{"id":13491,"date":"2026-04-06T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=13491"},"modified":"2026-04-06T07:25:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:25:49","slug":"monday-double-increased-united-credit-card-bonuses-and-a-72-apr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/monday-double-increased-united-credit-card-bonuses-and-a-72-apr\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Quad: Increased United Credit Card Bonuses, a 72% APR, Alaska Famous Companion Nerf, and Staples Visas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. Most of the Chase United cards have increased sign-up bonuses<\/a>, (some include 10,000 miles extra as long as you add an authorized user card within three months):

    – Explorer: 70,000+10,000 MileagePlus miles after $3,000 spend in three months
    – Quest: 90,000+10,000 MileagePlus miles after $4,000 spend in three months
    – Club: 100,000+10,000 MileagePlus miles after $5,000 spend in three months
    – Business: 100,000+10,000 MileagePlus miles after $5,000 spend in three months
    – Club Business: 100,000+10,000 MileagePlus miles after $5,000 spend in three months

    These are generally available via referrals, so please use a referral link.
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  2. US Bank reportedly has a $1,500 business bank account bonus with promo code Q2BUS26<\/em><\/a>, though I couldn’t independently verify it. To qualify:

    – Deposit $25,000 within 30 days
    – Maintain at least $25,000 balance between days 30 and 60
    – Make at least six transactions by day 60 (Six $1 ACHs do nicely)

    If you manage your money perfectly, this is effectively a 72% annualized APR, which is almost 72% more than what Chase business checking will give you. Even if you’re not in US Bank’s footprint you can still do this, just open a different relationship with US Bank first.     T&C here<\/a>.
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  3. Alaska companion certificate sharing has tightened for the second time<\/a> since the Hawaiian merger; now they can only be used when fares are paid for specifically with an Atmos Ascent card.

    I for one am impressed that Alaska’s IT is able to discern. (Thanks to best-qualify-catfood)
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  4. Staples stores have fee-free $200 Visa gift cards through Saturday<\/a>, limit nine per transaction.

    These are Pathward \/ BlackHawk Network gift cards.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Happy Monday!<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Alaska IT’s typeface for the new lounge drink lineup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Happy Monday! Alaska IT’s typeface for the new lounge drink lineup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[69,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bank-bonuses","category-credit-cards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13491"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13498,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13491\/revisions\/13498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}