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
Jan 20, 2015, 10:15 am
#512
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,146
I just need to get a Round Tuit.
Jan 20, 2015, 11:35 am
#513
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: Qantas Gold, Virgin Australia Platinum, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 90
Have to agree with angatol ... the 3% Forex fee on the Amex does make our [not insubtantial] overseas spend quite expensive. I'm considering using my BA PP Amex for all UK-based bookings of flights and cars and general living [3x or 1.5x Avios], and getting the Lloyds Avios for spend abroad without Forex charges. A $3,000 hotel bill in the US racks up a £90 penalty in fees, and we're not Avios-poor. Add in all the shopping, eating and drinking, and I'm probably paying >£200 in fees on our typical trip to the US.
I just need to get a Round Tuit.
I just need to get a Round Tuit.
I have been quite happy paying the Lloyds Amex 3% forex fee on business expenses as I claim back the fee as well as the original charge, and enjoying the bonus Avios. The only downside is that the fee and the transaction come up as separate transactions on the statement, which makes it an administrative nightmare.
For personal spending abroad I use the Halifax Clarity MasterCard. No Avios on that spending unfortunately, but they do not charge any foreign transaction fees including on cash withdrawals, which is handy.
Jan 20, 2015, 3:27 pm
#516
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: Qantas Gold, Virgin Australia Platinum, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 90
Thanks again all.
Jan 27, 2015, 1:14 pm
#518
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Cheltenham
Programs: KLM Plat for Life , BA Gold, HH Silver, (Other half Diamond), IHG Gold
Posts: 2,398
Just off the phone from Amex and the chap was insistant that if i cancelled my ba amex premium card i would loose my already earned companion voucher. He really was very firm about it...is that true? tx
Jan 27, 2015, 1:19 pm
#519
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,146
And ... the game keeps changing.
About to refer my BIL for the basic Amex Blue card, and I see that BA spend no longer earns 1.5 Amex ... just a flat 1-1. However, we can both benefit from the referral, especially if he pays the hotel bill with his new Amex to gain the bonus, and I reimburse him via a bank transfer.
About to refer my BIL for the basic Amex Blue card, and I see that BA spend no longer earns 1.5 Amex ... just a flat 1-1. However, we can both benefit from the referral, especially if he pays the hotel bill with his new Amex to gain the bonus, and I reimburse him via a bank transfer.
Jan 27, 2015, 1:28 pm
#520
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, ITA Club Executive, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,599
Jan 27, 2015, 1:56 pm
#521
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, ITA Club Executive, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,599
By the way, why cancelling it? If you just downgrade to the Blue (free) card, you get to keep the voucher, which will still be valid for 2 years. By doing this, you also retain the flexibility of cancelling your redemption if needed, and having the voucher being reissued to you.
Jan 27, 2015, 3:46 pm
#522
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 96
Got told the same when I called up to cancel today - maybe we got the same agent? AFAIK he is making it up and experience on here is that Amex doesn't cancel 241s but it'll be interesting to see if this is a new policy.
Jan 29, 2015, 5:47 am
#523
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Cambridgeshire
Programs: Varies
Posts: 1,298
Quick question regarding BA Amex referrals.
If my partner currently has a supplementary card under my (standard BA amex) account, and I refer him for a premium plus account, will he fall foul of the 6 month rule for the 26k avios bonus? I thought he'd be OK, but he's nervous about answering the question on the form that asks if he's held an account in the last 6 months.
If my partner currently has a supplementary card under my (standard BA amex) account, and I refer him for a premium plus account, will he fall foul of the 6 month rule for the 26k avios bonus? I thought he'd be OK, but he's nervous about answering the question on the form that asks if he's held an account in the last 6 months.
Jan 29, 2015, 6:01 am
#524
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, ITA Club Executive, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,599
Quick question regarding BA Amex referrals.
If my partner currently has a supplementary card under my (standard BA amex) account, and I refer him for a premium plus account, will he fall foul of the 6 month rule for the 26k avios bonus? I thought he'd be OK, but he's nervous about answering the question on the form that asks if he's held an account in the last 6 months.
If my partner currently has a supplementary card under my (standard BA amex) account, and I refer him for a premium plus account, will he fall foul of the 6 month rule for the 26k avios bonus? I thought he'd be OK, but he's nervous about answering the question on the form that asks if he's held an account in the last 6 months.
Jan 29, 2015, 6:06 am
#525
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Cambridgeshire
Programs: Varies
Posts: 1,298
Thank you. I didn't want to embarrass my partner by making him do something fraudulent.
Btw, I see that on various flyertalk threads, people post details of their unused referrals. Is this something that's useful to others? If so, where's the best place to post details of what I can refer people for? Referring my partner is the first time I've done this, but if it helps anyone else I'm happy to oblige.
Btw, I see that on various flyertalk threads, people post details of their unused referrals. Is this something that's useful to others? If so, where's the best place to post details of what I can refer people for? Referring my partner is the first time I've done this, but if it helps anyone else I'm happy to oblige.