Jan 1, 14, 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
Jan 2, 13, 10:13 am
#1
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Airlines, Airport Lounges and Environmentally Friendly Travel
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London, UK
Posts: 21,722
BA American Express credit card
This thread is for questions related to the BA American Express cards that are available to Executive Club members domiciled in the UK.
British Airways American Express Premium Plus
British Airways American Express
Using your companion vouchers
The concept behind the voucher is simple. You the cardholder may book a redemption ticket, paid for in Avios and you take a travelling companion along with you. The usual taxes, fees, and surcharges apply to both passengers unfortunately, which are paid for by the card holder.
Standard conditions:
Promotions
Amex runs promotions in concert with UK retailers from time to time. Please refer to the Wikipost above for current offers.
A few ground rules
The previous Amex and BA thread had developed into a tremendously active and fast moving thread which presented significant hurdles to those not able to tune in on a daily basis or were offline due to any travel commitments they had. For the greater good, and health of this mutual resource, please only post in this thread if you have a new promotion to share or are seeking assistance or are able to assist with queries raised by others. Posting of daily spending habits while interesting i'm sure also clogs the arteries and is better shared on Facebook or via PM.
Alternative UK credit cards:
Lloyds TSB Duo and Premier Duo Avios credit cards | 2013 master thread
British Airways American Express Premium Plus
- Annual fee £195 (Supplementary cards free)
- Welcome bonus: sporadic, see Wiki post above
- Cardholders earn 3 Avios for every £1 spent on BA purchases, and 1.5 Avios for every £1 spent on all other purchases
- Companion vouchers earned each year upon reaching a cumulative spend of £10,000 increments. Each voucher is valid for two years and can be used for a guest to accompany the cardholder on a redemption ticket. Redemptions can be one way or round trip (open jaws accepted), must be on BA metal and subject to standard redemption rules
- Complimentary travel insurance (no medical cover)
British Airways American Express
- No annual fee (Supplementary cards free)
- Welcome bonus: sporadic, see Wiki post above
- Cardholders earn 1 Avios for every £1 spent
- Companion voucher earned each year upon reaching a cumulative spend of £20,000. Voucher is valid for one year and can be used for a guest to accompany the cardholder on a redemption ticket. Redemptions can be one way or round trip (open jaws accepted), must be on BA metal and subject to standard redemption rules
Using your companion vouchers
The concept behind the voucher is simple. You the cardholder may book a redemption ticket, paid for in Avios and you take a travelling companion along with you. The usual taxes, fees, and surcharges apply to both passengers unfortunately, which are paid for by the card holder.
Standard conditions:
- The voucher is valid for travel on BA operated flights with BA prefix only
- Valid towards return flights only, with the journey originating from and returning to your country of membership (with the exception of vouchers issued in the UK which may also be used for one way travel)
- Taxes, fees and surcharges do apply to the companion as well as the travelling card holder. The card holder will pay the cash supplement assessed for him/herself and all others in the booking, using the credit card associated with the voucher.
- Combining two vouchers with a single booking is permitted. This allows the travelling card holder to take three travel companions. A maximum of two vouchers can be used towards any single booking.
- The cardholder can travel without the companion. However, the companion cannot travel without the cardholder.
- The cardholder cannot cancel the companion's ticket to get your companion voucher back and still fly. In order to get the voucher back, the whole booking must be cancelled and re-book for yourself, provided there is redemption availability.
- Cancelling a redemption booking does not guarantee the seat(s) will be released back into the award inventory.
- If the booking is cancelled before 24 hours of the first flight, the Avios, taxes, and fees will be refunded, plus the companion voucher. Generally the voucher and Avios will be refunded quite quickly, with the monetary components taking a few more days to process. A cancellation fee will apply unless you are a BAEC Gold card holder.
- The voucher can be used for one way itineraries
Promotions
Amex runs promotions in concert with UK retailers from time to time. Please refer to the Wikipost above for current offers.
A few ground rules
The previous Amex and BA thread had developed into a tremendously active and fast moving thread which presented significant hurdles to those not able to tune in on a daily basis or were offline due to any travel commitments they had. For the greater good, and health of this mutual resource, please only post in this thread if you have a new promotion to share or are seeking assistance or are able to assist with queries raised by others. Posting of daily spending habits while interesting i'm sure also clogs the arteries and is better shared on Facebook or via PM.
Alternative UK credit cards:
Lloyds TSB Duo and Premier Duo Avios credit cards | 2013 master thread
Last edited by Prospero; Oct 18, 20 at 7:38 am Reason: Update annual fee
Jan 1, 14, 5:49 am
#2
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Airlines, Airport Lounges and Environmentally Friendly Travel
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London, UK
Posts: 21,722
2014 Reboot
New year, new thread, same old BA Amex
I've copied the old Wiki across. Please feel free to add any updates and/or remove any obsolete information.
Prospero
Moderator: BA forum
I've copied the old Wiki across. Please feel free to add any updates and/or remove any obsolete information.
Prospero
Moderator: BA forum
Jan 1, 14, 7:36 am
#3
Join Date: Jun 2011
Programs: BAEC Gold, HHonors Gold, Marriot Bonvoy Gold, MeliaRewards Gold, Radisson Gold
Posts: 790
"Taxes, fees and surcharges do apply to the companion as well as the travelling card holder. The card holder will pay the cash supplement assessed for him/herself and all others in the booking, using the credit card associated with the voucher."
Can we clarify this one? It consistently seems to come up as a question - and I don't think this is completely true.
It's pretty much conclusively confirmed now that (for online bookings at least) that any Amex card can be used to pay the associated fee's and taxes. It does not have to be the BA American Express card the voucher was earned against. The booking does require an Amex card be entered, but the online form does not have the ability to distinguish one Amex card from another...
Can we clarify this one? It consistently seems to come up as a question - and I don't think this is completely true.
It's pretty much conclusively confirmed now that (for online bookings at least) that any Amex card can be used to pay the associated fee's and taxes. It does not have to be the BA American Express card the voucher was earned against. The booking does require an Amex card be entered, but the online form does not have the ability to distinguish one Amex card from another...
Jan 10, 14, 1:23 pm
#5
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Essex
Programs: BAEC, Amex, SPG Gold, VA Red, HHonours Gold
Posts: 114
I was on the phone to AMEX the other day and the assistant asked me if i want an avios bonus of 500 by having another card that i can use to separate transactions, such as overseas spend for business etc!?
I have just received a new card in the post which has my name on and the intials A.C after it (i'm guessing to stand for Additional Card)
Has anyone else had this happen?
I have just received a new card in the post which has my name on and the intials A.C after it (i'm guessing to stand for Additional Card)
Has anyone else had this happen?
Jan 13, 14, 2:17 pm
#6
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Geordieland
Programs: BA Gold, A3 White, HH Gold, Accor Plat.
Posts: 290
Originally Posted by vanilla8
I was on the phone to AMEX the other day and the assistant asked me if i want an avios bonus of 500 by having another card that i can use to separate transactions, such as overseas spend for business etc!?
I have just received a new card in the post which has my name on and the intials A.C after it (i'm guessing to stand for Additional Card)
Has anyone else had this happen?
I have just received a new card in the post which has my name on and the intials A.C after it (i'm guessing to stand for Additional Card)
Has anyone else had this happen?
Jan 13, 14, 2:23 pm
#7
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Geordieland
Programs: BA Gold, A3 White, HH Gold, Accor Plat.
Posts: 290
Curios about referal bonus. And a ba advert.
When on ba.com (logged out) it mentions 25k bonus miles for a New card holder (not referred) When on amex website it has same and when logged to in to my bapp account to look at referal bonus it is as usual 1k more at 26k for the person and 9k for me.
When logged into my baec account there is an advert mentioning 45k miles, what is that all about, when i click it it just comes up with an error. It looks like a 45k referal bonus, is it a mistake? Misleading? Anyone get the link to work?
When on ba.com (logged out) it mentions 25k bonus miles for a New card holder (not referred) When on amex website it has same and when logged to in to my bapp account to look at referal bonus it is as usual 1k more at 26k for the person and 9k for me.
When logged into my baec account there is an advert mentioning 45k miles, what is that all about, when i click it it just comes up with an error. It looks like a 45k referal bonus, is it a mistake? Misleading? Anyone get the link to work?
Jan 13, 14, 3:32 pm
#9
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: LHR
Programs: Accor PLT,Thai Silver, HH Dia, SPG Titanium (LT Gold), Aegean Gold, BA Silver
Posts: 5,006
Originally Posted by vanilla8
I was on the phone to AMEX the other day and the assistant asked me if i want an avios bonus of 500 by having another card that i can use to separate transactions, such as overseas spend for business etc!?
I have just received a new card in the post which has my name on and the intials A.C after it (i'm guessing to stand for Additional Card)
Has anyone else had this happen?
I have just received a new card in the post which has my name on and the intials A.C after it (i'm guessing to stand for Additional Card)
Has anyone else had this happen?
Jan 13, 14, 3:35 pm
#10
Join Date: May 2011
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 794
Originally Posted by jonboy73
Curios about referal bonus. And a ba advert.
When logged into my baec account there is an advert mentioning 45k miles, what is that all about, when i click it it just comes up with an error. It looks like a 45k referal bonus, is it a mistake? Misleading? Anyone get the link to work?
When logged into my baec account there is an advert mentioning 45k miles, what is that all about, when i click it it just comes up with an error. It looks like a 45k referal bonus, is it a mistake? Misleading? Anyone get the link to work?
Jan 13, 14, 4:56 pm
#12
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Geordieland
Programs: BA Gold, A3 White, HH Gold, Accor Plat.
Posts: 290
Originally Posted by laura711
I got my acceptance letter for the pp card today. It says that I get double avios points when booking BA flights - I thought it was triple? Should i call up to double check?
Jan 13, 14, 5:00 pm
#13
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Glasgow / London
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 3,445
Originally Posted by vanilla8
I was on the phone to AMEX the other day and the assistant asked me if i want an avios bonus of 500 by having another card that i can use to separate transactions, such as overseas spend for business etc!?
I have just received a new card in the post which has my name on and the intials A.C after it (i'm guessing to stand for Additional Card)
Has anyone else had this happen?
I have just received a new card in the post which has my name on and the intials A.C after it (i'm guessing to stand for Additional Card)
Has anyone else had this happen?
Jan 14, 14, 9:44 am
#15
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: LCY
Programs: BAEC Gold, HHonors Gold
Posts: 1,207
Originally Posted by Prospero
British Airways American Express Premium Plus
British Airways American Express
- Annual fee £150 (Supplementary cards free)
- Welcome bonus: sporadic, see Wiki post above
- Cardholders earn 3 Avios for every £1 spent on BA purchases, and 1.5 Avios for every £1 spent on all other purchases
- Companion vouchers earned each year upon reaching a cumulative spend of £10,000 increments. Each voucher is valid for two years and can be used for a guest to accompany the cardholder on a redemption ticket. Redemptions can be one way or round trip (open jaws accepted), must be on BA metal and subject to standard redemption rules
- Complimentary travel insurance (no medical cover)
British Airways American Express
- No annual fee (Supplementary cards free)
- Welcome bonus: sporadic, see Wiki post above
- Cardholders earn 1 Avios for every £1 spent
- Companion voucher earned each year upon reaching a cumulative spend of £20,000. Voucher is valid for one year and can be used for a guest to accompany the cardholder on a redemption ticket. Redemptions can be one way or round trip (open jaws accepted), must be on BA metal and subject to standard redemption rules
There is some *minimal* travel insurance cover with the free BA Amex. For accidents on public transport, while on holiday. (I enquired about this when talking to Amex CR when obtaining a travel insurance quote.)
