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
Sep 9, 2016, 3:11 am
#1126
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: MME (midway between NCL and LBA)
Programs: BA Gold, AF/KL Gold, Hilton Gold, Nordic Choice Gold
Posts: 743
Got the Admiral offer on my BA Amex but not the Harvey Nics one.
Hoping for a repeat of that Christmas 2012 spend £25 get £25 statement credit in Harvey Nics but some how I cant see that happening again...
Hoping for a repeat of that Christmas 2012 spend £25 get £25 statement credit in Harvey Nics but some how I cant see that happening again...
Sep 9, 2016, 5:56 am
#1127
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: London
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, HH Diamond
Posts: 1,916
Sep 10, 2016, 5:26 am
#1128
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Manchester
Programs: BA
Posts: 41
Spoke to AMEX about upgrading from standard BA card to Premium, they offered 5k avios which they increased to 10k after I queried it. Also spend to date carried over to new card for the companion voucher. Sadly the annual fee (which is reduced to £0 for the first year for new cardholders) remains.
Sep 11, 2016, 11:27 am
#1129
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,210
I am sure these have been asked plenty of times but having gone through quite a few pages I can't find the answer.
1. I have two vouchers in my account so can I earn a 3rd one too?
2. If I cancel my PP card will the vouchers stay in my EC?
3. Is Gold Amex and PP Amex treated separately for new card bonuses? Can I apply for both at the same time in 6 months time.
4. UK based question. Does closing and opening CC's spoil your credit score in anyway?
1. I have two vouchers in my account so can I earn a 3rd one too?
2. If I cancel my PP card will the vouchers stay in my EC?
3. Is Gold Amex and PP Amex treated separately for new card bonuses? Can I apply for both at the same time in 6 months time.
4. UK based question. Does closing and opening CC's spoil your credit score in anyway?
Sep 11, 2016, 11:29 am
#1130
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
Yes. If you have a PP card, it is possible to hold three 2-4-1 vouchers at once.
However, if you're thinking of spending more than one voucher at once, you can still only spend two at once so that four people travel together for the Avios price for two. You can't spend the third voucher at the same time because you're already travelling with the other three companions, and you would have to be one of the travellers on the third voucher.
However, if you're thinking of spending more than one voucher at once, you can still only spend two at once so that four people travel together for the Avios price for two. You can't spend the third voucher at the same time because you're already travelling with the other three companions, and you would have to be one of the travellers on the third voucher.
Sep 11, 2016, 1:02 pm
#1131
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: London, UK
Posts: 174
4. Finance companies will be looking at things like the age of the debt you have and the ability to service it. That being said I try not to apply for too many cards at the same time or within a short period of time. My BA card has a permanent spot in my wallet. I tend to churn the Starwood and charge cards over the course of a year
Sep 11, 2016, 1:23 pm
#1132
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,210
Yes. If you have a PP card, it is possible to hold three 2-4-1 vouchers at once.
However, if you're thinking of spending more than one voucher at once, you can still only spend two at once so that four people travel together for the Avios price for two. You can't spend the third voucher at the same time because you're already travelling with the other three companions, and you would have to be one of the travellers on the third voucher.
However, if you're thinking of spending more than one voucher at once, you can still only spend two at once so that four people travel together for the Avios price for two. You can't spend the third voucher at the same time because you're already travelling with the other three companions, and you would have to be one of the travellers on the third voucher.
3. Yes they are treated separately. Generally you can hold 2 charge cards and 2 credit cards at the same time. At he moment I have both the Platinum Card and the BA card
4. Finance companies will be looking at things like the age of the debt you have and the ability to service it. That being said I try not to apply for too many cards at the same time or within a short period of time. My BA card has a permanent spot in my wallet. I tend to churn the Starwood and charge cards over the course of a year
4. Finance companies will be looking at things like the age of the debt you have and the ability to service it. That being said I try not to apply for too many cards at the same time or within a short period of time. My BA card has a permanent spot in my wallet. I tend to churn the Starwood and charge cards over the course of a year
Can anyone help with this last question?
2. If I cancel my PP card will the vouchers stay in my EC?
Sep 11, 2016, 3:19 pm
#1133
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: DWC
Programs: OWS, *A G
Posts: 626
Sep 11, 2016, 3:22 pm
#1134
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,210
Sep 12, 2016, 2:23 am
#1136
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Sheffield, UK
Programs: BA, Emirates, IHG, Accor, Marriott, Hilton
Posts: 637
Amex say if you cancel your card you will lose any companion vouchers, but this is not true. The downgrade to a free card will guarantee that you don't lose the vouchers, but people have cancelled with no issue.
Sep 12, 2016, 3:25 am
#1137
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,210
You need to have a 6 month break from any BA card to get the sign up bonus.
Amex say if you cancel your card you will lose any companion vouchers, but this is not true. The downgrade to a free card will guarantee that you don't lose the vouchers, but people have cancelled with no issue.
Amex say if you cancel your card you will lose any companion vouchers, but this is not true. The downgrade to a free card will guarantee that you don't lose the vouchers, but people have cancelled with no issue.
Sep 12, 2016, 4:14 pm
#1138
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: South West UK
Programs: OW Saphire, Club Carlson Gold
Posts: 236
Sep 13, 2016, 1:27 am
#1139
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,871
Sep 13, 2016, 1:55 am
#1140
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver, ZSL Silver
Posts: 2,552
If I use a 241 from INV, can my wife begin the trip on the second sector - i.e. join me at LHR? It would make a redemption to the US £367.50pp - about £230 less than from LHR. If I had time, it would be well worth the 4k Avios (one way) and £17.50 to get up to INV for a B2B (which looks idiot proof?).
If I booked INV-LHR-XXX-LHR as opposed to returning the INV, would the saving be the same? If not, I'm assuming the last sector could be dropped if HBO or an overnight is forced at LHR.
If I booked INV-LHR-XXX-LHR as opposed to returning the INV, would the saving be the same? If not, I'm assuming the last sector could be dropped if HBO or an overnight is forced at LHR.