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
May 5, 2014, 8:37 am
#107
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: UK (currently)
Programs: BA Gold (and many other greater and lesser distinctions)
Posts: 7,208
I have noted the comments above that any Amex card can be used for a 2-4-1 booking, but wanted to double check if this applies also to using a Gold Charge card ?
May 5, 2014, 12:35 pm
#108
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Sheffield, UK
Programs: BA, Emirates, IHG, Accor, Marriott, Hilton
Posts: 637
No this is only for the BA Amex cards. Fee free card triggers a 2-4-1 at £20k valid for 1 year, and the £150 a year Premium card triggers a 2-4-1 at £10k valid for 2 years.
May 5, 2014, 12:48 pm
#109
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: UK (currently)
Programs: BA Gold (and many other greater and lesser distinctions)
Posts: 7,208
I obviously did not make the question clear ! What I need to know is whether a booking made with the BA Amex 2-4-1 voucher can be paid for with an Amex Gold Chargecard (rather than an Amex credit card).
May 5, 2014, 1:01 pm
#110
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,970
All Taxes, Fees & Charges must be paid for using the Member’s British Airways American Express Credit Card.
I assume you want to use the Amex GC to hit a promotion spend target or to get membership rewards points. If you use your BAPP though you get 3 avios points per pound with your BAPP for BA spend, and this would include any fees and taxes paid when making a booking using your companion voucher - sorry if you know this already.
May 5, 2014, 1:11 pm
#111
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: UK (currently)
Programs: BA Gold (and many other greater and lesser distinctions)
Posts: 7,208
I think it is clear from earlier posts that another Amex CC is OK. What I am concerned about is whether an Amex charge card (which previously uses a different numbering series) would work. I would very much like to know if anyone has any practical experience of this issue.
May 5, 2014, 2:02 pm
#112
Join Date: May 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 3,951
I think it is clear from earlier posts that another Amex CC is OK. What I am concerned about is whether an Amex charge card (which previously uses a different numbering series) would work. I would very much like to know if anyone has any practical experience of this issue.
May 5, 2014, 2:36 pm
#113
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Location: London
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Posts: 26,871
And remember, Amex does not do name verification. Even though your name is hardcoded in the payee box, you can use someone elses Amex as long as the address matches.
May 12, 2014, 2:46 pm
#115
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May 12, 2014, 2:50 pm
#116
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: UK
Programs: AA, BA, DL, UA, SAS
Posts: 170
May 21, 2014, 1:52 am
#118
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Kent, UK
Programs: BA Gold, SPG Platinum, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,809
I've just signed up and been approved for the Premium Plus card and I have a question about hotel bookings on BA.com.
If I book/reserve a hotel through BA.com but don't pay for it up front would I still receive the 3 Avios per £ rate or just the normal 1.5 per £ rate on my payment at the hotel? Would the travel insurance be applicable in this case too?
I've been assigned to a project in Munich and whilst we are not able to book our flights directly we are expected to book and pay for our hotels so I'm trying to maximise my Avios haul as much as possible!
If I book/reserve a hotel through BA.com but don't pay for it up front would I still receive the 3 Avios per £ rate or just the normal 1.5 per £ rate on my payment at the hotel? Would the travel insurance be applicable in this case too?
I've been assigned to a project in Munich and whilst we are not able to book our flights directly we are expected to book and pay for our hotels so I'm trying to maximise my Avios haul as much as possible!
May 21, 2014, 2:28 am
#119
Join Date: Jun 2003
Programs: BA, IHG, 5C
Posts: 4,413
I've just signed up and been approved for the Premium Plus card and I have a question about hotel bookings on BA.com.
If I book/reserve a hotel through BA.com but don't pay for it up front would I still receive the 3 Avios per £ rate or just the normal 1.5 per £ rate on my payment at the hotel? Would the travel insurance be applicable in this case too?
I've been assigned to a project in Munich and whilst we are not able to book our flights directly we are expected to book and pay for our hotels so I'm trying to maximise my Avios haul as much as possible!
If I book/reserve a hotel through BA.com but don't pay for it up front would I still receive the 3 Avios per £ rate or just the normal 1.5 per £ rate on my payment at the hotel? Would the travel insurance be applicable in this case too?
I've been assigned to a project in Munich and whilst we are not able to book our flights directly we are expected to book and pay for our hotels so I'm trying to maximise my Avios haul as much as possible!
There is no travel insurance on the BAPP card, only travel inconvenience cover related to the travel (flights/other) not to hotel stays, and this won't cover you if the flights aren't on the card. There no medical or cancellation cover but presumably you have corporate cover and if you are paying the hotel direct it would be flexible.
May 21, 2014, 3:04 am
#120
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: UK
Programs: AA, BA, DL, UA, SAS
Posts: 170
