Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
There are two American Express cards that let you earn Avios directly: the free British Airways American Express card and the paid-for British Airways Premium Plus card.
If you are committed to British Airways, the Premium Plus Amex card is your best choice. It comes with a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus and a 2-4-1 companion voucher that could save you up to 200,000 Avios on your next flight redemption.
This article explains how to use the BA 2-4-1 companion voucher you earn on the British Airways American Express cards.
You can read our full review of the British Airways American Express card here and our British Airways Premium Plus American Express card review here.
You can apply for the free card here (5,000 Avios bonus) and the Premium Plus card here (30,000 Avios bonus).
American Express has finally bowed to pressure, including from us, and extended the qualifying period to earn a sign-up bonus on its cards to SIX MONTHS. This means, if you apply today, you would have .....
American Express has finally bowed to pressure, including from us, and extended the qualifying period to earn .....
1 May 20201 May 2020 • 94 comments
How does the British Airways American Express companion voucher work? I get a lot of emails about how to use your BA companion voucher properly, so I thought I would pull together everything I have .....
How does the British Airways American Express companion voucher work? I get a lot of emails about how to use .....
1 May 20201 May 2020
If you’ve been reading the Head for Points comments section, you will know that many readers have been discussing how ‘Section 75’ can help get them refunds from airlines or hotel groups .....
If you’ve been reading the Head for Points comments section, you will know that many readers have been .....
17 Apr 202017 April 2020 • 170 comments
We ran an article yesterday to explain how American Express treats refunds made to your card. As I pointed out, a refund counts against your annual spend if you are trying to earn an annual .....
We ran an article yesterday to explain how American Express treats refunds made to your card. As I .....
16 Apr 202016 April 2020 • 87 comments
It says a lot about the spending and travel habits of Head for Points readers that I think I can safely say, without fear of contradiction, that at least 50% of our readers will currently be expecting .....
It says a lot about the spending and travel habits of Head for Points readers that I think I can safely say, .....
15 Apr 202015 April 2020 • 153 comments
This article explains how to make best use of the 2-4-1 companion voucher that comes with the British Airways American Express credit card. It is not an understatement to say that, used properly, the .....
This article explains how to make best use of the 2-4-1 companion voucher that comes with the British Airways .....
12 Apr 202012 April 2020 • 55 comments
In the last few weeks we have had a constant stream of emails asking us if American Express is offering any help to people struggling to hit their sign-up bonus spend threshold. This is often £3,000 .....
In the last few weeks we have had a constant stream of emails asking us if American Express is offering any .....
4 Apr 20204 April 2020 • 28 comments
The Advertising Standards Authority has decided that British Airways and American Express have been misleading in their promotion of the British Airways American Express 2-4-1 voucher. I can see the .....
The Advertising Standards Authority has decided that British Airways and American Express have been misleading .....
2 Apr 20202 April 2020 • 48 comments
A new American Express cashback offer may be showing on some, all or none of your cards. You need to look under the ‘Offers’ tab on the online statement page for every card you hold. You .....
A new American Express cashback offer may be showing on some, all or none of your cards. You need to look .....
25 Mar 202025 March 2020
On Monday we were the first to highlight the six-month extension given to all outstanding British Airways American Express 2-4-1 vouchers. Whilst not unexpected, this was still a welcome move and one .....
On Monday we were the first to highlight the six-month extension given to all outstanding British Airways .....
25 Mar 202025 March 2020 • 67 comments
With absolutely zero fanfare – in fact, with no notification of any sort – all British Airways American Express 2-4-1 companion vouchers have been extended by six months. My vouchers were .....
With absolutely zero fanfare – in fact, with no notification of any sort – all British Airways .....
23 Mar 202023 March 2020 • 145 comments
One of our other articles today looks at the new Virgin Atlantic policy for extending your Virgin Flying Club status and vouchers due to coronavirus – read here. We have, unsurprisingly, had a .....
One of our other articles today looks at the new Virgin Atlantic policy for extending your Virgin Flying Club .....
16 Mar 202016 March 2020 • 130 comments
There is an interesting offer from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph showing on a lot of American Express accounts at the moment. To see if you are targeted, you need to look under the .....
There is an interesting offer from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph showing on a lot of American .....
15 Mar 202015 March 2020 • 77 comments
Why should you get the British Airways American Express credit card? Today, in our ‘Top 10 Reasons’ series, I want to look at the top 10 reasons to apply for the free British Airways .....
Why should you get the British Airways American Express credit card? Today, in our ‘Top 10 .....
11 Mar 202011 March 2020
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