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
Aug 12, 2014, 8:58 am
#241
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,146
hehe ... my £3,162.54 paid 2 days apart wasn't going be gun-running or anything like that! Simple Elder Moment whilst ensuring the card was clear before a vacation ... and wanting to avoid making 'revealing' on-line payments whilst away on a hotel WiFi setup.
Aug 12, 2014, 10:41 am
#242
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: London
Programs: VS, BA, AA, IHG, HH, SPG
Posts: 186
I've done this a few times with Amex, when wanting to buy something on the card greater than the assigned limit. I've called them first, they've given me the bank details for a transfer onto the card, the card has gone into credit, and the charge has subsequently gone through fine.
As mentioned in a post above however, it can definitely trigger money laundering red-flags, so is not advisable to do regularly.
As mentioned in a post above however, it can definitely trigger money laundering red-flags, so is not advisable to do regularly.
Aug 13, 2014, 3:18 pm
#243
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: West Sussex, UK
Programs: BAEC Bronze, HH Gold, Etihad Silver
Posts: 102
Poor show from Amex tonight. Got to Sofitel T5 to find I had lost my BA amex between the National Express ticket office at Gatwick South and the Sofitel. Flying out to NYC in the morning. Called Amex who initially said they would courier an emergency card to my NYC hotel. Then they called back to say they don't do emergency cards any more and they couldn't produce and courier a standard card to me before I leave NYC Monday night
Amex website says
Amex website says
Doesn’t matter what happened. You’ll get a new Card as quickly as we can manage it. Almost always within 48 hours.
If you lose your Card and need a replacement urgently, we aim to replace it urgently. Our staff have been known to move mountains to organise replacement Cards in a matter of hours.
If you lose your Card and need a replacement urgently, we aim to replace it urgently. Our staff have been known to move mountains to organise replacement Cards in a matter of hours.
Aug 14, 2014, 5:47 am
#244
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 1,282
Amex have recently revamped their online payment systems. When you make a debit card payment online it now shows immediately , prior to that it always took 2-4 days. Means you cannot overpay anymore via their website though perhaps it still works if you make an online payment via your online banking service.
Aug 14, 2014, 6:07 am
#245
Suspended
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, UA Silver, CC Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 2,000
Amex have recently revamped their online payment systems. When you make a debit card payment online it now shows immediately , prior to that it always took 2-4 days. Means you cannot overpay anymore via their website though perhaps it still works if you make an online payment via your online banking service.
Anyone know?
Aug 14, 2014, 6:35 am
#246
Join Date: Jan 2005
Programs: BA Gold, AA Lifetime Gold 1.8mm, IC Spire Ambassador, Hilton Diamond, SPG Gold et al
Posts: 4,350
I've been paying online from my bank account on the very last day payment has been due for a while now. Not only have I had no problem, I also receive an almost immediate email confirming my payment which I think is also fairly new.
Aug 14, 2014, 7:10 am
#248
Join Date: May 2014
Location: London
Posts: 198
Aug 14, 2014, 7:11 am
#249
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,973
£1k sound unusually low for Amex. I think I was a student & employed during the holidays when I first got an Amex card and I am sure the limit was at least £3k or so. With a mean UK salary I would think a limit of £5k would be typical.
Aug 14, 2014, 9:18 am
#250
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,648
Definitely not. To be honest I was very surprised to read that someone was issued with an Amex with a credit limit that low. Very odd.
Aug 14, 2014, 9:44 am
#251
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC, IHG, LeClub, HHonors
Posts: 599
Aug 14, 2014, 9:47 am
#252
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC, IHG, LeClub, HHonors
Posts: 599
Can I ask for clarity on the 2-4-1 with the bapp amex please?
If you trigger a 2-4-1 within a few months and redeem immediately for a flight say 10 months away and the cancel the card, does it put your booking in jeopardy?
I'm aware if you trigger it and cancel before using it then it may disappear but unsure whT happens if already redeemed.
If you trigger a 2-4-1 within a few months and redeem immediately for a flight say 10 months away and the cancel the card, does it put your booking in jeopardy?
I'm aware if you trigger it and cancel before using it then it may disappear but unsure whT happens if already redeemed.
Aug 14, 2014, 9:53 am
#253
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Canary Wharf, London
Programs: MyWaitrose, IC Spire Ambassador, Hilton Diamond & BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,685
Poor show from Amex tonight. Got to Sofitel T5 to find I had lost my BA amex between the National Express ticket office at Gatwick South and the Sofitel. Flying out to NYC in the morning. Called Amex who initially said they would courier an emergency card to my NYC hotel. Then they called back to say they don't do emergency cards any more and they couldn't produce and courier a standard card to me before I leave NYC Monday night
Amex website says
Amex website says
Aug 19, 2014, 5:26 am
#255
formerly rxfleming
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: AUH, DXB (and GLA)
Programs: BA GGL, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Plat Elite
Posts: 2,456
My starting limit was £1100 - just opened the card 6 months ago. I just got upped to £1700, so 55% increase. I pay off every month. Hope the increases continue at the same % rate.