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
Oct 9, 2014, 4:44 am
#346
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London and Zurich
Programs: AA, BA, Mucci: Sir Roger des Directions Routières, PCR
Posts: 13,609
What? A dormancy fee on the BA AmEx, i.e. one with (potentially) an annual fee anyway?
That's the first I've heard of it. I just checked my statement dated 24/09 and there's no such mention. I trust that this is not a general enhancement.
That's the first I've heard of it. I just checked my statement dated 24/09 and there's no such mention. I trust that this is not a general enhancement.
Oct 9, 2014, 6:44 am
#348
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London and Zurich
Programs: AA, BA, Mucci: Sir Roger des Directions Routières, PCR
Posts: 13,609
Oct 9, 2014, 7:11 am
#349
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Kent, UK
Programs: BA Gold, SPG Platinum, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,809
Oct 9, 2014, 11:57 am
#350
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 870
I have just cancelled my BAPP after years of having it. I simply don't see the point.
Reward seats are becoming harder to get and I have had to forego my last 241.
I get more miles/pound from my BMI card so there really is little point in keeping it. And it saves me £150.
Reward seats are becoming harder to get and I have had to forego my last 241.
I get more miles/pound from my BMI card so there really is little point in keeping it. And it saves me £150.
Oct 10, 2014, 4:32 am
#352
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC, IHG, LeClub, HHonors
Posts: 599
I can't see why you would be able to as both are different "currencies" ie Gold is Membership Rewards and BA Card is Avios, both different schemes all be it the BAEC/Avios are a flying partner of the MR scheme.
Oct 10, 2014, 4:33 am
#353
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, ITA Club Executive, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,599
I assumed he's referring to an actual balance on the card, not a points balance.
Oct 20, 2014, 3:39 am
#355
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Wimbledon, UK
Programs: Budding BA Bronze, MPC Gold
Posts: 370
Quick question for a friend who's a non FT'er (the shame).
He bought an item, around £4k which took him over the bonus limit and all the avios went straight to his BAEC.
He then returned the item, leaving minus avios balance on the Amex account. Seen as all the avios have gone to BA already do Amex have the ability to take these back from BA account or will it just remain as minus on Amex?
Partly my fault as I told him the avios would move over when he pays his statement rather than go straight away
He bought an item, around £4k which took him over the bonus limit and all the avios went straight to his BAEC.
He then returned the item, leaving minus avios balance on the Amex account. Seen as all the avios have gone to BA already do Amex have the ability to take these back from BA account or will it just remain as minus on Amex?
Partly my fault as I told him the avios would move over when he pays his statement rather than go straight away
Oct 20, 2014, 3:47 am
#356
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Wirral, UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, IHG Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 432
Quick question for a friend who's a non FT'er (the shame).
He bought an item, around £4k which took him over the bonus limit and all the avios went straight to his BAEC.
He then returned the item, leaving minus avios balance on the Amex account. Seen as all the avios have gone to BA already do Amex have the ability to take these back from BA account or will it just remain as minus on Amex?
Partly my fault as I told him the avios would move over when he pays his statement rather than go straight away
He bought an item, around £4k which took him over the bonus limit and all the avios went straight to his BAEC.
He then returned the item, leaving minus avios balance on the Amex account. Seen as all the avios have gone to BA already do Amex have the ability to take these back from BA account or will it just remain as minus on Amex?
Partly my fault as I told him the avios would move over when he pays his statement rather than go straight away
Oct 20, 2014, 3:59 am
#357
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Wimbledon, UK
Programs: Budding BA Bronze, MPC Gold
Posts: 370
Oct 20, 2014, 4:02 am
#358
formerly rxfleming
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: AUH, DXB (and GLA)
Programs: BA GGL, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Plat Elite
Posts: 2,456
BA American Express credit card | 2014 master thread
Well AMEX finally gifted me with a credit limit that is more respectable than the paltry starting limit offered when I took out the card 6 months ago. Let's hope this trend continues.
Oct 20, 2014, 4:22 am
#359
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 have just cancelled my BAPP after years of having it. I simply don't see the point.
Reward seats are becoming harder to get and I have had to forego my last 241.
I get more miles/pound from my BMI card so there really is little point in keeping it. And it saves me £150.
Reward seats are becoming harder to get and I have had to forego my last 241.
I get more miles/pound from my BMI card so there really is little point in keeping it. And it saves me £150.
Oct 20, 2014, 4:50 am
#360
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Berkshire
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR/LTG
Posts: 684
Did Amex give you an increase after 3 and 6 months?
I think I've just cleared my third statement, and wondering if I will be offered a limit increase.... I also made extra payments as needed....