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
Nov 12, 2018, 1:55 pm
#1876
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 783
They were in a seperate display down an aisle far into the store in my local store, keep hunting.
Nov 13, 2018, 2:26 am
#1877
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: All good weekends in the UK begin at Heathrow :)
Programs: Amex MR, A3, BAEC
Posts: 195
I never thought about doing that for Morrisons. Can't remember which decade I last set foot in their store. Would be good though as I plan on plenty of purchases from Amazon in the next few weeks.
Nov 13, 2018, 5:01 am
#1878
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Stratford upon Avon
Programs: Amex Platinum UK and related Hotel loyalty programs
Posts: 204
Nov 13, 2018, 7:15 am
#1880
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: All good weekends in the UK begin at Heathrow :)
Programs: Amex MR, A3, BAEC
Posts: 195
Nov 23, 2018, 2:29 pm
#1882
Join Date: May 2016
Location: UK
Programs: British Airways Executive Club Gold, Global Entry
Posts: 363
I have an insurance question that I can't find answered in this thread, although apologies if it is.
Does the travel insurance on the BA Amex Premium Plus cover my family? Specifically looking at the £200 travel delay, is that £200 per person for a spouse and two dependents, ie: £800 to rearrange flights on the day if a flight is so delayed we need to book another to make a later connection?
Does the travel insurance on the BA Amex Premium Plus cover my family? Specifically looking at the £200 travel delay, is that £200 per person for a spouse and two dependents, ie: £800 to rearrange flights on the day if a flight is so delayed we need to book another to make a later connection?
Dec 4, 2018, 2:48 pm
#1883
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Scotland
Programs: BA Exec Club (Silver)
Posts: 451
Some hopefully useful information for those living in west central Scotland.
I’ve always found that car dealerships universally don’t take Amex. This has been using a variety of places to either purchase a car (sadly not every often) or for servicing and repairs.
I’ve discovered recently that Parks of Hamilton accept Amex, and I would assume the rest of Parks Motor Group locations will also accept it. A good number of Avios to be had if you’ve got the credit limit and personal finances to put the purchase of a car on your credit card. Also a decent number of Avios to be earned if using them for servicing/repairs or even the deposit for a new car.
I completely appreciate there are far more factors than what card types are accepted that most of us will take into consideration when deciding where to buy a new or take a car to for servicing or repairs but I thight there maybe some posters who’d find this info useful.
I’ve always found that car dealerships universally don’t take Amex. This has been using a variety of places to either purchase a car (sadly not every often) or for servicing and repairs.
I’ve discovered recently that Parks of Hamilton accept Amex, and I would assume the rest of Parks Motor Group locations will also accept it. A good number of Avios to be had if you’ve got the credit limit and personal finances to put the purchase of a car on your credit card. Also a decent number of Avios to be earned if using them for servicing/repairs or even the deposit for a new car.
I completely appreciate there are far more factors than what card types are accepted that most of us will take into consideration when deciding where to buy a new or take a car to for servicing or repairs but I thight there maybe some posters who’d find this info useful.
Dec 5, 2018, 5:00 pm
#1885
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Scotland
Posts: 377
Dec 9, 2018, 2:41 am
#1886
Join Date: Jul 2016
Programs: BA Bronze SPG
Posts: 273
Campervan hire Australia
Hi
Wondering if any of FT can help. We are heading for a big trip to Queensland, Australia in May 2019. Arriving into Cairns and planning to hire a campervan to drive to Brisbane. My research tells me the deposit is around $7500 AUD which is taken out of the account and reclaimed later. We’ve had the BAPP to get the 241 and cancelled it. My question is - if we take out another BAPP and use it to pay this deposit - will it count towards the £10k spend - even if it is refunded into the account a few weeks later?
Some of the Aussie campervan hire websites mention a non-refundable fee of 2.6% but given the ‘value’ of a 241 voucher, it may be a small price to pay.
Thanks
Wondering if any of FT can help. We are heading for a big trip to Queensland, Australia in May 2019. Arriving into Cairns and planning to hire a campervan to drive to Brisbane. My research tells me the deposit is around $7500 AUD which is taken out of the account and reclaimed later. We’ve had the BAPP to get the 241 and cancelled it. My question is - if we take out another BAPP and use it to pay this deposit - will it count towards the £10k spend - even if it is refunded into the account a few weeks later?
Some of the Aussie campervan hire websites mention a non-refundable fee of 2.6% but given the ‘value’ of a 241 voucher, it may be a small price to pay.
Thanks
Jan 7, 2019, 8:52 am
#1887
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London and Zurich
Programs: AA, BA, Mucci: Sir Roger des Directions Routières, PCR
Posts: 13,609
My BAPP card year finishes on 6 Feb 2019.
I have to pay BA Holidays a balance of about £3,500 by 6 Feb 2019. It would be useful to start my 2019/20 year with this payment.
My question; if I pay on 6 Feb 2019, will this be enough to kick off 2019/20 with a smile? Many thanks for your insight.
I have to pay BA Holidays a balance of about £3,500 by 6 Feb 2019. It would be useful to start my 2019/20 year with this payment.
My question; if I pay on 6 Feb 2019, will this be enough to kick off 2019/20 with a smile? Many thanks for your insight.
Jan 7, 2019, 10:37 am
#1888
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: North of Carlisle
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 1,534
My BAPP card year finishes on 6 Feb 2019.
I have to pay BA Holidays a balance of about £3,500 by 6 Feb 2019. It would be useful to start my 2019/20 year with this payment.
My question; if I pay on 6 Feb 2019, will this be enough to kick off 2019/20 with a smile? Many thanks for your insight.
I have to pay BA Holidays a balance of about £3,500 by 6 Feb 2019. It would be useful to start my 2019/20 year with this payment.
My question; if I pay on 6 Feb 2019, will this be enough to kick off 2019/20 with a smile? Many thanks for your insight.
Jan 7, 2019, 10:39 am
#1889
Join Date: Dec 2013
Programs: QRPC Platinum, KFEG
Posts: 998
Hi
Wondering if any of FT can help. We are heading for a big trip to Queensland, Australia in May 2019. Arriving into Cairns and planning to hire a campervan to drive to Brisbane. My research tells me the deposit is around $7500 AUD which is taken out of the account and reclaimed later. We’ve had the BAPP to get the 241 and cancelled it. My question is - if we take out another BAPP and use it to pay this deposit - will it count towards the £10k spend - even if it is refunded into the account a few weeks later?
Some of the Aussie campervan hire websites mention a non-refundable fee of 2.6% but given the ‘value’ of a 241 voucher, it may be a small price to pay.
Thanks
Wondering if any of FT can help. We are heading for a big trip to Queensland, Australia in May 2019. Arriving into Cairns and planning to hire a campervan to drive to Brisbane. My research tells me the deposit is around $7500 AUD which is taken out of the account and reclaimed later. We’ve had the BAPP to get the 241 and cancelled it. My question is - if we take out another BAPP and use it to pay this deposit - will it count towards the £10k spend - even if it is refunded into the account a few weeks later?
Some of the Aussie campervan hire websites mention a non-refundable fee of 2.6% but given the ‘value’ of a 241 voucher, it may be a small price to pay.
Thanks
Seeing as most agencies even have their own MCC then AMEX can correctly map it to a deposit / hold.
