primary cardmember must include their MileagePlus number in their reservation. Premier access is only available on United and United Express flights.
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