The New United℠ Explorer Card will continue to have a $0 intro annual fee for the first year. After the first year, the annual fee will be $150, an increase of $55 from the previous $95 annual fee. Limited-time welcome offer: Earn 80,000 United miles, after spending $3,000 on qualifying purchases in the first three months of opening an account.

The carrier is raising annual fees for cards and lounge memberships, but says that perks are improving and that consumers are still spending.

Chase's six cobranded United credit cards are increasing their annual fees and shaking up their benefits. Here's our advice for new and existing cardholders.