Chase United Explorer: primary rental car insurance
What the Chase United Explorer's primary rental car insurance covers as its issuer summarises it, which cards with dated benefits list the same thing for a lower fee, and whether the card's rewards pay its fee before the benefit is counted.
Read this first
This list comes from each issuer's benefit summary, read on the month shown beside each card. Summaries leave out the exclusions, the claim limits per year and the conditions — often that the whole trip or purchase has to go on the card — so read the card's full guide to benefits before you rely on one. 64 of the 118 cards in the catalogue have no benefits recorded here yet and are left out, so a card missing from this list may still have it.
What the summary says
Primary rental car collision cover, up to $60,000 for theft and collision damage
Stated limit: up to $60,000 per claim. That is the 3rd largest stated limit among the 6 cards here whose summaries give one for primary rental car insurance.
Read from the issuer's benefit summary 2026-11.
Who it is worth it for
If primary rental car insurance is the reason you are looking at the Chase United Explorer, the Chase Sapphire Preferred lists it too, with an annual fee of $95 — $55 a year less. What the difference buys is the rest of the Chase United Explorer: its rewards and the other benefits below. Compare the two summaries before deciding they are the same cover.
On rewards alone, the illustrative household spending $2,205 a month (the assumption, in full) earns about $372 a year on the Chase United Explorer, or $222 once its $150 fee is paid. So the rewards pay the fee before this benefit is counted: for somebody who spends like that household, the benefit comes on top.
Every card here with primary rental car insurance
| Card | Annual fee | What the summary says | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| $795 | up to $75,000 per claim Primary rental car collision cover, up to $75,000 for theft and collision damage, in the U.S. and abroad |
2026-11 | |
| $795 | up to $75,000 per claim Primary rental car collision cover when renting for business, up to $75,000 for theft and collision damage |
2026-11 | |
| $95 | up to $60,000 per claim Primary rental car collision cover, up to $60,000 for theft and collision damage |
2026-11 | |
Chase United Explorer (this card) |
$150 | up to $60,000 per claim Primary rental car collision cover, up to $60,000 for theft and collision damage |
2026-11 |
| $350 | up to $60,000 per claim Primary rental car collision cover, up to $60,000 for theft and collision damage |
2026-11 | |
| $695 | up to $60,000 per claim Primary rental car collision cover, up to $60,000 for theft and collision damage |
2026-11 |
The Chase United Explorer's other dated benefits
- Purchase protection — up to $10,000 per claim, 120 days
- Extended warranty
- Trip delay
- Trip cancellation
- Baggage
- Free checked bag
- Global Entry / TSA PreCheck
- Concierge
Questions people ask
Does the Chase United Explorer come with primary rental car insurance?
Yes. Its benefit summary, read 2026-11, says: “Primary rental car collision cover, up to $60,000 for theft and collision damage”. The full guide to benefits sets the conditions, so read it before relying on the primary rental car insurance.
Which credit card has primary rental car insurance for a lower annual fee than the Chase United Explorer?
The Chase Sapphire Preferred lists it with an annual fee of $95, $55 a year less.
What the Chase United Explorer earns, category by category · Every card with primary rental car insurance · How the data here is kept