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 21, 2014, 3:41 am
#122
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Kent, UK
Programs: BA Gold, SPG Platinum, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,809
What if I pre-paid for the stay? Some rates require this.
What is the benefit of booking hotels on BA.com? Are Avios earned on the booking?
May 21, 2014, 4:12 am
#123
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Oslo, Norway
Programs: SK Diamond, BAEC Silver
Posts: 78
Does anyone know if it's possible to get the BA AmEx card if you don't live in the UK?
I live in Norway and have the Eurobonus AmEx here, but would love to chase some 241 vouchers on BA as well.
I heard that someone was able to get a Amex in the US without living there by paying a deposit before receiving the card. Not sure if it was just an urban legend or can actually be done though.
I live in Norway and have the Eurobonus AmEx here, but would love to chase some 241 vouchers on BA as well.
I heard that someone was able to get a Amex in the US without living there by paying a deposit before receiving the card. Not sure if it was just an urban legend or can actually be done though.
May 21, 2014, 4:56 am
#124
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Programs: BA Gold, QF WP
Posts: 12,551
Does anyone know if it's possible to get the BA AmEx card if you don't live in the UK?
I live in Norway and have the Eurobonus AmEx here, but would love to chase some 241 vouchers on BA as well.
I heard that someone was able to get a Amex in the US without living there by paying a deposit before receiving the card. Not sure if it was just an urban legend or can actually be done though.
I live in Norway and have the Eurobonus AmEx here, but would love to chase some 241 vouchers on BA as well.
I heard that someone was able to get a Amex in the US without living there by paying a deposit before receiving the card. Not sure if it was just an urban legend or can actually be done though.
Eligibility for the UK BA Amex:
I am aged 18 or over
I have a current UK bank or building society account
I have a permanent UK home address
I have a household income of at least £30,000
I have no history of bad debt
And if self-employed, I have been working for more than one year
May 21, 2014, 7:19 am
#125
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Oslo, Norway
Programs: SK Diamond, BAEC Silver
Posts: 78
Sounds like an urban legend.
Eligibility for the UK BA Amex:
I am aged 18 or over
I have a current UK bank or building society account
I have a permanent UK home address
I have a household income of at least £30,000
I have no history of bad debt
And if self-employed, I have been working for more than one year
Eligibility for the UK BA Amex:
I am aged 18 or over
I have a current UK bank or building society account
I have a permanent UK home address
I have a household income of at least £30,000
I have no history of bad debt
And if self-employed, I have been working for more than one year
May 21, 2014, 7:30 am
#126
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Brighton and Hove, UK
Programs: LH FTL, BA Silver, Thameslink Delay Repay
Posts: 1,248
Doubtful, considering how much of a thing this "credit record" malarkey is in the UK. Took me over three years of living and working here to get a "bad credit" credit card, and another year and a half after that to get approved for an Amex.
May 21, 2014, 2:13 pm
#127
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: usually LON
Programs: BA Gold (OWE), Tesco Blue, TK Elite (*G), Oyster Diamond Jubilee edition
Posts: 1,546
Otherwise yes, krist1an is out of luck. It's fairly impossible to open an account over here without approximately six hundred confirmations of home address and providing your blood sample certified by Her Majesty, not to mention the other requirements and credit history check.
May 26, 2014, 8:00 am
#128
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Canary Wharf, London
Programs: MyWaitrose, IC Spire Ambassador, Hilton Diamond & BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,685
Amex are offering some free apps for Amex cardholders, 6 travel related ones currently available till the 31st May, like FlightTrack 5.
https://appstore.amexnetwork.com/uk
https://appstore.amexnetwork.com/uk
May 30, 2014, 2:02 pm
#130
Join Date: May 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 57
are you able to buy a ticket and then use the 241 BA Amex voucher to get another ticket? Does this also apply to buy+UuA tickets?
Or do the companion vouchers only work on flights purchased solely with Avios?
Many thanks
Or do the companion vouchers only work on flights purchased solely with Avios?
Many thanks
May 30, 2014, 2:06 pm
#131
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,648
May 30, 2014, 2:10 pm
#132
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: usually LON
Programs: BA Gold (OWE), Tesco Blue, TK Elite (*G), Oyster Diamond Jubilee edition
Posts: 1,546
Jun 6, 2014, 6:10 am
#134
Join Date: Jul 2011
Programs: BAEC Gold, LH M&M Member
Posts: 2,705
Spending for Sign-Up Bonus?
So I signed up for the BA PP Amex, knowing I should easily hit the £3,000 bonus target.
I just logged in to check my progress and although my balance is over £800 (all just regular spending, with a chunk on BA) it says I'm only £250 towards the £3,000 target.
So is this just a time-lag thing, or is some spending excluded from the spending which counts towards the £3,000?
I just logged in to check my progress and although my balance is over £800 (all just regular spending, with a chunk on BA) it says I'm only £250 towards the £3,000 target.
So is this just a time-lag thing, or is some spending excluded from the spending which counts towards the £3,000?
Jun 6, 2014, 6:22 am
#135
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Sheffield, UK
Programs: BA, Emirates, IHG, Accor, Marriott, Hilton
Posts: 637
So I signed up for the BA PP Amex, knowing I should easily hit the £3,000 bonus target.
I just logged in to check my progress and although my balance is over £800 (all just regular spending, with a chunk on BA) it says I'm only £250 towards the £3,000 target.
So is this just a time-lag thing, or is some spending excluded from the spending which counts towards the £3,000?
I just logged in to check my progress and although my balance is over £800 (all just regular spending, with a chunk on BA) it says I'm only £250 towards the £3,000 target.
So is this just a time-lag thing, or is some spending excluded from the spending which counts towards the £3,000?