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
Dec 3, 2014, 8:22 am
#466
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Sheffield, UK
Programs: BA, Emirates, IHG, Accor, Marriott, Hilton
Posts: 637
Dec 3, 2014, 8:48 am
#467
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: London
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 16
Mrs Lem and I both got the Gold card last month as we have a few things like train season ticket renewals and some work expenses going through so will both hit the £2k immediately (and don't worry, we did it in true FT style and waited till one had received their card who then recommended the other) - logged on to transfer some points over and saw that my total was significantly more than I was expecting.
Turns out that I'm getting triple points on everything from John Lewis as I'm getting the bonus for first year spend at a supermarket plus it's counting it, for some reason, as travel. Which is a nice result when I've just bought a new TV and sound system through them...
Turns out that I'm getting triple points on everything from John Lewis as I'm getting the bonus for first year spend at a supermarket plus it's counting it, for some reason, as travel. Which is a nice result when I've just bought a new TV and sound system through them...
Dec 3, 2014, 9:26 am
#468
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2012
Programs: BA Gold, QF WP
Posts: 12,551
Dec 3, 2014, 9:28 am
#469
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: London
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 16
Dec 8, 2014, 2:24 am
#470
Moderator: Qatar Airways
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: LHR/NCE/MIA
Programs: BAEC GfL & GGL, SQ Gold, Amex Centurion, Mucci des Chevaliers des Bons Mots et Qui Savent Moucher
Posts: 8,948
Morning all,
I applied for the Blue BA Amex card in August and have spent £14,000 so far.
Last week I applied for the Black BA Amex card and was approved.
Last night, BA emailed me to congratulate me on earning a companion voucher...but I have only spent £14,000 of the required £20,000 needed.
On my Amex account, the black card appears and it clearly states I have earned a companion voucher.
Knowing the black card spend is £10,000 to earn the voucher, has the system simply taken my blue spend and decided that I've now earned the voucher?
I'm a tad confused!
Thanks all.
I applied for the Blue BA Amex card in August and have spent £14,000 so far.
Last week I applied for the Black BA Amex card and was approved.
Last night, BA emailed me to congratulate me on earning a companion voucher...but I have only spent £14,000 of the required £20,000 needed.
On my Amex account, the black card appears and it clearly states I have earned a companion voucher.
Knowing the black card spend is £10,000 to earn the voucher, has the system simply taken my blue spend and decided that I've now earned the voucher?
I'm a tad confused!
Thanks all.
Dec 8, 2014, 2:28 am
#471
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, ITA Club Executive, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,599
Dec 8, 2014, 2:29 am
#472
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2012
Programs: BA Gold, QF WP
Posts: 12,551
Morning all,
I applied for the Blue BA Amex card in August and have spent £14,000 so far.
Last week I applied for the Black BA Amex card and was approved.
Last night, BA emailed me to congratulate me on earning a companion voucher...but I have only spent £14,000 of the required £20,000 needed.
On my Amex account, the black card appears and it clearly states I have earned a companion voucher.
Knowing the black card spend is £10,000 to earn the voucher, has the system simply taken my blue spend and decided that I've now earned the voucher?
I'm a tad confused!
Thanks all.
I applied for the Blue BA Amex card in August and have spent £14,000 so far.
Last week I applied for the Black BA Amex card and was approved.
Last night, BA emailed me to congratulate me on earning a companion voucher...but I have only spent £14,000 of the required £20,000 needed.
On my Amex account, the black card appears and it clearly states I have earned a companion voucher.
Knowing the black card spend is £10,000 to earn the voucher, has the system simply taken my blue spend and decided that I've now earned the voucher?
I'm a tad confused!
Thanks all.
Dec 8, 2014, 2:33 am
#473
Moderator: Qatar Airways
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: LHR/NCE/MIA
Programs: BAEC GfL & GGL, SQ Gold, Amex Centurion, Mucci des Chevaliers des Bons Mots et Qui Savent Moucher
Posts: 8,948
Thanks for answering!
Shame I can't hold both - I'd just learnt my card number off by heart!
So having already earned the 2-4-1, and knowing I can't earn 2 in one year, would it be sensible for me to apply for a different Amex card on addition?
Quite a few posts have mentioned the Gold rewards card...
Dec 8, 2014, 5:47 am
#475
Moderator: Qatar Airways
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: LHR/NCE/MIA
Programs: BAEC GfL & GGL, SQ Gold, Amex Centurion, Mucci des Chevaliers des Bons Mots et Qui Savent Moucher
Posts: 8,948
By the way Raffles, I found an old-post of yours about an hour ago which answered my questions and also mention the Gold card concept, so a belated thanks!
Dec 8, 2014, 11:57 am
#476
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: London
Programs: IHG Spire Amb, Accor Gold, HH Diamond, Krispy Kreme Brown with chocolate sprinkles
Posts: 507
Ah, interesting.
Thanks for answering!
Shame I can't hold both - I'd just learnt my card number off by heart!
So having already earned the 2-4-1, and knowing I can't earn 2 in one year, would it be sensible for me to apply for a different Amex card on addition?
Quite a few posts have mentioned the Gold rewards card...
Thanks for answering!
Shame I can't hold both - I'd just learnt my card number off by heart!
So having already earned the 2-4-1, and knowing I can't earn 2 in one year, would it be sensible for me to apply for a different Amex card on addition?
Quite a few posts have mentioned the Gold rewards card...
Dec 8, 2014, 2:45 pm
#477
Moderator: Qatar Airways
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: LHR/NCE/MIA
Programs: BAEC GfL & GGL, SQ Gold, Amex Centurion, Mucci des Chevaliers des Bons Mots et Qui Savent Moucher
Posts: 8,948
Dec 10, 2014, 11:40 pm
#478
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 218
PRG card
is there a definitive list of shops where you get the bonus extra points, for this card,
It says supermarkets, and I know M&S stores do, but have just noticed I got extra points on a holiday inn restaurant spend.
I will be hosting (and paying for) a family reunion lunch at Fortnum and Mason on Saturday and was wondering if anyone knows whether they also give extra points?
Cheers
It says supermarkets, and I know M&S stores do, but have just noticed I got extra points on a holiday inn restaurant spend.
I will be hosting (and paying for) a family reunion lunch at Fortnum and Mason on Saturday and was wondering if anyone knows whether they also give extra points?
Cheers
Dec 11, 2014, 3:23 am
#479
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Sheffield, UK
Programs: BA, Emirates, IHG, Accor, Marriott, Hilton
Posts: 637
is there a definitive list of shops where you get the bonus extra points, for this card,
It says supermarkets, and I know M&S stores do, but have just noticed I got extra points on a holiday inn restaurant spend.
I will be hosting (and paying for) a family reunion lunch at Fortnum and Mason on Saturday and was wondering if anyone knows whether they also give extra points?
Cheers
It says supermarkets, and I know M&S stores do, but have just noticed I got extra points on a holiday inn restaurant spend.
I will be hosting (and paying for) a family reunion lunch at Fortnum and Mason on Saturday and was wondering if anyone knows whether they also give extra points?
Cheers
If you are referring to the Gold Amex there is not definitive list of what shops are included....Amex list it as
Earn two points on your travel spend, from plane fares to rail fares
Earn two points on almost all your spend while abroad
Earn two points for virtually every £1 spent at major petrol stations and supermarkets in your first 12 months
Spend in Holiday Inn would come under travel so you would get extra points. M&S, Tesco, Asda etc all give double points in store and online regardless of what you buy.
Petrol can attract 3 or 4 times points if there is a shop attached. I got 3x on Tesco petrol, and 4x on Shell providing I pay in the store for Shell.
Sorry I do not know what Fortnum and Mason comes under but I would expect it falls a department store and would not attract any bonus.
Jan 8, 2015, 2:51 pm
#480
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: London
Programs: Amex Platinum, BA Amex, SPG Gold, Hilton Diamond, BA Exec
Posts: 32
BA Amex Premier PP Upgrading and Downgrading on regular basis?
Downgraded BA Amex PP back in Sept (Sept renewal) Just hit £10k spend on basic BA AmeX, came across a post that suggested if you upgraded again that the £10k 241 voucher would be generated id this true?
Also presently I am main holder with wife as supplementary, can she apply for BA Amex PP with me as suplementary holder?
I'm thinking that theoretically we could upgrade/down on a regular basis hacing two different accounts so over a year probably equivalent of one £150 fee and potentially generate two 241 vouchers in the year coupled with better avios earning rate.
Does this work and ay potential issues, is considered in the same vein as churning? Also would you need to keep both cards if vouchers earned on both cards or just one?
Also presently I am main holder with wife as supplementary, can she apply for BA Amex PP with me as suplementary holder?
I'm thinking that theoretically we could upgrade/down on a regular basis hacing two different accounts so over a year probably equivalent of one £150 fee and potentially generate two 241 vouchers in the year coupled with better avios earning rate.
Does this work and ay potential issues, is considered in the same vein as churning? Also would you need to keep both cards if vouchers earned on both cards or just one?