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
Jun 6, 2014, 6:31 am
#136
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So I signed up for the BA PP Amex, knowing I should easily hit the £3,000 bonus target.
I just logged in to check my progress and although my balance is over £800 (all just regular spending, with a chunk on BA) it says I'm only £250 towards the £3,000 target.
So is this just a time-lag thing, or is some spending excluded from the spending which counts towards the £3,000?
I just logged in to check my progress and although my balance is over £800 (all just regular spending, with a chunk on BA) it says I'm only £250 towards the £3,000 target.
So is this just a time-lag thing, or is some spending excluded from the spending which counts towards the £3,000?
Jun 6, 2014, 6:41 am
#137
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Jun 6, 2014, 9:09 am
#138
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Kent, UK
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Posts: 3,809
I've just got my card, yay.
Is there any where to confirm that my BAEC number is associated with my particular card? I can't seem to find my BAEC number anywhere.
Is there any where to confirm that my BAEC number is associated with my particular card? I can't seem to find my BAEC number anywhere.
Jun 6, 2014, 9:23 am
#139
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Yes, there is a lag between what shows on the statement and what shows in the list of transactions for which Avios are being awarded. You can click through to that list from a link on the right hand side of the page.
Jun 6, 2014, 12:18 pm
#140
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Location: Leeds, UK
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I have just had a look and I can't see anywhere online where the Amex sites shows the ba account number. I guess you may have to call just to double check.
Jun 6, 2014, 12:53 pm
#141
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: London
Programs: BA bronze, Hertz pres circle, Marriott Platinum, hilton diamond
Posts: 2,537
Do you remember entering it on your application? If you did, it should be fine, IME its been pretty slick. If you don't remember writing it in, they'll either have opened another account (think there might have been a box to tick) or they'll just have the points in limbo somewhere pending the information
Jun 6, 2014, 1:26 pm
#142
Join Date: Dec 2012
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Jun 10, 2014, 9:41 am
#143
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, ITA Club Executive, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,599
Has anyone in the UK recently upgraded from the free card to the BAPP?
Amex have confirmed that it's just a product upgrade, not a new application, therefore no hard credit check is performed.
However, do you recall if they ask for annual income and occupation? I'll be taking a career break over the summer, and I wouldn't want that to impact on the upgrade.
Amex have confirmed that it's just a product upgrade, not a new application, therefore no hard credit check is performed.
However, do you recall if they ask for annual income and occupation? I'll be taking a career break over the summer, and I wouldn't want that to impact on the upgrade.
Jun 10, 2014, 9:51 am
#144
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: YVR/LBA
Programs: BA Exec Club (Gold)
Posts: 329
I suppose technically you won't meet the eligibility criteria to continue holding either card (£20k) on your own but remember it is based on total household income if that helps?
If you don't mention it I'm sure Amex will have no problem provided you have managed your existing account well.
Jun 10, 2014, 9:57 am
#145
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: London, UK
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They do still go through the process of completing the equivalent of a new application on the phone with you although I was told it wasn't standard to perform a credit check for the upgrade at the end of it, just the way their systems work. You therefore will likely be asked your income again as part of the upgrade.
I suppose technically you won't meet the eligibility criteria for either card (£20k) on your own but remember it is based on total household income if that helps?
If you don't mention it I'm sure Amex will have no problem provided you have managed your existing account well.
I suppose technically you won't meet the eligibility criteria for either card (£20k) on your own but remember it is based on total household income if that helps?
If you don't mention it I'm sure Amex will have no problem provided you have managed your existing account well.
Just to clarify, you have done the upgrade yourself and you were asked all the questions you'd be asked for a new application, including income and occupation. Is that right?
The household income won't be a problem, as I would be well over the £20,000, but I would technically be unemployed during the career break and self-employed after that.
Jun 10, 2014, 10:29 am
#146
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Join Date: Mar 2010
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Has anyone in the UK recently upgraded from the free card to the BAPP?
Amex have confirmed that it's just a product upgrade, not a new application, therefore no hard credit check is performed.
However, do you recall if they ask for annual income and occupation? I'll be taking a career break over the summer, and I wouldn't want that to impact on the upgrade.
Amex have confirmed that it's just a product upgrade, not a new application, therefore no hard credit check is performed.
However, do you recall if they ask for annual income and occupation? I'll be taking a career break over the summer, and I wouldn't want that to impact on the upgrade.
Took 2+ months to get the 241 companion voucher I'd already earned, though.
Jun 10, 2014, 10:30 am
#147
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Jun 10, 2014, 10:32 am
#148
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Jun 10, 2014, 10:41 am
#150
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I just did it from my extant Amex 'Blue' account page after logging in.
I subsequently ended up with a couple of emails, from [email protected] and one cited "If you have any questions please call our new accounts team on 0800 587 3724"
Best I can do, ringingup
I subsequently ended up with a couple of emails, from [email protected] and one cited "If you have any questions please call our new accounts team on 0800 587 3724"
Best I can do, ringingup