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:

Want to earn more points from credit cards? – December 2021 update

If you are looking to apply for a new credit or charge card, here are our November 2021 recommendations based on the current sign-up bonus.

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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Dannyrado says:

15 Mar15 March 14:29

OT. With the virgin reward+ MasterCard is it an upgrade voucher per £10k spend, or one a year?
- Rob says:
  
  15 Mar15 March 14:41
  
  Once per year
Mouse says:

15 Mar15 March 17:30

Thanks Rob!
max28 says:

15 Mar15 March 17:56

Is the 6,000 bonus avios offer when you upgrade from BA Amex to BAPP still live?
- GS says:
  
  15 Mar15 March 19:28
  
  Apparently not – I asked customer services this question recently. Although always a guessing game if they actually know that or not.
  - max28 says:
    
    16 Mar16 March 10:03
    
    Thanks – am under the same impression
Freddy says:

15 Mar15 March 18:30

Not bad, I’m seeing it as an extra £40 avios rebate on my normal spending. However the yearly fee on this card seems increasingly difficult to justify unless travel suddenly opens up
Ross M says:

15 Mar15 March 18:42

Talking of being badly written, no excuse for the TYPO🙄😂
Andrew says:

15 Mar15 March 21:05

The offer wording has been updated on the app now – 2 additional Avios for every £1 up to a maximum of 4000 Avios.
Rh says:

15 Mar15 March 22:23

I just registered now and it still let me at this time!
Alan says:

15 Mar15 March 23:18

Hi everyone, I’ve booked LHR-LAX in April by BA 241 voucher when BA promoted 50% off avios booking couple months ago. My flight has been cancelled by BA, it is still difficult for us to enter America now, hence I’m thinking to change my flight to later this year, but when I log in “Manage my booking” – “Rebook”, BA shows no availability for entire 2021, obviously that’s not true. I have to call their agent, do you guys know whether I can rebook for free (no additional avios, because BA has cancelled my flight), or I should be prepared to pay back further 50% avios? Thank you.
- Chris says:
  
  16 Mar16 March 00:07
  
  I think if it’s more than a year after the original booking you’ll have to pay the extra Avios.
- Emad says:
  
  16 Mar16 March 03:49
  
  My thoughts are that since BA cancelled the flight, you are entitled to a voucher which effectively freezes your ticket with the exact same conditions.
  This maybe helpful
  https://hfp2022.headforpoints.blog/2021/02/08/how-to-extend-british-airways-241-voucher/
- Sam G says:
  
  16 Mar16 March 07:53
  
  There is a long thread on Flyertalk, it’s been very variable. If you call in you might get to move it to 1 year from the date you booked – so say September time. But there are some reports the agents wanted more Avios to go past 30th June. You shouldn’t need Avios availability on the dates you wanted since BA cancelled the flights
  
  Call in and see how you go!