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 18, 2014, 4:05 pm
#181
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: usually LON
Programs: BA Gold (OWE), Tesco Blue, TK Elite (*G), Oyster Diamond Jubilee edition
Posts: 1,546
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?
But I found regular email about balance only indicative as it is usually few days behind actual spending. Not that it matters in my case.
Jul 1, 2014, 5:47 am
#182
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 111
Hi all,
I have a friend who is looking to take out a BAPP card, however I see that the bonus has now dropped back down to 18K/19K.
Anyone know if it will increase back to the 25K/26K anytime soon?
She's happy to get it if it stays as it is for the next few months, but if it'll happen within the next few weeks, she'll wait.
Thanks as always.
I have a friend who is looking to take out a BAPP card, however I see that the bonus has now dropped back down to 18K/19K.
Anyone know if it will increase back to the 25K/26K anytime soon?
She's happy to get it if it stays as it is for the next few months, but if it'll happen within the next few weeks, she'll wait.
Thanks as always.
Jul 1, 2014, 10:51 am
#184
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: North of Carlisle
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 1,538
The bonus changed in May. Referral via Raffles' blog (or others on this forum) will get you 19,000 but I would wait as it will probably increase to 25k next time round. Is it worth the wait for 6k?
http://www.headforpoints.com/2014/04...ress-reviewed/
http://www.headforpoints.com/2014/04...ress-reviewed/
Jul 2, 2014, 2:36 pm
#185
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Basingrad, UK
Programs: BA GfL, TK *G+
Posts: 803
Up until yesterday I was 30% towards a 241 voucher. I booked a couple of flights in my last earnings year which I have just cancelled, BA have now refunded the fees (£500 ish) and I'm now back to 25%.
Should the refund be taken off this years spend? If so looks like I've now got to spend £11000 to get a 241, which seems a bit unfair.
Any ideas? Do I need to phone to have a manual change or just have to suck it up
Thanks
Should the refund be taken off this years spend? If so looks like I've now got to spend £11000 to get a 241, which seems a bit unfair.
Any ideas? Do I need to phone to have a manual change or just have to suck it up
Thanks
Jul 2, 2014, 3:32 pm
#187
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Basingrad, UK
Programs: BA GfL, TK *G+
Posts: 803
With last years spend well over the £10k mark I don't see why a refund from last years spend should now come off this years spend. Oh well, looks like I'll have to live with it. If the refund was from this years spend then I would have an issue.
Jul 3, 2014, 2:00 am
#188
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
You happen to be refunding a ticket which had an identifiable date of purchase. But what if you were refunding a couple of thousand pounds worth of clothes bought last year? How would you expect Amex to track this, and automatically ascribe the refund to last year's total rather than this year's total? Would you expect Amex to withdraw last year's voucher if last year's total dropped below £10,000? What if the card holder had already used the voucher, or travelled on the tickets, by the time this occurred?
In addition, you're not having to spend £11,000 this year to get your 2-4-1. You may have to charge £11,000 worth of purchases to your card, but you're only paying £10,000 of new cash towards them. The other £1,000 doesn't involve you spending any new money.
Jul 5, 2014, 6:39 am
#189
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 11,969
Would appreciate a few confirmations ....
I dropped my wife's own independent Premium Plus card well over six months ago and now plan to refer her for her next one to get both sets of current bonuses.
1. Is the qualifying period for the bonus still safely after 6 months after cancelling the old?
2. Is there a known lapsing period for the referral? Basically I want to keep sending her a "referral" but not use it for around 6 or 7 months or so, but want to cover it in case they withdraw sign up bonuses without warning.
3. Any current confirmation that her holding an existing Premium Plus additional card holder on my account is not disqualifying her for the sign up bonus on her own appreciated.
Just to confirm. I do not currently shop at Tesco.
Any live experience appreciated.
I dropped my wife's own independent Premium Plus card well over six months ago and now plan to refer her for her next one to get both sets of current bonuses.
1. Is the qualifying period for the bonus still safely after 6 months after cancelling the old?
2. Is there a known lapsing period for the referral? Basically I want to keep sending her a "referral" but not use it for around 6 or 7 months or so, but want to cover it in case they withdraw sign up bonuses without warning.
3. Any current confirmation that her holding an existing Premium Plus additional card holder on my account is not disqualifying her for the sign up bonus on her own appreciated.
Just to confirm. I do not currently shop at Tesco.
Any live experience appreciated.
Jul 5, 2014, 8:09 am
#190
Join Date: May 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA
Posts: 1,409
Does any know what happens if you have two unused 2-4-1s in your bank, then you trigger a third? I believe you can only hold two at once - do you lose the first, and replace it with the third (ie you lose the one with the shortest expiry date in preference of the new one with a longer date?)
I've been unable to redeem for personal reasons in the past two years
I've been unable to redeem for personal reasons in the past two years
Jul 5, 2014, 8:25 am
#191
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, ITA Club Executive, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,599
I recently upgraded from the blue card to the BAPP and the first spend triggered a 6000 avios bonus. This wasn't advertised and I wasn't told even when I asked if there would've been any incentive to upgrade. It was a nice surprise. Has it happened to anyone else?
Jul 5, 2014, 9:28 am
#193
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
Does any know what happens if you have two unused 2-4-1s in your bank, then you trigger a third? I believe you can only hold two at once - do you lose the first, and replace it with the third (ie you lose the one with the shortest expiry date in preference of the new one with a longer date?)
Jul 5, 2014, 9:57 am
#194
Join Date: May 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA
Posts: 1,409
Thanks. I might give them a call to be sure. I'm unlikey to use my oldest one before it expires (Nov), and I'm likely to trigger a new one as I've just entered a new spending year!
Jul 5, 2014, 3:18 pm
#195
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,871
Would appreciate a few confirmations ....
I dropped my wife's own independent Premium Plus card well over six months ago and now plan to refer her for her next one to get both sets of current bonuses.
1. Is the qualifying period for the bonus still safely after 6 months after cancelling the old?
2. Is there a known lapsing period for the referral? Basically I want to keep sending her a "referral" but not use it for around 6 or 7 months or so, but want to cover it in case they withdraw sign up bonuses without warning.
3. Any current confirmation that her holding an existing Premium Plus additional card holder on my account is not disqualifying her for the sign up bonus on her own appreciated.
Just to confirm. I do not currently shop at Tesco.
Any live experience appreciated.
I dropped my wife's own independent Premium Plus card well over six months ago and now plan to refer her for her next one to get both sets of current bonuses.
1. Is the qualifying period for the bonus still safely after 6 months after cancelling the old?
2. Is there a known lapsing period for the referral? Basically I want to keep sending her a "referral" but not use it for around 6 or 7 months or so, but want to cover it in case they withdraw sign up bonuses without warning.
3. Any current confirmation that her holding an existing Premium Plus additional card holder on my account is not disqualifying her for the sign up bonus on her own appreciated.
Just to confirm. I do not currently shop at Tesco.
Any live experience appreciated.