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 11, 2014, 6:45 am
#166
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, ITA Club Executive, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,599
So it seems that I ask all the questions, including occupation and income, only for the upgrade. When I did the downgrade myself earlier this year, I wasn't asked any questions.
So how many times have you done the upgrade/downgrade so far? Isn't it something that, if repeated, could piss Amex off?
Jun 12, 2014, 6:59 am
#167
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
However, neither of them mentions Amex.
Calling the 0300 number gets you a recorded message which lists the forms of payment accepted. Likewise, the only credit cards that are accepted, as far as I could tell, are Mastercard and Visa.
So is the Amex payment route now dead?
Or is the Amex option perhaps only offered to those who are paying larger amounts of car tax?
Jun 12, 2014, 11:26 am
#168
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BA, Marriott, Hertz, Dennis The Menace Fan Club
Posts: 2,015
Jun 12, 2014, 12:40 pm
#169
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Sheffield, UK
Programs: BA, Emirates, IHG, Accor, Marriott, Hilton
Posts: 637
Returning to this topic: I've just been trying to tax my car. There are now officially two websites. There's the traditional DVLA website (https://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/Ev...app/home/intro) and there's a new "beta" website (https://www.taxdisc.service.gov.uk/).
However, neither of them mentions Amex.
Calling the 0300 number gets you a recorded message which lists the forms of payment accepted. Likewise, the only credit cards that are accepted, as far as I could tell, are Mastercard and Visa.
So is the Amex payment route now dead?
Or is the Amex option perhaps only offered to those who are paying larger amounts of car tax?
However, neither of them mentions Amex.
Calling the 0300 number gets you a recorded message which lists the forms of payment accepted. Likewise, the only credit cards that are accepted, as far as I could tell, are Mastercard and Visa.
So is the Amex payment route now dead?
Or is the Amex option perhaps only offered to those who are paying larger amounts of car tax?
Jun 12, 2014, 3:36 pm
#170
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Staffordshire
Programs: BA Gold, IHG Platinum Amb
Posts: 150
Sadly not. Just bought my 12 month tax disc for my Peugeot 407 for the very reasonable price of £485!!! Had to use my visa.
Jun 15, 2014, 3:39 pm
#171
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: UK
Posts: 802
Relatively speaking, how generous are the credit limits on new BAPP cards? I'd like to spend £10k to trigger the 2-4-1 in one transaction. I don't want to fork out £150 for the card only to find they've given me a meagre limit. (I know it's refundable, but I don't want the hassle)
If it helps, I've held an Amex PR Gold card since January, and Lloyds recently gave me a £7k limit on their Avios Rewards cards.
If it helps, I've held an Amex PR Gold card since January, and Lloyds recently gave me a £7k limit on their Avios Rewards cards.
Jun 15, 2014, 3:50 pm
#172
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: usually LON
Programs: BA Gold (OWE), Tesco Blue, TK Elite (*G), Oyster Diamond Jubilee edition
Posts: 1,546
Relatively speaking, how generous are the credit limits on new BAPP cards? I'd like to spend £10k to trigger the 2-4-1 in one transaction. I don't want to fork out £150 for the card only to find they've given me a meagre limit. (I know it's refundable, but I don't want the hassle)
If it helps, I've held an Amex PR Gold card since January, and Lloyds recently gave me a £7k limit on their Avios Rewards cards.
If it helps, I've held an Amex PR Gold card since January, and Lloyds recently gave me a £7k limit on their Avios Rewards cards.
Jun 15, 2014, 4:08 pm
#173
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: UK
Programs: MUCCI, British Airways Executive Club Gold
Posts: 1,795
They're very good on credit limits from my experience. I started on £22k and then moved up to £50k which is the maximum permitted on the BA Amex. This was all relatively easy to do...
Jun 16, 2014, 2:14 am
#174
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,146
That prompted me to check the file - they haven't increased my limit since last July. I used to get an auto-increase every 6 months. I shall speak to them! DYKWIA?
Jun 18, 2014, 2:03 pm
#176
Join Date: Jul 2011
Programs: BAEC Gold, LH M&M Member
Posts: 2,705
How long does statement take to arrive?
So I've had my first month of spending, my first Avios have transferred to BA, and the automated phone service is telling me how much my direct debit will be (and the direct debit date will be 7th July) but I have no statement.
How long does the statement take to arrive after the end of the month?
How long does the statement take to arrive after the end of the month?
Jun 18, 2014, 2:39 pm
#178
Join Date: Jul 2011
Programs: BAEC Gold, LH M&M Member
Posts: 2,705
Jun 18, 2014, 3:22 pm
#180
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,973
When you click on it you can immediately access the last 6 statements, they are pdf versions of the statement you receive in the post.
