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United Club Card (Chase) → IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite (confer, official) 🇺🇸 — Complimentary; primary Cardmember eligible for IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite; register at united.com/ihgstatus, allow 4 weeks; status keyed to keeping the $695-AF card account open. Live verbatim on cardmembers.united.com/Club today — NOT a 2025-refresh addition parallel to Chase Sapphire Reserve's IHG benefit; a January 2022 Points Guy article shows this already existed then, so it predates and survived the 2025 United card refresh.
IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite → Wyndham Rewards Diamond (match, official) 🌍 — Free match; 90-day validity, 10 qualifying nights to extend.
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United Club Card (Chase) → IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite (confer, official) 🇺🇸 — Complimentary; primary Cardmember eligible for IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite; register at united.com/ihgstatus, allow 4 weeks; status keyed to keeping the $695-AF card account open. Live verbatim on cardmembers.united.com/Club today — NOT a 2025-refresh addition parallel to Chase Sapphire Reserve's IHG benefit; a January 2022 Points Guy article shows this already existed then, so it predates and survived the 2025 United card refresh.
IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite → Choice Privileges Platinum (match, official) 🇨🇦🇺🇸 — Once per lifetime; Jan-Jun = current year, Jul-Dec = current + following year; capped at Platinum.
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United Club Card (Chase) → Avis President's Club (confer, official) 🇺🇸 — Complimentary; primary Cardmember is invited to enroll in Avis President's Club via united.com/AvisChaseBenefit; allow up to 7 business days to process; must include Avis Preferred number in reservations to receive benefits.
Avis President's Club → Hertz President's Circle (match, official) 🌍 — Once per 5 years (no prior match, or 5+ yrs since last); matched status valid through Dec 31 of the 2nd calendar year after approval, then must re-qualify
multi-step
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United Club Card (Chase) → IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite (confer, official) 🇺🇸 — Complimentary; primary Cardmember eligible for IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite; register at united.com/ihgstatus, allow 4 weeks; status keyed to keeping the $695-AF card account open. Live verbatim on cardmembers.united.com/Club today — NOT a 2025-refresh addition parallel to Chase Sapphire Reserve's IHG benefit; a January 2022 Points Guy article shows this already existed then, so it predates and survived the 2025 United card refresh.
IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite → National Emerald Club Executive Elite (match, community-verified) 🇨🇦🇺🇸 — Matched status valid through Feb 28 of 2nd year; renew for Exec Elite
multi-step⚠ one-time
how (4 steps)
United Club Card (Chase) → IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite (confer, official) 🇺🇸 — Complimentary; primary Cardmember eligible for IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite; register at united.com/ihgstatus, allow 4 weeks; status keyed to keeping the $695-AF card account open. Live verbatim on cardmembers.united.com/Club today — NOT a 2025-refresh addition parallel to Chase Sapphire Reserve's IHG benefit; a January 2022 Points Guy article shows this already existed then, so it predates and survived the 2025 United card refresh.
IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite → Wyndham Rewards Diamond (match, official) 🌍 — Free match; 90-day validity, 10 qualifying nights to extend.
Wyndham Rewards Diamond → MSC Voyagers Club Gold (match, community-verified) 🌍 — once per lifetime; expires if no MSC cruise within 3 years
MSC Voyagers Club Gold → Explora Club (Explora Journeys) Gold (match, official) 🌍 — once per lifetime; proof of current tier required; processed in ~10 business days
multi-step⚠ one-time
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United Club Card (Chase) → IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite (confer, official) 🇺🇸 — Complimentary; primary Cardmember eligible for IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite; register at united.com/ihgstatus, allow 4 weeks; status keyed to keeping the $695-AF card account open. Live verbatim on cardmembers.united.com/Club today — NOT a 2025-refresh addition parallel to Chase Sapphire Reserve's IHG benefit; a January 2022 Points Guy article shows this already existed then, so it predates and survived the 2025 United card refresh.
IHG One Rewards Platinum Elite → Wyndham Rewards Diamond (match, official) 🌍 — Free match; 90-day validity, 10 qualifying nights to extend.
Wyndham Rewards Diamond → MSC Voyagers Club Gold (match, community-verified) 🌍 — once per lifetime; expires if no MSC cruise within 3 years