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British Airways IT genius strikes again …..

The iPhone app has updated today.  For some reason, BA has failed to remove a testing element.

Go to ‘My Account’ and you’ll see an eye-shaped button at the top.  Click it and you can select your tier – including Premier.

This, apparently, is what a BA Executive Club Premier member (usually the head of travel for a FTSE 100 company, or similar) sees, and what you will see too:

British Airways Premier card

Sadly I don’t think that the status actually gets applied to your British Airways account 🙂


How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 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 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 card

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

30,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express

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

Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

80,000 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 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, and the standard card is FREE. Capital on Tap cards also have no FX fees.

Capital on Tap Visa

NO annual fee, NO FX fees and points worth 1 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

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.

American Express Business Platinum

50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

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.

Comments (28)

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  • Stu N says:

    I like the GGL picture best. Frankly this is the only way I’ll ever get to see it in my app.

    🙂

    Oh and in case anyone is wondering, if you pull down to update it puts you back where you should be.

  • KBuffett says:

    Very cool. If only it were real

  • Ben says:

    When checking this, I noticed that my status extension through to 30 June 2022 had been applied. Not bad considering I only regularities for Gold recently due to the paternity freeze that BA allow.

    • Courtster says:

      I got Gold in 2014 and with 2 paternities I’m still silver till late 2021. I’ve probably only taken 4 revenue flights since the Gold achievement(!)

      • Alex W says:

        Similar here. Was Gold in 2016, 2 paternities later and my silver expires in 2023!

    • Pid says:

      Still not got my extension, hopefully will come through soon!

      • Rob says:

        It’s not coming. If you have already renewed your existing status this year, you don’t get one.

        • HarryUps says:

          Hi Rob, What about if you received an email saying that you will be getting the extra 12 months (like I did), do I have a leg to stand on to challenge this? I had already retained Gold at the time of receiving the email.

        • TGLoyalty says:

          I renewed mine prior to my TP year end May 8th and received an extension to jul 2022

          Or do you mean people with TP years ending in July onwards who renewed this past year won’t get it?

  • Alex says:

    Already been fixed sadly – I wanted a screenshot as it’s the only way I’ll get it😂

    • TGLoyalty says:

      Just updated my app and still seeing the Eye. Unfortunately it says John smith etc lol

  • MD says:

    Not on Android it seems, sadly, but great find. 😂

  • Denis says:

    It is still showing. Need to update the app.

  • Andrew says:

    To be clear it just shows the John Smith version that Rob shows when you click the eye and select the desired tier – it doesn’t show your details.

  • Chrisasaurus says:

    Christ rob charge your phone it’s making me anxious!

    Can see Mr Smith’s email in the screenshot too, off to guess the password and steal his 1000 Avios 😁

    • Doug M says:

      Almost every screenshot does this to me. I instantly check the battery life and think ffs charge it.

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