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  • 7 posts

    Hi all

    Have trawled the forums but can’t seem to find this answer, apologies if it has been discussed elsewhere.
    I now have an offer to upgrade to the Avios Plus card from the standard Avios.
    I’m currently £13k towards the £20k spend to be eligible for my next voucher – can anyone tell me what happens to this spend if I upgrade (obviously I know I only have to spend £10k each year to be voucher eligible on the upgraded card)

    1,329 posts

    Do you mean an option to upgrade? Or a real offer with some upgrade bonus avios?

    7 posts

    The offer shows a 5,000 bonus

    1,329 posts

    Interesting! Amex only gave upgrade bonus for platinum card, havent heard of it for upgrading to BAPP.

    719 posts

    If you switch cards the spend tracker resets to zero, so spend the next £7K first then consider whether it’s worth upgrading (after which a further £10K spend gets another voucher).

    If by ‘offer to upgrade’ you mean switching to another card in the app, the 5,000 bonus should only apply if switching from a non-avios card. The marketing is rubbish, and some have reported successfully complaining and getting a result, but don’t switch just for that.

    7 posts

    That’s great, thanks Andrew. Yes, I did mean switching to a new card in the app.
    If I’m going to lose that spend I think I will wait until I’ve claimed the next voucher at £20k first.
    Appreciate you confirming for me.

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