Update 7/8/20: This offer might still be available in the MPX app, but I can’t see it any longer seeing as I’ve already redeemed the offer.
Update 5/27/20: Despite redeeming this offer recently, it’s showing up again with an expiry date of June 3, 2020. Further to my original post below, this does stack with other membership offers, so check out this post to see how I made a profit when buying a Costco membership.
Update 5/14/20: Extended to May 21, 2020.
Update 5/7/20: Extended to May 14, 2020.
Update 4/30/20: This offer has been extended to May 6, 2020.
The Deal
- Buy new Costco membership with a United credit card & earn 12 miles per dollar.
Key Terms
- Expires
April 27, 2020May 6May 21, 2020. - Maximum 1,920 miles.
- Must use registered United Chase Visa Card.
- Valid for in-store purchases.
- Online only.
- Not all merchant locations may be monitored by Visa.
- PayPal and Venmo transactions will not qualify.
Tips & Ideas
This offer is appearing in United’s MileagePlus X (MPX) app. You have to register for the offer before buying the membership; to do that, open the app and scroll down to ‘United Visa Rewards’. Keep scrolling down that list until the offer appears. Once it’s appeared, it’s linked to your card – there’s no specific registration link or button you have to actually press.
The terms of the offer are a little confusing. On the United Visa Rewards screen, it says ‘Online only’, but when clicking on the offer it says ‘Valid for in-store purchases’. If you’ll be taking advantage of this offer in-store, here’s a screenshot of that wording in case you have to make a claim.
At first I thought that this would stack nicely with 5% cashback from Discover It cards seeing as wholesale clubs are a 5% category this quarter. However, you have to pay with your United credit card, so that’s not an option – not for the membership anyway.
It might be possible to stack this with an offer to get a free $10 or $20 Costco gift card when taking out a new membership. You can find that promotion here. I’m not 100% certain it’ll stack though because the terms of that offer advise the following:
Your credit card statement for this purchase will show DCG One for Costco as the merchant of record.
The United 12x offer might be based on the membership being processed in a certain way by Costco, similar to how Sam’s Club membership Amex Offers work. It’s therefore up to you as to whether you want to risk the 12x not crediting properly seeing as you wouldn’t be purchasing the membership from Costco.com.
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Gather this wasn’t renewed/extended past May 21….? (figures, just as we were at last ready to use the mpx app)
It might have been extended – because I used the offer though it’s no longer showing in my app.