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
Apr 14, 2019, 5:31 am
#1921
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 335
Apr 19, 2019, 7:58 am
#1922
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: London
Programs: Ba Exec - Blue
Posts: 3
(UK) Called up to cancel my standard BA Amex yesterday, plan was to cease current card for 6 months, then reapply for premium card so I could reap the 30000 Avios sign-on bonus. But was told now you have to not have had an Amex card for 24 months if you wanted the sign on bonus. Apparently this was brought in last March, booo.
Apr 19, 2019, 8:17 am
#1923
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 153
Has anyone else got the spend "£500 with BA & selected partners and get 500 bonus avios upto 3 times offer"?
I've just just over £1500 to pay off on a BA holiday due this month, I can't see anything stopping me paying it off in 3 chunks of £500 and get 1500 bonus avios.
Has anyone seen any reason this wouldn't work?
I've just just over £1500 to pay off on a BA holiday due this month, I can't see anything stopping me paying it off in 3 chunks of £500 and get 1500 bonus avios.
Has anyone seen any reason this wouldn't work?
Apr 19, 2019, 8:54 am
#1925
Join Date: Jul 2016
Programs: BA Bronze SPG
Posts: 273
Has anyone else got the spend "£500 with BA & selected partners and get 500 bonus avios upto 3 times offer"?
I've just just over £1500 to pay off on a BA holiday due this month, I can't see anything stopping me paying it off in 3 chunks of £500 and get 1500 bonus avios.
Has anyone seen any reason this wouldn't work?
I've just just over £1500 to pay off on a BA holiday due this month, I can't see anything stopping me paying it off in 3 chunks of £500 and get 1500 bonus avios.
Has anyone seen any reason this wouldn't work?
Apr 19, 2019, 9:14 am
#1926
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
(UK) Called up to cancel my standard BA Amex yesterday, plan was to cease current card for 6 months, then reapply for premium card so I could reap the 30000 Avios sign-on bonus. But was told now you have to not have had an Amex card for 24 months if you wanted the sign on bonus. Apparently this was brought in last March, booo.
Apr 19, 2019, 2:02 pm
#1928
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: MME (midway between NCL and LBA)
Programs: BA Gold, AF/KL Gold, Hilton Gold, Nordic Choice Gold
Posts: 743
Has anyone else got the spend "£500 with BA & selected partners and get 500 bonus avios upto 3 times offer"?
I've just just over £1500 to pay off on a BA holiday due this month, I can't see anything stopping me paying it off in 3 chunks of £500 and get 1500 bonus avios.
Has anyone seen any reason this wouldn't work?
I've just just over £1500 to pay off on a BA holiday due this month, I can't see anything stopping me paying it off in 3 chunks of £500 and get 1500 bonus avios.
Has anyone seen any reason this wouldn't work?
I am in the same situation and got the same offer. I was happy until I saw that the BA transaction had to be made in GBP - teach me to book an ex-DUB trip with BA Holidays...
May 5, 2019, 5:49 am
#1929
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Cheltenham
Programs: KLM Plat for Life , BA Gold, HH Silver, (Other half Diamond), IHG Gold
Posts: 2,398
If the person that you are referring for an Amex has had one within the last 2 years they will no longer get the sign up bonus . But will you get the referral bonus ?
Jun 3, 2019, 4:47 am
#1931
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: UK (currently)
Programs: BA Gold (and many other greater and lesser distinctions)
Posts: 7,208
DOWNGRADING FROM BLACK TO BLUE
If I have understood correctly, applying for a Blue BA Amex will automatically lead to the cancellation of my existing Black PP card. Is that correct ?
If I downgrade from the Black to the Blue, will the new card be a separate account with a new number ? I assume it will, and if that is the case I also assume that any debit / credit balances of cash or Avios would not transfer across between them. Can anyone please confirm ?
What i am really trying to find out is whether if I have earned but not yet transferred Avios on the Black, will they be lost when the Black account is closed ? As a mirror image, if I get a small refund on the Black after closure, I assume will the Black will just stay with a small Avios debit balance ? Is that correct ?
If I have understood correctly, applying for a Blue BA Amex will automatically lead to the cancellation of my existing Black PP card. Is that correct ?
If I downgrade from the Black to the Blue, will the new card be a separate account with a new number ? I assume it will, and if that is the case I also assume that any debit / credit balances of cash or Avios would not transfer across between them. Can anyone please confirm ?
What i am really trying to find out is whether if I have earned but not yet transferred Avios on the Black, will they be lost when the Black account is closed ? As a mirror image, if I get a small refund on the Black after closure, I assume will the Black will just stay with a small Avios debit balance ? Is that correct ?
Jul 12, 2019, 11:15 am
#1933
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: West Sussex, UK
Programs: BAEC, Silver
Posts: 148
Had an email offering 30k avios sign up offer if I get the BAPP Card.
i already have an amex, so looking to get the BAPP, gain the 30K avios and 2-4-1, and then cancel.
will cancelling pretty much straight after the 30k avios hit my account affect anything? I.e I’m not tied in to the card for X years? They won’t take the Avios back?
i already have an amex, so looking to get the BAPP, gain the 30K avios and 2-4-1, and then cancel.
will cancelling pretty much straight after the 30k avios hit my account affect anything? I.e I’m not tied in to the card for X years? They won’t take the Avios back?
Jul 12, 2019, 11:33 am
#1935
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,683