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
Nov 8, 2014, 1:02 pm
#406
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: UK
Programs: BA GGL, BA Amex Prem, Amex Plat, Hilton Diamond, Sir Crazy8534 de l'ordres des aides de Pucci
Posts: 4,467
Can anyone tell me if purchases in a foreign currency (not bureau de change but actual purchases) count towards the 3k spend to trigger the bonus avios?
The Ts&Cs say 'foreign exchange' is not included which is a bit unclear.
Thinking of getting this card and then booking an ex-EU on it but I believe this means I'll be charged in euros so I just wanted to check. Thanks if anyone can confirm.
The Ts&Cs say 'foreign exchange' is not included which is a bit unclear.
Thinking of getting this card and then booking an ex-EU on it but I believe this means I'll be charged in euros so I just wanted to check. Thanks if anyone can confirm.
If you are ex-EU'ing then just call BA and you can pay in £.
EDIT: Beaten to it by a FT legend....!
Nov 8, 2014, 1:36 pm
#407
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 45
1. By 'foreign exchange' they only mean if you use your card at an FX place like Travelex to get cash. Overseas purchases DO count just fine.
2. Ironically, though, if you order foreign currency using your BA Amex from Amex's own travelmoneynow.co.uk service for home delivery, it DOES count as a purchase and you earn Avios on the transaction and it will count towards the £3k.
2. Ironically, though, if you order foreign currency using your BA Amex from Amex's own travelmoneynow.co.uk service for home delivery, it DOES count as a purchase and you earn Avios on the transaction and it will count towards the £3k.
It just means that you won't get bonus avios for using your credit card to buy foreign currency. Foreign transactions will count towards the bonus in the same way as any other purchase (but you will also pay the foreign transaction fee ?2.5%).
If you are ex-EU'ing then just call BA and you can pay in £.
EDIT: Beaten to it by a FT legend....!
If you are ex-EU'ing then just call BA and you can pay in £.
EDIT: Beaten to it by a FT legend....!
Nov 9, 2014, 2:49 am
#408
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA Silver, IHG Diamond, Hilton Gold,
Posts: 558
It's a little curious. I got the offer with my snailmail statement yesterday. (Hey, AmEx? What's this? Telling me about a promotion before it starts? 
)
Small Business Saturday is 6 December and Think Big Shop Small lasts from 6 to 21 December.
Details: http://www.amexshopsmall.co.uk/cardm...-billinginsert
Poor map: http://www.amexshopsmall.co.uk/map.html
Register for the promotion from 10 November. Assumption: all AmEx cards qualify, including MBNA, Lloyds, TSB, Barclays ...
I see some merchants including our chemist are already displaying stickers.
)Small Business Saturday is 6 December and Think Big Shop Small lasts from 6 to 21 December.
Details: http://www.amexshopsmall.co.uk/cardm...-billinginsert
Poor map: http://www.amexshopsmall.co.uk/map.html
Register for the promotion from 10 November. Assumption: all AmEx cards qualify, including MBNA, Lloyds, TSB, Barclays ...
I see some merchants including our chemist are already displaying stickers.
Nov 9, 2014, 2:52 am
#409
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, ITA Club Executive, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,599
Nov 9, 2014, 3:11 am
#410
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Bronze, Accor Gold, Amex Plat, Hertz 5 Star, Global Entry
Posts: 119
BA American Express credit card | 2014 master thread
Quick question everyone about BAPP- I've just made it to £10k spend, how long until my voucher comes?
Nov 9, 2014, 3:14 am
#411
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: usually LON
Programs: BA Gold (OWE), Tesco Blue, TK Elite (*G), Oyster Diamond Jubilee edition
Posts: 1,546
Nov 9, 2014, 3:21 am
#412
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: EXT
Programs: British Airways Executive Club, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
Posts: 294
Nov 9, 2014, 4:16 am
#414
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, ITA Club Executive, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,599
Nov 9, 2014, 4:47 am
#415
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA Silver, IHG Diamond, Hilton Gold,
Posts: 558
They did a July 2013 offer that was available during the month and was capped with the number of transactions per account. I recall December has always just been one day,
Nov 9, 2014, 12:18 pm
#416
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 86
1. By 'foreign exchange' they only mean if you use your card at an FX place like Travelex to get cash. Overseas purchases DO count just fine.
2. Ironically, though, if you order foreign currency using your BA Amex from Amex's own travelmoneynow.co.uk service for home delivery, it DOES count as a purchase and you earn Avios on the transaction and it will count towards the £3k.
2. Ironically, though, if you order foreign currency using your BA Amex from Amex's own travelmoneynow.co.uk service for home delivery, it DOES count as a purchase and you earn Avios on the transaction and it will count towards the £3k.
Thank you
Nov 9, 2014, 12:23 pm
#417
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: usually LON
Programs: BA Gold (OWE), Tesco Blue, TK Elite (*G), Oyster Diamond Jubilee edition
Posts: 1,546
I have never tried but since it counts towards the targets, it is probably treated as purchase rather than cash withdrawal, i.e. interest charged as for regular purchases (never, if you always pay in full).
Nov 9, 2014, 3:13 pm
#418
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Here today, gone tomorrow
Programs: Nothing shiny :-(
Posts: 2,493
Nov 10, 2014, 2:59 am
#419
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London and Zurich
Programs: AA, BA, Mucci: Sir Roger des Directions Routières, PCR
Posts: 13,609
I just checked my AmEx statements and Offers include this promotion. So that's my 2 AmEx/AmEx cards enrolled with a click. Now just Mrs Roger's AmEx and our MBNA cards to go ...