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
Jul 12, 2019, 12:46 pm
#1936
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Leicestershire / Dubai
Programs: BA Silver, Marriott Bonvoy Titanium Elite & Lifetime Gold, Heathrow Rewards Premium, Tesco Clubcard
Posts: 663
A relative received a similar email regarding bonus Avios and signed up.
I explained the benefits of earning Avios etc to them previously before they signed up.
However, they signed up and got approved before telling me, hence I was unable to give them a referral link (GRR!).
If I explain this to Amex, will they honour a referral, or can the referral only be via the link?
Thanks
I explained the benefits of earning Avios etc to them previously before they signed up.
However, they signed up and got approved before telling me, hence I was unable to give them a referral link (GRR!).
If I explain this to Amex, will they honour a referral, or can the referral only be via the link?
Thanks
Jul 12, 2019, 2:39 pm
#1937
Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 1,387
A relative received a similar email regarding bonus Avios and signed up.
I explained the benefits of earning Avios etc to them previously before they signed up.
However, they signed up and got approved before telling me, hence I was unable to give them a referral link (GRR!).
If I explain this to Amex, will they honour a referral, or can the referral only be via the link?
Thanks
I explained the benefits of earning Avios etc to them previously before they signed up.
However, they signed up and got approved before telling me, hence I was unable to give them a referral link (GRR!).
If I explain this to Amex, will they honour a referral, or can the referral only be via the link?
Thanks
Jul 12, 2019, 4:13 pm
#1938
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Cologne
Programs: FB Plat, IHG RA Spire, TK Elite+, HH Diamond, LH SEN, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 972
A relative received a similar email regarding bonus Avios and signed up.
I explained the benefits of earning Avios etc to them previously before they signed up.
However, they signed up and got approved before telling me, hence I was unable to give them a referral link (GRR!).
If I explain this to Amex, will they honour a referral, or can the referral only be via the link?
Thanks
I explained the benefits of earning Avios etc to them previously before they signed up.
However, they signed up and got approved before telling me, hence I was unable to give them a referral link (GRR!).
If I explain this to Amex, will they honour a referral, or can the referral only be via the link?
Thanks
however the communication had to be done from his account and for him to say he made a mistake.
Jul 12, 2019, 9:54 pm
#1939
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: West Sussex, UK
Programs: BAEC, Silver
Posts: 148
I have read the Ts&Cs, and nothing is mentioned about cancelling early, so wondered if any had any experience of it.
Glad to hear the fee will proportionally be refunded though.
Jul 13, 2019, 12:14 am
#1940
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: living near Malaga
Programs: BA Gold , Mucci recipient. Coffee Drinker, Blue Sky Thinker
Posts: 2,111
If you also earn a 241 companion voucher during that period by spending £10k+, it also remains in your BAEC account after cancellation of the card in my experiance.
Jul 13, 2019, 2:07 am
#1941
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Sussex, UK
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 489
Had an email offering 30k avios sign up offer if I get the BAPP Card.
i already have an amex, so looking to get the BAPP, gain the 30K avios and 2-4-1, and then cancel.
will cancelling pretty much straight after the 30k avios hit my account affect anything? I.e I’m not tied in to the card for X years? They won’t take the Avios back?
i already have an amex, so looking to get the BAPP, gain the 30K avios and 2-4-1, and then cancel.
will cancelling pretty much straight after the 30k avios hit my account affect anything? I.e I’m not tied in to the card for X years? They won’t take the Avios back?
Interesting you were targeted though.
Jul 13, 2019, 2:40 am
#1942
Join Date: Jun 2003
Programs: BA, IHG, 5C
Posts: 4,413
Uniquely for the BAPP card, that disqualification only applies if you have the basic BA card - other Amexs don’t matter. But the targeted email should be checked carefully!
Jul 13, 2019, 2:44 am
#1943
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Sussex, UK
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 489
https://www.headforpoints.com/2019/0...p-bonus-rules/
Jul 13, 2019, 2:46 am
#1944
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,683
I think with the BAPP so long as you’ve not had either BA card in 24 months you get the bonus. Member reward cards and SPG don’t matter.
Jul 13, 2019, 2:48 am
#1945
Join Date: Jun 2003
Programs: BA, IHG, 5C
Posts: 4,413
Not any more, since March the card families are gone and having any reward earning amex will block you from getting another signup bonus, unless you wait 2 years.
https://www.headforpoints.com/2019/0...p-bonus-rules/
https://www.headforpoints.com/2019/0...p-bonus-rules/
On the application it says:
- I understand I will not be eligible for any Welcome Bonus award if I hold or have held any personal British Airways American Express Card product in the past 24 months.
Jul 13, 2019, 2:48 am
#1946
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Sussex, UK
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 489
Jul 13, 2019, 2:49 am
#1947
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,683
Not any more, since March the card families are gone and having any reward earning amex will block you from getting another signup bonus, unless you wait 2 years.
https://www.headforpoints.com/2019/0...p-bonus-rules/
https://www.headforpoints.com/2019/0...p-bonus-rules/
Jul 15, 2019, 6:13 am
#1948
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 457
I bougth ba flight using Ba Amex premium
now ba cancelled flight (I receive email) and put me on flight day earlier so I need to spend one day extra at destination
is it covered by travel incounvinience insurance up to 200 for food and accomondation?
now ba cancelled flight (I receive email) and put me on flight day earlier so I need to spend one day extra at destination
is it covered by travel incounvinience insurance up to 200 for food and accomondation?
Jul 15, 2019, 7:18 am
#1949
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 457
I called Amex and they said it’s not covered because I have another option inside 4h and is due reschedule by BA I quote terms and they said that still not but I can make a claim and try to challenge decision
Facts
flight is 25h earlier than on original booking
I have email from BA what original flight is cancelled
Facts
flight is 25h earlier than on original booking
I have email from BA what original flight is cancelled
2.1 TRAVEL INCONVENIENCE
YOUR BENEFITS
The travel, refreshment and accommodation costs, and the purchase of essential items covered under this Travel Inconvenience Section 2.1 must be charged to Your Card to be eligible.
Travel Inconvenience benefits under this Section 2.1 are provided to cover any flight between named airports, on an aircraft operated by an airline, licensed by the relevant authorities for air transportation of fare paying passengers. Cover does not apply to flights on aircraft chartered privately.
If You are travelling with Your Family, Your Supplementary Cardmembers, or their Family, and claiming under the same Card Account, the benefits stated under this Travel Inconvenience Section 2.1 must be shared.
1) You will be reimbursed up to £200 for additional travel, refreshment and accommodation costs incurred prior to Your actual departure if:
a) (Delay, Cancellation or Overbooking) Your flight is delayed, cancelled, or overbooked and no alternative is made available within 4 hours of the published departure time;
YOUR BENEFITS
The travel, refreshment and accommodation costs, and the purchase of essential items covered under this Travel Inconvenience Section 2.1 must be charged to Your Card to be eligible.
Travel Inconvenience benefits under this Section 2.1 are provided to cover any flight between named airports, on an aircraft operated by an airline, licensed by the relevant authorities for air transportation of fare paying passengers. Cover does not apply to flights on aircraft chartered privately.
If You are travelling with Your Family, Your Supplementary Cardmembers, or their Family, and claiming under the same Card Account, the benefits stated under this Travel Inconvenience Section 2.1 must be shared.
1) You will be reimbursed up to £200 for additional travel, refreshment and accommodation costs incurred prior to Your actual departure if:
a) (Delay, Cancellation or Overbooking) Your flight is delayed, cancelled, or overbooked and no alternative is made available within 4 hours of the published departure time;
Jul 15, 2019, 10:36 am
#1950
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Cayman, San Diego, London
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold, AA 4MM Lifetime Platinum, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond Amb, Bonvoy Lifetime Gold
Posts: 1,054
Would that be San Diego by any chance? Yesterday they cancelled most of the direct flights from LHR in Thanksgiving week.
No one has an explanation. Any ideas anyone?
No one has an explanation. Any ideas anyone?