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 £3,000 within the first three months of card membership.
British Airways American Express Credit Card:
Collect 9,000 bonus Avios when you spend £1,000 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 £10,000 (or £20,000) 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 £3,000 within the first three months of card membership.
British Airways American Express Credit Card:
Collect 9,000 bonus Avios when you spend £1,000 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 £1,000 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 £3,000 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 £1,000 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 £3,000 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 £10,000 (or £20,000) 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 £1 (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: £2,500
- Refund protection: £300 (£200) per item
- Flight delay / cancellation / overbooking / missed: £200 (£0)
- Baggage delay (6+ hours): £750 (£0)
- Baggage delay (48+ hours): £1,000 (£0), additional to 6 hours benefit
- Accident: £250,000 (£75,000)
- Hijack (24+ hours): £1,500
- Hijack (72+ hours): £3,000, additional to the 24h benefit
BA American Express credit card
Oct 17, 2016, 3:21 pm
#1202
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,216
Companion Reward Questions
I've just earned my first Companion Reward with Amex and have a couple of questions:
My preferred way to redeem this voucher is when travelling with my wife and daughter. So, I would be booking two return tickets using Avios and then adding a third on the same flight using the Companion Reward. Given that my choice of destination would be PVG, SIN or HKG in F and during the school holidays, how realistic is this? I can book well in advance and am happy to travel midweek. Also, is it possible to book the outbound to PVG and return from either HKG or SIN?
The second part of my question is regarding the wording around the Avios booking. It implies that the booking must be using Avios in full. Is this right? I have around 300K Avios in my family account. Am I better aiming at J seats, only F would make the trip that much better!
Any information and advice greatly appreciated.
My preferred way to redeem this voucher is when travelling with my wife and daughter. So, I would be booking two return tickets using Avios and then adding a third on the same flight using the Companion Reward. Given that my choice of destination would be PVG, SIN or HKG in F and during the school holidays, how realistic is this? I can book well in advance and am happy to travel midweek. Also, is it possible to book the outbound to PVG and return from either HKG or SIN?
The second part of my question is regarding the wording around the Avios booking. It implies that the booking must be using Avios in full. Is this right? I have around 300K Avios in my family account. Am I better aiming at J seats, only F would make the trip that much better!
Any information and advice greatly appreciated.
Oct 17, 2016, 3:26 pm
#1203
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
It's "yes" to both of these questions.
Oct 17, 2016, 3:37 pm
#1204
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,216
Oct 17, 2016, 5:32 pm
#1205
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: South East England
Programs: Status with BA Exec Club; KrisFlyer; Hilton Honors; IHG One; Marriott Bonvoy
Posts: 543
If you can quickly earn another voucher, you can book you +2 companions for one batch of Avios. At this point, however, redemption availability in F during the school holidays might be troublesome to HKG!
Oct 18, 2016, 5:50 am
#1206
Join Date: Jun 2003
Programs: BA, IHG, 5C
Posts: 4,413
If you are suggesting they can collect 2 vouchers and then book a "3 for 1", that isn't correct. 2 vouchers can be combined for a "4 for 2" therefore requiring 2 batches of base miles. There isn't a good way to use vouchers for 3 passengers.
Oct 18, 2016, 6:01 am
#1207
Join Date: Jun 2003
Programs: BA, IHG, 5C
Posts: 4,413
... You might look at using a Lloyds avios voucher for the third passenger (spend £7k to trigger but it's a combined Amex/MasterCard which works well alongside the BA Amex). This allows you to book a CW return for WT+ avios. Out to PVG, back from HKG would therefore be at peak dates 120k instead of 180k. However you can only book this in one go unlike the Amex voucher: you have to wait until the return date is open and hope the outbound is still available. PVG might be easier than HKG or SIN so you are doing it the right way around in that sense.
There is a referral bonus of 4500 avios on the lloyds card if want want a referral.
There is a referral bonus of 4500 avios on the lloyds card if want want a referral.
Oct 26, 2016, 12:40 am
#1208
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci. And BA Gold – previous awards - Gold 11, Silver 7, Bronze 4.
Posts: 4,226
No Amex points since receiving voucher
I have a curious situation. I triggered my 241 voucher about a week ago. Posted onto my BAEC account so that is all fine.
However since then I have used my Amex regularly but the points balance is stuck at zero, as though I have no transactions.
My membership year ends at the end of October, so is this a temporary glitch?
I am sure in the past I have had some note that says 'you have your voucher but keep spending to get more avios... you start collecting for a new voucher at the beginning of the next membership year.
Any ideas?
However since then I have used my Amex regularly but the points balance is stuck at zero, as though I have no transactions.
My membership year ends at the end of October, so is this a temporary glitch?
I am sure in the past I have had some note that says 'you have your voucher but keep spending to get more avios... you start collecting for a new voucher at the beginning of the next membership year.
Any ideas?
Oct 26, 2016, 1:17 am
#1209
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, ITA Club Executive, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,598
I have a curious situation. I triggered my 241 voucher about a week ago. Posted onto my BAEC account so that is all fine.
However since then I have used my Amex regularly but the points balance is stuck at zero, as though I have no transactions.
My membership year ends at the end of October, so is this a temporary glitch?
I am sure in the past I have had some note that says 'you have your voucher but keep spending to get more avios... you start collecting for a new voucher at the beginning of the next membership year.
Any ideas?
However since then I have used my Amex regularly but the points balance is stuck at zero, as though I have no transactions.
My membership year ends at the end of October, so is this a temporary glitch?
I am sure in the past I have had some note that says 'you have your voucher but keep spending to get more avios... you start collecting for a new voucher at the beginning of the next membership year.
Any ideas?
If you manage to go directly to the rewards page, where you can see the number points. Per transaction, you will see your points there.
Oct 26, 2016, 2:02 am
#1211
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci. And BA Gold – previous awards - Gold 11, Silver 7, Bronze 4.
Posts: 4,226
Oct 26, 2016, 2:21 am
#1212
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: All good weekends in the UK begin at Heathrow :)
Programs: Amex MR, A3, BAEC
Posts: 195
Looks like my answer got to the forum before I did!
Yep, same problem here on a BAPP card. It got stuck at 83 points and I've put through close to £2K since the points last moved across.
Yep, same problem here on a BAPP card. It got stuck at 83 points and I've put through close to £2K since the points last moved across.
Nov 1, 2016, 7:05 am
#1215
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA CCR/GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,483
Shop Small is back!
Between 3 and 18 December 2016 you'll get rewarded with £5 back when you spend £10 or more at participating retailers. The map is hopeless, but it's worth having a look.....