New – higher – British Airways American Express bonuses now available

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• RochdalePioneers says:

  7 Nov7 November 21:29

  Thanks to Raffles for the referral link, one free card applied for and in the post. Since I cottoned onto this Avios gig I’ve been busy with my Amex Gold card, but 11k points for £1k spend (including bonus) is better than the 2-3k I’d get buying rail tickets with my Gold card.

  Question. Card arrives next week hopefully, a grand on rail tickets before Christmas, I get my Avios points when? Best to then cancel this card (as my Amex Gold is better for normal use with bonus MR points) or should I leave it open?

  • James says:

    7 Nov7 November 22:25

    You should get the Avios straight away – they are credited as a bonus with the transaction that takes you over the spend threshold.

    If you are not going to spend any more on it or push for the 241 voucher (which is after a £20k spend on the free card and, as Raffles points out, not worth doing as youd be better off paying the fee and getting the extra Avios) then you could cancel and reapply for another bonus in >6 months

    • RochdalePioneers says:

      8 Nov8 November 08:04

      Unlikely to make use of a 2-4-1 voucher inside its 12 month window this year, plan to bank as many points as possible using Amex Gold’s bonuses (eg I get 5 points per £1 at my local Esso/Tesco Express filling station) plus take easy bonuses like these 10k free points, and then work on a 2-4-1 for my 40th in 2016…..

• Simon says:

  8 Nov8 November 07:25

  This sign-up bonus for the free card ends on Feb 12th 2014, I assume the Premium Plus offer will also end then.

• Mark says:

  8 Nov8 November 12:29

  There also appears to be a decent bonus available on the Gold Charge Card at the moment… 9K referrer plus 22K referee, no fee in the first year (with a year’s worth of double supermarket & fuel points) and two free lounge visits through the Lounge Club scheme.

  Spend requirement is also lower than the BAPP at £2K over 3 months. With the possibility of a conversion bonus and more flexibility this may be a better option for many (or go for both if you are you able to put enough spend through them…..).

  • Nick says:

    8 Nov8 November 17:16

    I had an email about this card recently – they were offering the standard 22,000 avios, plus a satnav and a nikon camera. Bizarre

    • Rob says:

      8 Nov8 November 18:56

      Amex does a lot of testing. There is a VERY targeted mailshot offering 40,000 points on the SPG card – someone sent me details of it – for example. There was also a mailshot offering 40k + £200 fee discount on Amex Plat earlier this year, again only sent to a small number of people.

• Elena says:

  8 Nov8 November 21:27

  Is it worth going for the BA or the SPG card?
  I am thinking of applying for this one to get the 2 for1 voucher. So I think I will be using this one for a while.
  Do you know if there is any conversion bonus for Avios coming soon?

  • Rob says:

    8 Nov8 November 22:28

    Both of these offers come around every 6-8 months, so whichever one you hit now, the other one will almost certainly come around again!

• The Other Steve says:

  10 Nov10 November 12:42

  I’m going to have to wait unti January before I can apply for any card after getting an Amex in July – hope they still have a good offer.

  • Rob says:

    10 Nov10 November 13:20

    Why, what card did you get in July?

    There is NO block on getting the SPG bonus, whatever other Amex cards you have. The only cards that block the Gold and Platinum bonuses are other Gold and Platinums. The BA bonus is only blocked if you’ve recently cancelled a BA Amex.

• Another Steve says:

  11 Nov11 November 01:03

  I got the Platinum Charge Card
  I thought I read somewhere that you can only get one promotional bonus per 6 months.

  • Rob says:

    11 Nov11 November 09:55

    No, that’s not how it works.

    The cards break down into 4 groups. You can only have 1 bonus PER GROUP every 6 months. The relevant groups for us are:

    Plat / Gold / Green / Centurion charge
    BA / BA Premium Plus
    SPG
    Nectar

    If you’ve got a Platinum charge, you can sign up for anything from the other 3 groups at any point and get another bonus.

    • Another Steve says:

      12 Nov12 November 07:37

      Ooh, lovely – thanks mate

• Yet another Steve says:

  11 Nov11 November 09:20

  Slightly random question for you Raffles. Say you cancel a credit card, and settle the account. Then a few weeks/month later, a retailer refunds a certain amount to that credit card (which you then transfer to a different Amex credit card). Does the refund “reset” the 6-month clock? Or is the effective date the date you called to cancel?

  I have this situation with a few pre-orders I made with Tesco Entertainment, where they refunded a few pounds under their price promise after I cancelled the card, so I’m trying to work out when I can re-apply.

  • Rob says:

    11 Nov11 November 09:59

    Absolutely no idea. In theory, credit card accounts never really die – MBNA still shows online accounts I cancelled many years ago, and the card numbers don’t get reissued ….

• Scottish Lassie says:

  13 Nov13 November 20:10

  Hello,
  Sorry slightly off topic but my query relates to the BA Amex premium card and I just wondered if you guys could help…I have a BA Amex card which I’ve currently spent just over £10k, I’m nowhere near able to earn £10k by the end of Dec to earn a companion voucher but I think I read somewhere that if I called and asked to be upgraded to the BA Premium card they would be able to transfer my spend from my original card thus gaining me a companion voucher? Sounds too easy and I’m wondering if I’m missing something……I suppose I wouldn’t be eligible for the reward points that id get if I just opened a new card but I’d rather have a companion voucher to be honest!
  Thanks for your help!

  • Rob says:

    13 Nov13 November 20:39

    Yes, I believe that is how it works, shouldn’t be an issue

    • Scottish Lassie says:

      13 Nov13 November 21:53

      Thanks Raffles….. I’m off to upgrade!

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