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 10, 2017, 1:25 am
#1441
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: AA, BA, Accor, Honors Diamond, IHG Diamond Elite and lots more....
Posts: 2,968
I know that you always used to be able to do it manually in a bank.
Just need the sort code, bank account number and reference (your card number)
Worth giving it a try
May 10, 2017, 1:28 am
#1442
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: AA, BA, Accor, Honors Diamond, IHG Diamond Elite and lots more....
Posts: 2,968
http://americanexpress-uk.custhelp.c.../detail/a_id/8
Says not available to paperless customers.
However I would perhaps try manually doing £10 in the bank.
The sort code is also on this page.
Says not available to paperless customers.
However I would perhaps try manually doing £10 in the bank.
The sort code is also on this page.
May 10, 2017, 1:37 am
#1443
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 935
May 10, 2017, 2:22 am
#1444
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 447
I was given the run-around by three different banks, and none said it was possible (a special type of sort code, I think?).
I messaged Amex about this and got an apology and 5k MR points for the inconvenience.
So, an easy 5k. But your issue is still there.
May 10, 2017, 3:42 am
#1445
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,210
I wasn't able to pay into Amex with their sort code and acc number for some reason. Had to switch back to manual statements as sometimes its easier to just put the cash straight in rather then route it through a business account.
May 10, 2017, 3:52 am
#1446
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: AA, BA, Accor, Honors Diamond, IHG Diamond Elite and lots more....
Posts: 2,968
30-00-00, Account number: 00200476
for my BAPP from my bank (halifax)
May 16, 2017, 10:24 am
#1447
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: UK (currently)
Programs: BA Gold (and many other greater and lesser distinctions)
Posts: 7,207
Sorry if this is already answered somewhere in the thread (a search of cumulative revealed nothing), but on the Offers promos - spend £X at Y and receive a credit of £Z - can anyone state definitively whether the spend has to be all in one go, or can it be cumulative throughout the offer period ? If cumulative, is this the case with all the offers ?
May 16, 2017, 12:36 pm
#1448
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Bangkok / London
Programs: BA Silver, AmEx Platinum, AVIS Presidents Club, Marriott Titanium Elite
Posts: 1,106
I have paid in at a lloyds bank before using their account number, sort code and my card number as the reference. They didn't charge a fee for this.
May 16, 2017, 12:37 pm
#1449
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Bangkok / London
Programs: BA Silver, AmEx Platinum, AVIS Presidents Club, Marriott Titanium Elite
Posts: 1,106
Sorry if this is already answered somewhere in the thread (a search of cumulative revealed nothing), but on the Offers promos - spend £X at Y and receive a credit of £Z - can anyone state definitively whether the spend has to be all in one go, or can it be cumulative throughout the offer period ? If cumulative, is this the case with all the offers ?
May 16, 2017, 2:01 pm
#1450
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: DUB/ORD/SIN/PVG
Programs: EI AerClub Concierge, EK Gold, BA Gold, BD Gold (Retired), HHonors Diamond, Bonvoy Lifetime Gold
Posts: 2,923
Revolut
Has anyone managed to link a BA Amex card to the U.K. Bank account details of the Revolut service?
May 26, 2017, 3:44 am
#1451
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: All good weekends in the UK begin at Heathrow :)
Programs: Amex MR, A3, BAEC
Posts: 195
BA 241 plus Lloyds voucher for family of 4
All,
Finally got my 241 and my Lloyds Avios upgrade voucher.
Intending to use them qhilst travelling as a four incl two adults, one infant and one child.
Obviously the two adults will be on the 241 ticket, plus infant. Am I able to book the child as part of the upgrade voucher?
Reason I ask is that the ticket won't be in the voucher holder's name and the person travelling will be under 18. Will they allow the child on that ticket? It will be a bit of a saving in avios this way and the flights are the same for both vouchers and all passengers.
Also, I'm guessing the Lloyds voucher/child will have to pay to sit with us, as we get free seat selection with the infant.
Hope I'm not over-complicating things, so appreciate any help.
Finally got my 241 and my Lloyds Avios upgrade voucher.
Intending to use them qhilst travelling as a four incl two adults, one infant and one child.
Obviously the two adults will be on the 241 ticket, plus infant. Am I able to book the child as part of the upgrade voucher?
Reason I ask is that the ticket won't be in the voucher holder's name and the person travelling will be under 18. Will they allow the child on that ticket? It will be a bit of a saving in avios this way and the flights are the same for both vouchers and all passengers.
Also, I'm guessing the Lloyds voucher/child will have to pay to sit with us, as we get free seat selection with the infant.
Hope I'm not over-complicating things, so appreciate any help.
May 30, 2017, 6:42 am
#1452
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Clapham
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 33
AMEX travel inconvenience cover
Just off the phone with Amex and they say they will not pay out for claims related to the IT meltdown this weekend because BA have offered to compensate passengers directly.
Does anyone know if the same payout levels apply from BA directly please?
£750 after 6 hours and an additional £1000 after 48 hours
Does anyone know if the same payout levels apply from BA directly please?
£750 after 6 hours and an additional £1000 after 48 hours
May 30, 2017, 6:57 am
#1453
Join Date: Jun 2003
Programs: BA, IHG, 5C
Posts: 4,413
All,
Finally got my 241 and my Lloyds Avios upgrade voucher.
Intending to use them qhilst travelling as a four incl two adults, one infant and one child.
Obviously the two adults will be on the 241 ticket, plus infant. Am I able to book the child as part of the upgrade voucher?
Reason I ask is that the ticket won't be in the voucher holder's name and the person travelling will be under 18. Will they allow the child on that ticket? It will be a bit of a saving in avios this way and the flights are the same for both vouchers and all passengers.
Also, I'm guessing the Lloyds voucher/child will have to pay to sit with us, as we get free seat selection with the infant.
Hope I'm not over-complicating things, so appreciate any help.
Finally got my 241 and my Lloyds Avios upgrade voucher.
Intending to use them qhilst travelling as a four incl two adults, one infant and one child.
Obviously the two adults will be on the 241 ticket, plus infant. Am I able to book the child as part of the upgrade voucher?
Reason I ask is that the ticket won't be in the voucher holder's name and the person travelling will be under 18. Will they allow the child on that ticket? It will be a bit of a saving in avios this way and the flights are the same for both vouchers and all passengers.
Also, I'm guessing the Lloyds voucher/child will have to pay to sit with us, as we get free seat selection with the infant.
Hope I'm not over-complicating things, so appreciate any help.
You may be able to get around this by forming an avios.com household account with your partner: they may then be able to use your Lloyds voucher, attached to the household account, for themselves.
May 30, 2017, 7:04 am
#1454
Join Date: Jun 2003
Programs: BA, IHG, 5C
Posts: 4,413
Just off the phone with Amex and they say they will not pay out for claims related to the IT meltdown this weekend because BA have offered to compensate passengers directly.
Does anyone know if the same payout levels apply from BA directly please?
£750 after 6 hours and an additional £1000 after 48 hours
Does anyone know if the same payout levels apply from BA directly please?
£750 after 6 hours and an additional £1000 after 48 hours
If BA provided these things (which they should have) then it doesn't matter what BA spent on them. If they refused and you spent your own money I would think you must try and claim from BA. If BA refuse then you probably have a claim to make to Amex.
May 30, 2017, 7:52 am
#1455
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Clapham
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 33
Those amounts are for baggage delay, not for delayed/cancelled flights. You can only claim £200pp from Amex if you have actual travel/accommodation/refreshment costs which you have incurred, i.e. if BA have not provided for your needs.
If BA provided these things (which they should have) then it doesn't matter what BA spent on them. If they refused and you spent your own money I would think you must try and claim from BA. If BA refuse then you probably have a claim to make to Amex.
If BA provided these things (which they should have) then it doesn't matter what BA spent on them. If they refused and you spent your own money I would think you must try and claim from BA. If BA refuse then you probably have a claim to make to Amex.