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British Airways expands connection car transfers for premium passengers

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British Airways has announced an extension of its chauffeur driven executive car connection service at Heathrow.

Passengers travelling in First, Club World or Club Europe, plus British Airways Gold and Silver Executive Club members who are at risk of missing their connection, will be driven to their next flight.  Apparently an initial trial has proved successful and more vehicles are being added to the airline’s fleet.

British Airways expands premium car transfers

Other current initiatives to improve the Heathrow connection experience are in-air rebooking with your new flight details sent to the crew and a boarding pass waiting for you at the plane door, the allocation of planes with large numbers of connecting passengers to a gate in the same part of T5 and self-service boarding pass printers in the Flight Connections Centre, pictured below:

British Airways car connections for late arrivals

How to earn Avios points from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (December 2021)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways BA Amex American Express card

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up, no annual fee and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending ….. Read our full review

British Airways BA Premium Plus American Express Amex credit card

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the UK’s most valuable credit card perk – the 2-4-1 companion voucher Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points, such as:

Nectar American Express

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & two airport lounge passes Read our full review

American Express Platinum card Amex

The Platinum Card from American Express

30,000 points and an unbeatable set of travel benefits – for a 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, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios:

Capital On Tap Business Rewards Visa

The most generous Avios Visa or Mastercard for a limited company Read our full review

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus:

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express card

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios 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.

(Want to earn more Avios?  Click here to visit our home page for our latest articles on earning and spending your Avios points and click here to see how to earn more Avios this month from offers and promotions.)

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  • JamesCG says:
    19 Sep19 September 12:49

    O/T I am trying to self refer from a Gold Amex to a Black BA card but when I click on the refer link I only get the option of a Gold or Plat Amex even when clicking “view other cards.” What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

    • swhostring says:
      19 Sep19 September 13:06

      Did you see ‘our other credit cards’? If not, you’re probably doing nothing wrong, likely it hasn’t promulgated to other cards yet, I think people here reporting it’s back are talking about Plat

    • Jonathan says:
      19 Sep19 September 15:21

      It defo working again from both my Platinum and my wife’s Gold. Visit the link in a new browser, click the ‘View our other Cards” button and you should see three tabs ‘Charge Cards’ ‘Credit Cards’ and ‘Business Cards’. Click learn more on the required one and fill out the application form.

    • Wally1976 says:
      19 Sep19 September 20:47

      Try a different browser?

  • PB says:
    19 Sep19 September 12:49

    OT – just called amex to cancel my BA PP card. They said I’d lose my unattached / unused 2-4-1 voucher which still has over a year to expiry. Thought I had read here previously that cancelling the card wouldn’t void the voucher, can anyone confirm?

    Many thanks.

    • swhostring says:
      19 Sep19 September 13:04

      Many people have confirmed this over the past few years. I just read 1 plausible case history where somebody lost the 2-4-1 voucher in that time, could easily also have been user error.

      You’re 99.9% safe

      • Rob says:
        19 Sep19 September 13:30

        I haven’t even seen one example for a credible source. The only one I’ve seen is from someone working for BA.

    • Alan says:
      19 Sep19 September 20:59

      Haha perhaps one of the oldest ones in the books 😉 Advice on here is correct, Amex agents are wrong.

  • swhostring says:
    19 Sep19 September 13:49

    Current Wine Explorer offer @BA Offers is pretty good – 14 drinkable wines @ £3.93p/ bottle delivered, 2 free Dartington glasses and 1000 Avios – @1p makes the wines £3.21/ bottle delivered

  • Gave S says:
    19 Sep19 September 13:58

    Hi Rob
    Any info ad to the definitive date of Avios.co closing?
    Need to do a transfer and combine,hoping the avios will not go in a black hole!!

  • Benylin says:
    19 Sep19 September 16:03

    OT: Gregg’s doesn’t accept AMEX . On plus side drinking my free cappuccino via Three’s wuntu app.

    • BlueThroughCrimp says:
      19 Sep19 September 17:01

      Greggs app + Top up with PayPal = Amex in Greggs

      Plus there’s the occasional freebie with the App.

  • swhostring says:
    19 Sep19 September 18:03

    Passports, good to know: the Passport Office is no longer adding unexpired months onto your new passport, effective 10th September. Many countries require 6 months left on your passport, so this rule change will work against you. For others, you may want to delay renewing your passport until the last month or so, depending on travel plans. No word yet on whether the EU will need you to have 6 months remaining or not when you enter.

  • swhostring says:
    19 Sep19 September 18:09

    O/T Tesco’s new discount store format, Jack’s – meant to take on Aldi & Lidl – will NOT give Clubcard points.

  • Harry says:
    19 Sep19 September 18:36

    Does anyone here use Experian web monitoring? I’ve had several emails from them last week telling me that my email phone number last name and postcode have been published and sold illegally online. Wonderful. Thanks BA.

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