Jan 1, 2014, 5:45 am
Last edit by: EsherFlyer
Current sign-up, referral, spend promotions and retention offers
New member sign ups
British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card:
Collect 25,000 bonus Avios when you spend Ł3,000 within the first three months of card membership.
British Airways American Express Credit Card:
Collect 9,000 bonus Avios when you spend Ł1,000 within the first three months of card membership.
Referrals
If you are already a BA American Express card holder (either BA card) and introduce a friend to the BA American Express card, you'll receive a 4,000 Avios bonus once your friend's application is approved.
If you are already a BA American Express card holder (either BA card) and introduce a friend to the Premium Plus card, you'll receive a 9,000 Avios bonus once your friend's application is approved.
If your friend achieves the spend required for the welcome offer on either card they'll receive an additional 1,000 Avios. I.e. 26,000 or 10,000 total bonus Avios for the Premium Plus and Credit Card respectively.
Promotions
Retention offers
Voucher eligible spend
Pretty much everything counts towards the Ł10,000 (or Ł20,000) required to earn a 2-4-1 Companion Voucher, including the following which might be unexpected:
A few things that don't:
The online total to the right of the card summary is pretty up to date, and far more useful for tracking spend than what the statements show.
Insurance
Both standard and Premium Plus cards include insurance benefits for goods and services purchased on the card. Full details here and here respectively. Summary of Premium Plus benefit are shown here, with standard card offering same cover unless alternate figure is shown in parentheses:
New member sign ups
British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card:
Collect 25,000 bonus Avios when you spend Ł3,000 within the first three months of card membership.
British Airways American Express Credit Card:
Collect 9,000 bonus Avios when you spend Ł1,000 within the first three months of card membership.
Referrals
If you are already a BA American Express card holder (either BA card) and introduce a friend to the BA American Express card, you'll receive a 4,000 Avios bonus once your friend's application is approved.
If you are already a BA American Express card holder (either BA card) and introduce a friend to the Premium Plus card, you'll receive a 9,000 Avios bonus once your friend's application is approved.
If your friend achieves the spend required for the welcome offer on either card they'll receive an additional 1,000 Avios. I.e. 26,000 or 10,000 total bonus Avios for the Premium Plus and Credit Card respectively.
Small print:
You must refer your friend via the referral link provided above to be eligible for this offer.
You may recommend as many friends or family members as you wish but you can only receive a maximum of 45,000 Avios per calendar year for those approved for a Card.
You will receive 4,000 bonus Avios if your friend applies and is approved for the British Airways American Express Credit Card. Your friend will receive 4,000 bonus Avios after they have been approved and spent a minimum of Ł1,000 on goods and services purchased and charged to their Account within three months of Account opening.
You will receive 9,000 bonus Avios if your friend applies and is approved for the British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card. Your friend will receive 19,000 bonus Avios after they have been approved and spent a minimum of Ł3,000 on goods and services purchased and charged to their Account within three months of Account opening.
When completing the referral form, you must
(i) select the Card you hold from the list at Step 1 and
(ii) select a card to recommend from those listed at Step 2. If you do not follow this process, you and your friend will not be eligible for the bonus.
If your friend has already applied for any of the British Airways American Express Credit Cards without using this referral, you and your friend will not be eligible for the bonus Avios.
All introductory offers are subject to change, can be withdrawn at any time and are not available if your friend currently holds or has held any other British Airways American Express Credit Cards in the past six months.
You must refer your friend via the referral link provided above to be eligible for this offer.
You may recommend as many friends or family members as you wish but you can only receive a maximum of 45,000 Avios per calendar year for those approved for a Card.
You will receive 4,000 bonus Avios if your friend applies and is approved for the British Airways American Express Credit Card. Your friend will receive 4,000 bonus Avios after they have been approved and spent a minimum of Ł1,000 on goods and services purchased and charged to their Account within three months of Account opening.
You will receive 9,000 bonus Avios if your friend applies and is approved for the British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card. Your friend will receive 19,000 bonus Avios after they have been approved and spent a minimum of Ł3,000 on goods and services purchased and charged to their Account within three months of Account opening.
When completing the referral form, you must
(i) select the Card you hold from the list at Step 1 and
(ii) select a card to recommend from those listed at Step 2. If you do not follow this process, you and your friend will not be eligible for the bonus.
If your friend has already applied for any of the British Airways American Express Credit Cards without using this referral, you and your friend will not be eligible for the bonus Avios.
All introductory offers are subject to change, can be withdrawn at any time and are not available if your friend currently holds or has held any other British Airways American Express Credit Cards in the past six months.
Promotions
Retention offers
Voucher eligible spend
Pretty much everything counts towards the Ł10,000 (or Ł20,000) required to earn a 2-4-1 Companion Voucher, including the following which might be unexpected:
- Foreign transaction fees
A few things that don't:
- Annual membership fee
- Interest payments
- Transactions under Ł1 (although you can earn the single Avios
)
The online total to the right of the card summary is pretty up to date, and far more useful for tracking spend than what the statements show.
Insurance
Both standard and Premium Plus cards include insurance benefits for goods and services purchased on the card. Full details here and here respectively. Summary of Premium Plus benefit are shown here, with standard card offering same cover unless alternate figure is shown in parentheses:
- Purchase protection: Ł2,500
- Refund protection: Ł300 (Ł200) per item
- Flight delay / cancellation / overbooking / missed: Ł200 (Ł0)
- Baggage delay (6+ hours): Ł750 (Ł0)
- Baggage delay (48+ hours): Ł1,000 (Ł0), additional to 6 hours benefit
- Accident: Ł250,000 (Ł75,000)
- Hijack (24+ hours): Ł1,500
- Hijack (72+ hours): Ł3,000, additional to the 24h benefit
BA American Express credit card
Oct 27, 2014, 11:22 am
#376
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Good point. However, when you click through to actually apply it clarifies that by stating
So parents don't count.
You have an Annual Household Income of Ł20,000 (ie: your personal income plus partner's income)
Oct 28, 2014, 11:22 am
#379
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Nov 3, 2014, 12:08 am
#381
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: NW London and NW Sydney
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I've now downgraded to the free BA card and when I log in, it says
Spend Ł500
by 30 Dec 2014
to receive 1,000 Avios
by 30 Dec 2014
to receive 1,000 Avios
Is this a normal offer after downgrading, or is it just because I downgraded less than 3 months after getting the card? Has anyone else done this and managed to get the 1k avios for spending a further Ł500?
Nov 3, 2014, 3:44 am
#382
Join Date: Apr 2008
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 151
I applied for the BAPP last month and spent the Ł10k, got the 241 and the intro bonus.
I've now downgraded to the free BA card and when I log in, it says
where it previously stated the intro bonus of "Spend Ł3000 to receive 25000 Avios", with the same date
Is this a normal offer after downgrading, or is it just because I downgraded less than 3 months after getting the card? Has anyone else done this and managed to get the 1k avios for spending a further Ł500?
I've now downgraded to the free BA card and when I log in, it says
where it previously stated the intro bonus of "Spend Ł3000 to receive 25000 Avios", with the same date
Is this a normal offer after downgrading, or is it just because I downgraded less than 3 months after getting the card? Has anyone else done this and managed to get the 1k avios for spending a further Ł500?
Nov 3, 2014, 4:15 am
#383
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 50
Hi There, complete newbie here so apologies if this question has been asked already!
I'm considering applying for the BA basic amex to boost my avios earnings but had a quick question about the sign up bonus. It states in the info section at the top of this post that there are 9,000 bonus avios available if spending Ł1000 in the first three months. However, on both the BA and Amex website, the bonus is published at 3,000 when spending Ł500 in the first three months.
Obviously the more bonus avios I can get the better (I wouldn't be spending Ł3000 in 3 months to make the most of the Premium Card bonus/justify the annual fee) - am I right in thinking that if I only manage to spend Ł500 in 3 months I'll get the 3,000 bonus but if I manage to spend the Ł1000 I will get the 9,000 bonus?
I hope my question makes sense - i've been lurking on this forum for a while and have found it to contain a wealth of helpful information!
Thanks in advance
I'm considering applying for the BA basic amex to boost my avios earnings but had a quick question about the sign up bonus. It states in the info section at the top of this post that there are 9,000 bonus avios available if spending Ł1000 in the first three months. However, on both the BA and Amex website, the bonus is published at 3,000 when spending Ł500 in the first three months.
Obviously the more bonus avios I can get the better (I wouldn't be spending Ł3000 in 3 months to make the most of the Premium Card bonus/justify the annual fee) - am I right in thinking that if I only manage to spend Ł500 in 3 months I'll get the 3,000 bonus but if I manage to spend the Ł1000 I will get the 9,000 bonus?
I hope my question makes sense - i've been lurking on this forum for a while and have found it to contain a wealth of helpful information!
Thanks in advance
Nov 3, 2014, 4:22 am
#384
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Unfortunately the signup bonus has just been reduced to 3,000 avios for the standard card. The BA Premium Plus Amex remains at 18,000 avios. If you are referred you will earn an additional 1,000 avios.
Nov 3, 2014, 4:28 am
#385
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 50
Nov 3, 2014, 5:17 am
#386
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC, IHG, LeClub, HHonors
Posts: 599
I don't see anywhere online that allows you to downgrade it, if there is im missing it somewhere and hope someone can't point me in the right direction.
Nov 3, 2014, 6:38 am
#388
Join Date: Jan 2014
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Nov 3, 2014, 6:48 am
#389
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Nov 3, 2014, 7:05 am
#390
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: London, Copenhagen
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