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
Mar 4, 2020, 4:26 pm
#2071
Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 1,387
I’m sure this has been asked but I can’t see the wood for the trees when I search this forum ....
My wife has a UK BA PP Amex and we have two 2-4-1 trips coming up that will exhaust our Avios for a while. I have the same card too, and we don’t think we need two separate cards any more as I’m ready to pull the trigger on my final £600 of spend to trigger another 2-4-1 voucher - long story short, my wife’s card seems like the card we don’t need renewed.
Her renewal is April 28th and our trips start/end on March 17/23rd and May 9/19th respectively. Is it possible, wise or indeed stupid to attempt to downgrade the card ahead of the second trip to avoid paying the £195 renewal fee (?). Or, should I just settle myself and pay this fee, and then downgrade as soon as we return for an 11/12th refund of fee (?)
Sorry if this was an easy answer to find ... I didn’t manage to find it - and thanks for any help.
My wife has a UK BA PP Amex and we have two 2-4-1 trips coming up that will exhaust our Avios for a while. I have the same card too, and we don’t think we need two separate cards any more as I’m ready to pull the trigger on my final £600 of spend to trigger another 2-4-1 voucher - long story short, my wife’s card seems like the card we don’t need renewed.
Her renewal is April 28th and our trips start/end on March 17/23rd and May 9/19th respectively. Is it possible, wise or indeed stupid to attempt to downgrade the card ahead of the second trip to avoid paying the £195 renewal fee (?). Or, should I just settle myself and pay this fee, and then downgrade as soon as we return for an 11/12th refund of fee (?)
Sorry if this was an easy answer to find ... I didn’t manage to find it - and thanks for any help.
Mar 5, 2020, 1:07 am
#2072
Join Date: Jun 2003
Programs: BA, IHG, 5C
Posts: 4,413
I’m sure this has been asked but I can’t see the wood for the trees when I search this forum ....
My wife has a UK BA PP Amex and we have two 2-4-1 trips coming up that will exhaust our Avios for a while. I have the same card too, and we don’t think we need two separate cards any more as I’m ready to pull the trigger on my final £600 of spend to trigger another 2-4-1 voucher - long story short, my wife’s card seems like the card we don’t need renewed.
Her renewal is April 28th and our trips start/end on March 17/23rd and May 9/19th respectively. Is it possible, wise or indeed stupid to attempt to downgrade the card ahead of the second trip to avoid paying the £195 renewal fee (?). Or, should I just settle myself and pay this fee, and then downgrade as soon as we return for an 11/12th refund of fee (?)
Sorry if this was an easy answer to find ... I didn’t manage to find it - and thanks for any help.
My wife has a UK BA PP Amex and we have two 2-4-1 trips coming up that will exhaust our Avios for a while. I have the same card too, and we don’t think we need two separate cards any more as I’m ready to pull the trigger on my final £600 of spend to trigger another 2-4-1 voucher - long story short, my wife’s card seems like the card we don’t need renewed.
Her renewal is April 28th and our trips start/end on March 17/23rd and May 9/19th respectively. Is it possible, wise or indeed stupid to attempt to downgrade the card ahead of the second trip to avoid paying the £195 renewal fee (?). Or, should I just settle myself and pay this fee, and then downgrade as soon as we return for an 11/12th refund of fee (?)
Sorry if this was an easy answer to find ... I didn’t manage to find it - and thanks for any help.
Mar 5, 2020, 1:21 am
#2073
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: AA, BA, Accor, Honors Diamond, IHG Diamond Elite and lots more....
Posts: 2,971
I’m sure this has been asked but I can’t see the wood for the trees when I search this forum ....
My wife has a UK BA PP Amex and we have two 2-4-1 trips coming up that will exhaust our Avios for a while. I have the same card too, and we don’t think we need two separate cards any more as I’m ready to pull the trigger on my final £600 of spend to trigger another 2-4-1 voucher - long story short, my wife’s card seems like the card we don’t need renewed.
Her renewal is April 28th and our trips start/end on March 17/23rd and May 9/19th respectively. Is it possible, wise or indeed stupid to attempt to downgrade the card ahead of the second trip to avoid paying the £195 renewal fee (?). Or, should I just settle myself and pay this fee, and then downgrade as soon as we return for an 11/12th refund of fee (?)
Sorry if this was an easy answer to find ... I didn’t manage to find it - and thanks for any help.
My wife has a UK BA PP Amex and we have two 2-4-1 trips coming up that will exhaust our Avios for a while. I have the same card too, and we don’t think we need two separate cards any more as I’m ready to pull the trigger on my final £600 of spend to trigger another 2-4-1 voucher - long story short, my wife’s card seems like the card we don’t need renewed.
Her renewal is April 28th and our trips start/end on March 17/23rd and May 9/19th respectively. Is it possible, wise or indeed stupid to attempt to downgrade the card ahead of the second trip to avoid paying the £195 renewal fee (?). Or, should I just settle myself and pay this fee, and then downgrade as soon as we return for an 11/12th refund of fee (?)
Sorry if this was an easy answer to find ... I didn’t manage to find it - and thanks for any help.
Mar 5, 2020, 3:11 pm
#2074
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Scotland
Posts: 128
It also goes to show .... I thought I knew a lot of this stuff, but the idea suggested by pauldb above never even crossed my mind !
I can tell you, I can spend that amount in a flash ... but only when Mrs aahch says so 😜 and, sensibly, only when I know whether or what’s happening in terms of bonuses for this year, and if or what job I’ve got next year 😳
Mar 22, 2020, 12:02 pm
#2075
Join Date: Feb 2008
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 176
Negative Avios balance on account
Owing to covid-19, I’ve just had a hefty refund credited to my BA Amex which in turn has created a sizeable negative Avios balance. Will that negative balance be clawed back from my BAEC account or will it just sit there and I have to spend enough to clear it before I earn any more Avios that can be transferred to my BAEC account?
Mar 22, 2020, 12:11 pm
#2077
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: AA, BA, Accor, Honors Diamond, IHG Diamond Elite and lots more....
Posts: 2,971
Owing to covid-19, I’ve just had a hefty refund credited to my BA Amex which in turn has created a sizeable negative Avios balance. Will that negative balance be clawed back from my BAEC account or will it just sit there and I have to spend enough to clear it before I earn any more Avios that can be transferred to my BAEC account?
You should also request that Amex transfer that money back to you. They will do so, once requested.
Mar 22, 2020, 12:15 pm
#2078
Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 1,387
Owing to covid-19, I’ve just had a hefty refund credited to my BA Amex which in turn has created a sizeable negative Avios balance. Will that negative balance be clawed back from my BAEC account or will it just sit there and I have to spend enough to clear it before I earn any more Avios that can be transferred to my BAEC account?
Mar 23, 2020, 10:10 am
#2079
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Dublin
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 52
Owing to covid-19, I’ve just had a hefty refund credited to my BA Amex which in turn has created a sizeable negative Avios balance. Will that negative balance be clawed back from my BAEC account or will it just sit there and I have to spend enough to clear it before I earn any more Avios that can be transferred to my BAEC account?
If I downgrade, will this refund be transfered to the free card and I keep the points it earned? Or am I better off waiting until I've re-spent the amount and then downgrading. From what I've read I get the £195 card fee refunded no matter when I downgrade?
Mar 23, 2020, 10:20 am
#2080
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Usually travelling
Programs: BA, SQ, VS, Lifetime Diamond Club Appreciator, Mucci
Posts: 488
Looks like BA just extended all 241 vouchers expiry dates by 6 months.
News broken here: https://www.headforpoints.com/2020/0...ed-six-months/
Confirmed all of my vouchers whether used and refunded or unused have been extended.
EDIT: Apologies, thought this was the 241 thread, but still useful info though
News broken here: https://www.headforpoints.com/2020/0...ed-six-months/
Confirmed all of my vouchers whether used and refunded or unused have been extended.
EDIT: Apologies, thought this was the 241 thread, but still useful info though
Last edited by 000; Mar 23, 2020 at 10:22 am Reason: Apology
Mar 28, 2020, 3:48 am
#2082
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Central Scotland
Programs: BAEC Gold, Miles & More Silver, Privilege Club Silver
Posts: 544
Called Amex in Brighton last night as we had reached the 90 days mark from the end of the “1 extra Avios for every £4 of spend” offer. I was missing 1400 Avios from a large spend (For us) on my wife’s supplementary card. Had called previously but had gotten nowhere and been told to wait until the 90 day period from the end of the offer, as in the T&C’s, guy had tried but it seemed beyond his capabilities. Had checked at the time that offer applied to supplementary cards and had been assured that it applied to all BAPP cards.
As I said called again last night and a great lady at the other end had the Avios in my account by the end of a relatively short phone call. Took my Avios account back into positive territory after being negative from a refund from cancelled flights.
Just a reminder for you guys out there to make sure you got all your Avios from the offer. It wasn’t the easiest offer to keep track of because of the haphazard way they added the extra Avios to your account.
As I said called again last night and a great lady at the other end had the Avios in my account by the end of a relatively short phone call. Took my Avios account back into positive territory after being negative from a refund from cancelled flights.
Just a reminder for you guys out there to make sure you got all your Avios from the offer. It wasn’t the easiest offer to keep track of because of the haphazard way they added the extra Avios to your account.
May 10, 2020, 5:14 am
#2084
Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 1,387
Quite normal. It has taken a few days for my approval for various Amex cards- and that was in the pre-COVID days.
May 20, 2020, 4:40 am
#2085
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 75
A stupid question perhaps..... do avios earned through the Amex card transfer automatically to my exec club? Logging in to my Amex account it tells me how many I have earned for transferring but there appears to be no option for me to transfer them