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
May 31, 2022, 6:28 am
#2341
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Shoreham By Sea
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,331
BA guarantee 6 reward seats per business class flight per the new policy (used to be 2). Given some long haul business flights have over 70 business seats, guaranteeing 6 is still a small proportion.
The greater availability is the increase in the minimum number per flight from 2 to 6.
I imagine there are the same number of people going for the reward tickets so on popular routes (which I imagine Vegas is), the seats will still go quickly.
The greater availability is the increase in the minimum number per flight from 2 to 6.
I imagine there are the same number of people going for the reward tickets so on popular routes (which I imagine Vegas is), the seats will still go quickly.
May 31, 2022, 6:29 am
#2342
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Shoreham By Sea
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,331
There are plenty of reports from people who have found some additional availability that they cannot see if they use an old-style voucher.
I suspect that the main learning from what you have seen is that, although there are more award seats available to those with new-style vouchers, even cash inventory of I9 does not guarantee that there will be award seats in Club.
I suspect that the main learning from what you have seen is that, although there are more award seats available to those with new-style vouchers, even cash inventory of I9 does not guarantee that there will be award seats in Club.
May 31, 2022, 6:32 am
#2343
Join Date: Jul 2020
Programs: BA Bronze
Posts: 78
You're not up to date. The increase was actually to 4 from 2, not 6 - I wish. Additionally there was availability offered at 355 days in WTP. But this extra availability is for the old style vouchers (issued before September) AND the new ones. The new ones specifically mentioned that the cheaper (I class) revenue buckets would become available, in some cases, for rewards.
May 31, 2022, 7:39 am
#2344
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: England
Programs: BAEC Gold, UA Mileage Plus, Hotels.com Gold, Marriott Bonvoy Platinum, Pizza Express Gold
Posts: 603
BA guarantee 6 reward seats per business class flight per the new policy (used to be 2). Given some long haul business flights have over 70 business seats, guaranteeing 6 is still a small proportion.
The greater availability is the increase in the minimum number per flight from 2 to 6.
I imagine there are the same number of people going for the reward tickets so on popular routes (which I imagine Vegas is), the seats will still go quickly.
The greater availability is the increase in the minimum number per flight from 2 to 6.
I imagine there are the same number of people going for the reward tickets so on popular routes (which I imagine Vegas is), the seats will still go quickly.
The guaranteed seat release is separate to the new style 241 voucher, and is only 4 seats in business per flight as a minimum.
Jun 13, 2022, 5:31 am
#2345
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: LON
Programs: Mucci, BAEC, Eurostar
Posts: 3,293
Interesting development, as per HfP, the BA Amex 2-4-1 vouchers can now be used for a 50% reduction Avios required for a redemption.
https://www.headforpoints.com/2022/0...olo-traveller/
https://www.headforpoints.com/2022/0...olo-traveller/
Jun 13, 2022, 5:32 am
#2346
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,618
Interesting development, as per HfP, the BA Amex 2-4-1 vouchers can now be used for a 50% reduction Avios required for a redemption.
https://www.headforpoints.com/2022/0...olo-traveller/
https://www.headforpoints.com/2022/0...olo-traveller/
Big changes (already live) to the BA Amex 2-4-1 voucher
Jun 13, 2022, 5:50 am
#2348
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
Jun 13, 2022, 5:52 am
#2349
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,967
presumably the one issued in September 2021 has been extended by 6 months? Hence the expiry date now showing of 1 March 2023.
Jun 16, 2022, 10:17 am
#2350
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Canary Wharf, London
Programs: MyWaitrose, IC Spire Ambassador, Hilton Diamond & BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,685
I'm sure BA can find an old plane to rip apart, how about a metal Amex card made up of 25% plane?
American Express® and Delta Air Lines® Debut First-Ever Limited-Edition Boeing 747 Credit Card Design
American Express® and Delta Air Lines® Debut First-Ever Limited-Edition Boeing 747 Credit Card Design
Jul 31, 2022, 8:27 am
#2352
Join Date: Jul 2013
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond *, IHG, Couples Romance Rewards
Posts: 2,351
Aug 2, 2022, 7:29 am
#2353
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: The North
Posts: 1,847
2000 Avios for £200 spend (Premium Plus card)
I had this offer on my BA Premium Plus card this morning - 2000 Avios for spending £200 with BA by 2nd September, for the first 40,000 cardmembers to save the offer. Note the restriction that it is "valid for flights departing from the UK" - I don't recall seeing this on similar offers before (but could be wrong).
With other retailers such as supermarkets, I'd assume they couldn't track what was spent, but I recall seeing details of flights on the AMEX statements. Here is an example from my online statement of a recent purchase I made departing from Switzerland (identifying info redacted):
I therefore would assume that this would indeed not credit if used for anything except a flight departing from the UK.
With other retailers such as supermarkets, I'd assume they couldn't track what was spent, but I recall seeing details of flights on the AMEX statements. Here is an example from my online statement of a recent purchase I made departing from Switzerland (identifying info redacted):
BRITISH AIRWAYS CH DIRECT ECOMM SUBMISSIONS CHF SWITZERLAND 0000 CHAdditional Information
ROUTING: FROM: BASEL/MULHOUSE
TO: LONDON HEATHROW APCARRIER: BA CLASS: V
TICKET NUMBER: 1250000000000 PASSENGER NAME: MR S QUAWK
ROUTING: FROM: BASEL/MULHOUSE
TO: LONDON HEATHROW APCARRIER: BA CLASS: V
TICKET NUMBER: 1250000000000 PASSENGER NAME: MR S QUAWK
Aug 2, 2022, 9:38 am
#2355
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: LON
Programs: Mucci, BAEC, Eurostar
Posts: 3,293
I had this offer on my BA Premium Plus card this morning - 2000 Avios for spending £200 with BA by 2nd September, for the first 40,000 cardmembers to save the offer. Note the restriction that it is "valid for flights departing from the UK" - I don't recall seeing this on similar offers before (but could be wrong).