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Chase credit card

United Gateway Card

  • APR up · 19.74% to 19.99% · Oct 10, 2026
  • Bonus up · 40,000 to 50,000 · Oct 2, 2026

No annual fee. 50,000 miles after you spend $1,000 in 3 months. Purchase APR 19.99–28.49%, variable. No foreign transaction fees.

Checked Nov 1, 2026Updated

Welcome offer
Annual fee
Purchase APR · variable
Foreign transactions

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Chase’s terms

Welcome offer

50,000 miles

After you spend $1,000 on purchases in your first 3 months.

Spending it takes
$333 a month
for 3 months
Tracking since
Nov 1, 2026
history will chart every change

The 10,000-mile authorized-user bonus is awarded once for the first authorized user added. Bonus miles do not count toward Premier status. Miles generally post 6 to 8 weeks after qualifying activity.

Who can get it: If you’ve had this bonus in the last 24 months (2 years), you can’t get it again yet.

“This card product is available to you if you do not have this card and have not received a new Cardmember bonus for this card in the past 24 months.”

The issuer’s terms, from its page, as of Oct 7, 2026. Check which bonuses you can get

In dollars

What it’s worth

Yearly value in dollars: rewards and credits minus the annual fee, for three ways of spending. First year includes any welcome bonus.

Yearly value in dollars for three ways of spending, the first year and after
SpendingValue against the feeFirst yearAfter
Light spender$630$130
Typical spender$825$325
Heavy spender$1,340$840
The spending each assumes, and what isn’t counted
  • Light spender: groceries $300, dining $100, gas $100, everything else $500 a month
  • Typical spender: groceries $600, dining $300, gas $200, travel $150, everything else $1,250 a month
  • Heavy spender: groceries $900, dining $600, gas $300, travel $600, airfare $300, hotels $300, everything else $2,500 a month

Assumed: points valued at an assumed 1¢; not counted: 8x 8x total miles on eligible United flights after spending $10,000 on purchases in a calendar year. In addition to the 2x miles on the entire United purchase with the United Gateway Card, you’ll earn 6x miles on fare from United as a MileagePlus member..

$130a year

$630 the first year, with the welcome bonus.

The spending this assumes

A month: groceries $300, dining $100, gas $100, everything else $500. Assumed: points valued at an assumed 1¢.

$325a year

$825 the first year, with the welcome bonus.

The spending this assumes

A month: groceries $600, dining $300, gas $200, travel $150, everything else $1,250. Assumed: points valued at an assumed 1¢.

$840a year

$1,340 the first year, with the welcome bonus.

The spending this assumes

A month: groceries $900, dining $600, gas $300, travel $600, airfare $300, hotels $300, everything else $2,500. Assumed: not counted: 8x 8x total miles on eligible United flights after spending $10,000 on purchases in a calendar year. In addition to the 2x miles on the entire United purchase with the United Gateway Card, you’ll earn 6x miles on fare from United as a MileagePlus member.; points valued at an assumed 1¢.

Use your own spending

Estimates from the published terms above, as checked Nov 1, 2026; not advice. How we value cards

Against the market

How it compares

Worth more to a typical spender than about 75% of the 732 cards we track.

  • No annual fee, like about 85% of the 711 cards we track.
  • Lower top APR than about 35% of the 163 cards on our Sign-up bonuses list (see the list).

Other miles cards with no annual fee

Against this card, for our typical spender’s value (rewards and credits minus fees, after the first year).

Shares rounded to 5 points. Fees and APRs as stated; value for our typical spender. Method

United MileagePlus

How you earn

8×
8x total miles on eligible United flights after spending $10,000 on purchases in a calendar year. In addition to the 2x miles on the entire United purchase with the United Gateway Card, you’ll earn 6x miles on fare from United as a MileagePlus member.
5×
5x total miles on eligible United flights - 3x miles on the Primary Cardmember’s fare from United as a MileagePlus member, plus 2x miles on entire United purchase with the United Gateway Card. Mileage earning differs for Basic Economy or base option tickets. Premier members earn even more.
2×
2x miles on all other eligible United purchases.2x miles at gas stations.2x miles on local transit and commuting including ride share services, taxicabs, train tickets, tolls, and mass transit.
1×
Everything else

Miles per dollar. “What it’s worth” values a mile at an assumed 1¢.

Changes

APR
19.74%19.99% since Oct 10Oct 10Today
Welcome bonus
40,000 miles40,000 MileagePlus miles since Oct 10Sep 29Today
  • Oct 10, 2026 APR 19.74% to 19.99%
  • Oct 2, 2026 Bonus 40,000 to 50,000

Only changes that held for at least three days on both sides count; one-day blips in a reading don’t.

Every figure with its receipt

Rates and fees

Rates and fees for the United Gateway Card, each with its source
Annual fee
Purchase APRvariable
Intro APRfirst 12 months that your Account is open
Balance transfer APR
Balance transfer fee
Foreign transactions

Before you apply

  1. What the application asks: your name, address, date of birth, Social Security number (or ITIN), income and housing payment. By law the issuer must consider your ability to pay (Regulation Z, 1026.51).
  2. Your credit report: applying usually means a hard inquiry, which can lower your score slightly for a while. Some issuers let you check whether you’re pre-approved first without one. How credit reports work (CFPB)
  3. The bonus: If you’ve had this bonus in the last 24 months (2 years), you can’t get it again yet.

Questions

What is the annual fee?
None · chase.com, since Oct 11, 2026
Does it charge a foreign transaction fee?
No. · sites.chase.com, since Oct 10, 2026
What is the purchase APR?
19.99–28.49% APR · chase.com, since Oct 10, 2026
Is there an intro APR?
0% for first 12 months that your Account is open. · sites.chase.com, since Sep 29, 2026
Is there a welcome bonus?
50,000 miles after $1,000 in purchases in 3 months. · chase.com, since Oct 2, 2026
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