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United Quest℠ Card

United MileagePlus
Welcome bonus
80,000 miles
≈ $1,000 at 1.25¢ per mile
after $4,000 spend in 3 months
Annual fee$350 
Value per mile~1.25¢median of 6 published valuations
First-year value*$1,358easy credits counted · $1,158 with none
Year 2+ value*$358each year after the first, after the fee · $158 with no credits
$350 fee vs $860 in stated credits a yearFace value. You’d use $200 by our default → yearly cost after year 1 $150 ↓
Worth ~1.25¢/mi, median of 6 published valuations

Range 1.2–2.09¢. No published value from Bankrate. Checked 2026-10-23. How we use these

See the offer on Chase’s site ↗ Run your own numbers

Source: Chase card page · checked October 23, 2026. *Value uses our sample profile ($31,100/yr spend, no favorite airline or hotel) and the community value of 1.25¢ per mile (median of published valuations) — see method.

Credits & perks

Annual fee$350
vs
Stated credits a year$860face value, as Chase states it
Face value isn’t real value. A $25-a-month credit for something you’d never buy is worth $0 to you, and most credits are use-it-or-lose-it by month, quarter or half-year. Tick only what you’d spend on anyway.

Which would you actually use?

Our assumption: the boxes ticked to start are the “easy” credits: broad, flexible or automatic (general travel credits, airline-fee credits on any airline, Global Entry/TSA, anniversary free nights). Niche or single-merchant credits start unticked. Your choices are saved in this browser and also used by the calculator.

Your net cost$150Yearly cost after year 1: annual fee − credits you’ll use ($200)
Year 2+ value*$358each year after the first, after the annual fee, with your ticks
First-year value*$1,358bonus + earning + credits − fee

Counts each ticked credit at 100% of face value. Global Entry/TSA counts as a quarter a year. Free nights use our point values. *At our sample profile; how credits are counted.

Perks with no stated $ value

Lounges, status, bags and similar. We don’t put a number on these unless the issuer does.

  • bags Free first and second checked bags for you and one companion (United: “save up to $440 per roundtrip”)
  • boarding Group 2 priority boarding (Chase: “a value of $48 per person per roundtrip”)
  • other 10,000-mile award flight discount each anniversary
  • status 1,000 Premier qualifying points (PQP) each year
  • other 2 Economy Plus seat upgrades after $40,000 spend in a calendar year

Source: Chase card page and benefit terms · checked 2026-10-23.

Is the United Quest Card worth the $350 annual fee?

It depends on your use: how much you spend and which credits you’d genuinely use. Here is the site’s own math from Chase’s page (checked October 23, 2026) and the median of 6 published valuations (1.25¢). Year 2+ value is each year after the first, after the fee, at our sample profile ($31,100/yr spend).

Annual fee$350
Stated credits a year (face value)$860
Earning a year at our sample profile (incl. any annual bonus points)$508
Year 2+ value, no credits used$158
Year 2+ value, easy credits only (our default, $200)$358
Year 2+ value, every stated credit used ($860)$1,018

On this spending the earning alone covers the fee. This compares the card with having no card; a no-fee card would also earn something on the same spend. Tick the credits you’d use in Credits & perks or run your own numbers.

How it earns

  • 4x United only Flights (booked with the airline)
  • 2x Flights (booked with the airline), Hotels (booked with the hotel), Other travel
  • 2x Dining & takeout
  • 1x everything else
  • Card earns 4x on United purchases; MileagePlus members earn another 6x on fares (not modeled). 2x on select streaming (not modeled).

Offer details

  • 80,000 miles after $4,000 in 3 months
  • 500 Premier qualifying points after first purchase
  • Plus 10,000 miles after adding an authorized user in the first 3 months

Annual fee $350. Credits from the issuer page are in Credits & perks above.

Questions about the United Quest Card

What is the United Quest Card welcome bonus?

80,000 miles after $4,000 in 3 months, about $1,000 at the median published point value, per Chase’s card page checked October 23, 2026.

What is the United Quest Card annual fee?

$350 a year, as listed on Chase’s page on October 23, 2026.

How much are its miles worth?

About 1.25¢ each: the median of 6 published valuations (range 1.2–2.09¢), checked October 23, 2026.

What credits does the United Quest Card include?

$860 a year in stated credits at face value, across 6 credits. By our default (only easy, flexible credits) you’d use $200, so the yearly cost after year 1 is $150.

Is the United Quest Card worth the $350 annual fee?

It depends on your use. On Chase’s figures (checked October 23, 2026) the fee is $350 a year against $860 a year in stated credits at face value. At our sample profile ($31,100 a year of spending) its earning (including any annual bonus points) is worth about $508 a year at 1.25¢ per mile, so Year 2+ value is $158 if you use none of the credits, $358 with only the easy credits we count by default, and $1,018 if you’d use every stated credit in full. On this spending its earning covers the fee even before credits. These figures compare the card with having no card; a no-fee card would also earn something on the same spend.

The math at our sample profile

Sample: Dining & takeout $4,800 · Groceries $7,200 · Gas & EV charging $2,400 · Flights (booked with the airline) $2,000 · Hotels (booked with the hotel) $1,500 · Other travel $1,200 · Everything else $12,000. Credits: our default “easy” ticks.

Welcome bonus: 80,000 miles × 1.25¢$1,000
A year of earning: 40,600 miles × 1.25¢$508
United TravelBank cash$200
Annual fee−$350
First year / Year 2+$1,358 / $358

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