Your profile is only 87% complete ….
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If you have logged on to ba.com recently, you will have seen this message:
My profile, it seems, was only 87% complete. How could this be after 25 years of flying with British Airways?
Obviously not wanting to appear unhelpful, I went into my profile to have a poke around. I was missing my home telephone number so I slotted that in.
91% complete now ….
That still wasn’t enough. The address section was missing a County, because I live in London. Line 3 of my address was also missing, because my address does not have a 3rd line.
I made one up anyway. This crashed the website, however many times I tried, so I gave up on that one.
I had no seating preference in my account. This is because I prefer an aisle on short-haul and a window on long-haul. I set it to aisle.
95% complete now ….
Then I got stuck.
The final 5% can ONLY be obtained if you select a special meal. If I am to get ba.com to remove the annoying ‘your profile is not complete’ message, I need to face a lifetime of diabetic, gluten free, lacto ovo vegetarian (whatever that is) etc food ….
It may, of course, be an improvement. I have friends who purposely select special meals on short-haul because they are invariably better than the standard food. I don’t want to take the risk though. It looks my profile is doomed, never to be 100% complete ….
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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (June 2025)
As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!
In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.
You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard
Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard
Get 5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review
There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card
30,000 Avios and the famous annual Companion Voucher voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express Credit Card
5,000 Avios for signing up and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending £15,000 Read our full review
You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card
Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express
50,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review
Run your own business?
We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn points worth 0.8 Avios per £1 on the FREE standard card and 1 Avios per £1 on the Pro card. Capital on Tap cards also have no FX fees.

Capital on Tap Visa
NO annual fee, NO FX fees and points worth 0.8 Avios per £1 Read our full review

Capital on Tap Pro Visa
10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) plus good benefits Read our full review
There is also a British Airways American Express card for small businesses:

British Airways American Express Accelerating Business Card
30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review
There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

The American Express Business Platinum Card
50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

The American Express Business Gold Card
20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review
Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.
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