Originally Posted by
Furton
I'm almost at the 10k trigger amount for my BA Platinum AMEX card however I have until April 2015 to hit it. I'm just about to start refurbishing a house so have plenty of scope to accrue some more spend.
In terms of maximising Avios, would I be better off applying for the The Preferred Rewards Gold Card to qualify for the 20k sign up bonus (which I should easily hit).
If someone has a referral link for the above card please send it through if you want some additional points.
If you end up buying a lot of stuff from B&Q, Homebase, Next etc then the best option is as follows:
Amex Gold Preffered Card:
Purchase a hell of a lot vouchers from tesco
Double MR points on the purchases (£50 = 100 Avios)
£50 voucher = 150 CC points bonus = 360 Avios per £50 spent on top of 100 avios for purchase.
Every £50 spent will get you 460 Avios whereas with the BA PP will get you only 75 Avios.