Register now: Amex offering bonus Avios to BA Premium Plus holders

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American Express has launched a bonus Avios offer for British Airways American Express cardholders.

It is restricted to 80,000 cardholders so I recommend that you register now before Amex emails everyone about it.

This is how it works:

You receive 2 bonus Avios for every £1 you spend

This is on top of your 1.5 Avios per £1, or 3 Avios per £1 for ba.com spending

The bonus is capped at 4,000 Avios, representing £2,000 of spending

The promotion ends on 15th June

Spending by supplementary cardholders does not count – this is not mentioned made clear online

To register, go to the American Express website here, log in to your British Airways Premium Plus account and look for the following in your offers section:

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You can see our full directory of all UK cards which earn airline or hotel points here. Here are the top current deals:

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

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

The Platinum Card from American Express

30,000 points and an unbeatable set of travel benefits – for a fee Read our full review

Earning miles and points from small business cards

If you are a sole trader or run a small company, you may also want to check out these offers.

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and free for a year Read our full review

American Express Business Platinum

40,000 points sign-up bonus and a long list of travel benefits Read our full review

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

Capital On Tap Business Rewards Visa

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

For a non-American Express option, we also recommend the Barclaycard Select Cashback card for sole traders and small businesses. It is FREE and you receive 1% cashback on your spending:

Barclaycard Select Cashback Credit Card

1% cashback and no annual fee Read our full review

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Steve says:

15 Mar15 March 09:22

I also have this on my regular BA Amex, saying that I did just downgrade from the Premium version a few days ago.
- Rhys says:
  
  15 Mar15 March 09:35
  
  Not on my free BA Amex sadly!
- David says:
  
  16 Mar16 March 16:02
  
  I have it on my free BA Amex card too, but I also downgraded on Sunday so perhaps I was already on the list!
Mr(s) Entitled says:

15 Mar15 March 09:23

I’m often amused at just how bad people are at their jobs and yet still manage to be employed. It certainly isn’t unique to Amex.
- NvT1115 says:
  
  15 Mar15 March 09:52
  
  Cut and paste at it’s best … At worst it’s 0.5 bonus and hopefully we’ll see 3.5 showing up in the end. Just a shame it’s capped at 4k bonus. A few years ago they were offering 10k avios bonus for £10k in 3 months..
Tyler Durden says:

15 Mar15 March 09:25

thanks for the heads up – ive signed up, its on our primary card but not supplementary (perhaps its because the sup is only a few days old) – oh and there was an 10% off uber eats too whilst i was there.
- Iona says:
  
  15 Mar15 March 09:36
  
  Not showing on our (well established) supplementary card either. Have reminded the other half to get me to buy things on his behalf for the next few months!
Andrew says:

15 Mar15 March 09:27

The offer doesn’t appear on my account.

They may have got to 80,000 registrations already
- Andrew says:
  
  15 Mar15 March 09:29
  
  Correction: It shows up on the App on my iPhone, but not if I log into my account on my Mac.
  - Mr Alan Wan says:
    
    15 Mar15 March 09:43
    
    Ditto, not on my desktop but offer on my phone app
    - Richie says:
      
      15 Mar15 March 11:10
      
      Same for me – didn’t appear on my desktop (mac, Chrome), but did appear in the iOS app [at 11am]. So, just saved it on the app.
- Grimz says:
  
  15 Mar15 March 09:34
  
  It’s on mine at 9.32 so it’s hit the 80,000 members yet
Daniel says:

15 Mar15 March 09:27

I got very excited when I first saw the title of this article. I thought the sign up bonus had been increased to 80,000 Avios haha

Phew, I’m winding down the clock to be eligible for a sign up bonus so I would have been devastated if it did increase in the short term
- Louise K says:
  
  15 Mar15 March 09:29
  
  So did I!
  
  Read about it at 6am on the chat thread so managed to register.
- Tyler Durden says:
  
  15 Mar15 March 09:44
  
  #metoo
- Darren says:
  
  15 Mar15 March 10:04
  
  #metoo
- Mark says:
  
  16 Mar16 March 09:48
  
  There seem to be some exceptions to the 2 year rule for sign up offers, like with and without a middle name counting as 2 different people. However, I find that the 9k refer a friend bonus and the 3k supplementary card bonus are worth more than 25k/2 years. (But then my total Amex spend is in excess of £2k per month, so I can churn with my wife as main about 2.2 times per year – earning 2 241s per year (so have about 5 or 6 of those being rolled forward……
Andrew says:

15 Mar15 March 09:28

Another Amex dog’s dinner of an offer. Why don’t they just make things clearer? My reading of it is that it’s an extra 0.5 avios per £1 and a cap of 4000 avios including the standard 1.5 – so a max bonus of 1000 avios (£8). Not going to be deal of the century, but £8 is £8.
- C says:
  
  15 Mar15 March 10:15
  
  Question also if it will stack with any additional Avios retention offers that some of us may have. I would expect that these are separate, but one never knows how Amex IT works.
john browell says:

15 Mar15 March 09:45

Thanks for the heads up – just registered on my account. It showed in the Travel category for me, but not at all for my wife’s supplementary card.
Fiona Whyte says:

15 Mar15 March 09:49

I got up to 4000 avios on mine. Still to check if the OH got it on his supplementary card.