United Just Made First Class a Little More Basic

📩 Join the newsletter: https://go.departuredigest.com/subscribe 🧭 Free points & miles beginner's guide: https://www.departuredigest.com/p/points-miles-beginners-guide 🛍️ Shop Departure Digest merch: https://shop.departuredigest.com 🤑 Get a $50 bonus at Rakuten: https://go.departuredigest.com/rakuten 👑 Our favorite credit cards: https://www.departuredigest.com/p/best-credit-cards ——— United now sells a basic version of domestic first class, called Base. Think basic economy, but with a bigger seat. Picking a seat costs extra, you get one checked bag instead of two, changes cost about $200, and you earn zero redeemable miles. Standard brings those perks back for a bit more, and for most trips, we’d pay up. Award tickets booked with United miles aren’t affected, at least for now. On the brighter side, one of our favorite no-annual-fee cards has a limited-time welcome offer that’s ending soon. Through December, it also earns bonus rewards at restaurants and grocery stores, and it doesn’t charge foreign transaction fees. Also, Monkey Bar, from the team behind 4 Charles and Au Cheval, is now serving breakfast. Dinner there is one of the hardest reservations in New York, so this might be the easiest way to finally get in. And yes, the famous $35 truffle monkey bread is on the menu. 👉 Explore limited-time welcome offers Offers valid at time of posting & may have expired. Timeline 0:00 Start Here 0:25 United’s New Basic First Class 2:28 A No-Annual-Fee Card Offer Ending Soon 4:06 Monkey Bar Now Serves Breakfast 4:42 Sign-Off ——— Advertiser Disclosure: Departure Digest may receive compensation through our partnership with advertisers when you click on links to offers on this page. Opinions expressed here are the author’s alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, airlines or hotel chain. Terms apply. The information is valid at the time of posting. ——— Stay up to date: → Newsletter: https://go.departuredigest.com/subscribe → YouTube Subscribe: https://yt.departuredigest.com → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/departuredigest → X: https://x.com/departuredgst → Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/departuredigest → TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@departuredigest