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
Jan 18, 2021, 12:43 am
#2162
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 284
Jan 18, 2021, 4:05 am
#2163
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Cayman, San Diego, London
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold, AA 4MM Lifetime Platinum, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond Amb, Bonvoy Lifetime Gold
Posts: 1,054
Mar 4, 2021, 8:04 am
#2164
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Sussex, UK
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 489
Question, currently have a BAPP which, due to refunds has a negative avios balance of -6,711.
I've already earned my companion voucher and have switched my spending to my Amex Gold Rewards instead (mainly due to this negative balance, and also to hit to 10k point renewal bonus), so not really using it anymore.
I know that the negative balance will sit there and get eroded by spending but wont come off my BAEC balance. But what happens If i cancel the card, is the negative balance written off or will it then come off my BAEC account?
I've already earned my companion voucher and have switched my spending to my Amex Gold Rewards instead (mainly due to this negative balance, and also to hit to 10k point renewal bonus), so not really using it anymore.
I know that the negative balance will sit there and get eroded by spending but wont come off my BAEC balance. But what happens If i cancel the card, is the negative balance written off or will it then come off my BAEC account?
Mar 4, 2021, 3:04 pm
#2165
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: England
Programs: BAEC: Bronze; Marriott: Gold
Posts: 399
Question, currently have a BAPP which, due to refunds has a negative avios balance of -6,711.
I've already earned my companion voucher and have switched my spending to my Amex Gold Rewards instead (mainly due to this negative balance, and also to hit to 10k point renewal bonus), so not really using it anymore.
I know that the negative balance will sit there and get eroded by spending but wont come off my BAEC balance. But what happens If i cancel the card, is the negative balance written off or will it then come off my BAEC account?
I've already earned my companion voucher and have switched my spending to my Amex Gold Rewards instead (mainly due to this negative balance, and also to hit to 10k point renewal bonus), so not really using it anymore.
I know that the negative balance will sit there and get eroded by spending but wont come off my BAEC balance. But what happens If i cancel the card, is the negative balance written off or will it then come off my BAEC account?
Last edited by bakera; Mar 5, 2021 at 4:08 am Reason: Removed incorrect information as corrected by Globaliser further down.
Mar 4, 2021, 4:31 pm
#2166
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
If by "renewal" you mean simply going into the next membership year, that's never yet happened to me. I've had negative balances sitting firmly in my account from one membership year into the next.
Mar 5, 2021, 2:14 am
#2168
Suspended
Join Date: Aug 2019
Posts: 93
Hi,
Last May I signed up for the BA Premium AMEX credit card. I reached the £3k spend score and didn't think I would reach the £10k spend for the companion voucher, and so swapped onto the regular (free) BA AMEX. Now it seems that I've already spent £10k on it this year, but I won't make it to the £20k by May, to reach the threshold for the companion voucher.
Would I be able to request a BA Premium AMEX again, and would I automatically get the companion voucher? Is it worth the £195? I have about 110k Avios at present but can always go on a mission to collect more.
Last May I signed up for the BA Premium AMEX credit card. I reached the £3k spend score and didn't think I would reach the £10k spend for the companion voucher, and so swapped onto the regular (free) BA AMEX. Now it seems that I've already spent £10k on it this year, but I won't make it to the £20k by May, to reach the threshold for the companion voucher.
Would I be able to request a BA Premium AMEX again, and would I automatically get the companion voucher? Is it worth the £195? I have about 110k Avios at present but can always go on a mission to collect more.
Mar 5, 2021, 4:07 am
#2169
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: England
Programs: BAEC: Bronze; Marriott: Gold
Posts: 399
Sorry Globaliser - you are correct. I confused this with the earning threshold being reset. The negative Avios balance does remain as you say.
Mar 7, 2021, 2:52 am
#2171
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Accor Live Limitless Gold, Hilton Honours Gold, Avis Preferred Plus
Posts: 1,807
Mar 7, 2021, 2:59 am
#2172
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci Chevalier de Actes Bénéfiques pour les Autres, BAEC Gold.
Posts: 1,487
No credit search either 'soft' or 'hard' was carried out when I upgraded my BA Blue Amex to the BA Black Amex card last year.(according to the three credit reference agency files). I had held the Blue card for quite a number of years though if that makes any difference.
Mar 12, 2021, 6:34 am
#2173
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 783
What are the rules for using the companion after you have cancelled your card? Can I still use the companion or does that get removed too?
Previously I seem to remember someone at BA saying that you can still use the voucher but you must use another Amex card to pay for the fees on the redemption. Is that right? And if so does it need to be a card in your own name or can it be a partner?
Previously I seem to remember someone at BA saying that you can still use the voucher but you must use another Amex card to pay for the fees on the redemption. Is that right? And if so does it need to be a card in your own name or can it be a partner?
Mar 12, 2021, 7:29 am
#2174
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Sussex, UK
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 489
What are the rules for using the companion after you have cancelled your card? Can I still use the companion or does that get removed too?
Previously I seem to remember someone at BA saying that you can still use the voucher but you must use another Amex card to pay for the fees on the redemption. Is that right? And if so does it need to be a card in your own name or can it be a partner?
Previously I seem to remember someone at BA saying that you can still use the voucher but you must use another Amex card to pay for the fees on the redemption. Is that right? And if so does it need to be a card in your own name or can it be a partner?
Have to use an AMEX to pay for the taxes on a redemption, but can be any Amex, no necessarily a BA one or the one you used to earn the voucher.
Mar 12, 2021, 8:09 am
#2175
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Lincolnshire, UK
Programs: BA GGL - maybe only briefly!
Posts: 1,378
Hi,
Last May I signed up for the BA Premium AMEX credit card. I reached the £3k spend score and didn't think I would reach the £10k spend for the companion voucher, and so swapped onto the regular (free) BA AMEX. Now it seems that I've already spent £10k on it this year, but I won't make it to the £20k by May, to reach the threshold for the companion voucher.
Would I be able to request a BA Premium AMEX again, and would I automatically get the companion voucher? Is it worth the £195? I have about 110k Avios at present but can always go on a mission to collect more.
Last May I signed up for the BA Premium AMEX credit card. I reached the £3k spend score and didn't think I would reach the £10k spend for the companion voucher, and so swapped onto the regular (free) BA AMEX. Now it seems that I've already spent £10k on it this year, but I won't make it to the £20k by May, to reach the threshold for the companion voucher.
Would I be able to request a BA Premium AMEX again, and would I automatically get the companion voucher? Is it worth the £195? I have about 110k Avios at present but can always go on a mission to collect more.