ADVERTORIAL • January 2025
The Avios you collect with a British Airways American Express® Card can end up taking you on exhilarating adventures in the future. Want to find out more? Discover how you could get a little holiday from the things you buy…
January doesn’t have to be all about grey skies and post-Christmas come downs. Believe it or not, swapping the January blues for Caribbean coastlines is easy thanks to the range of personal and business British Airways American Express® Cards, which allows travellers to collect Avios on their spending. With three different Cards to choose from, there’s bound to be one that suits your spending level and type – whether you want to collect Avios through your personal everyday spending (from grab-and-go sandwiches to a shiny new laptop), or through your business.
Plus, you could get a limited-time enhanced Avios Welcome Bonus when you login and apply through the exclusive offer page before 25 February – exclusively for Executive Club Members1,2,3. Say goodbye to the seasonal slump and hello to your next adventure. All you need to do now is select which Card suits you best…
To get this limited time offer, you must apply via the link below by 25 February 2025. Applications made via other links may not be eligible.
Which Card is right for you?
Modern life is a varied affair, and so there are two BA Amex® personal Cards. Collecting Avios with these Cards is easy, simply go about your shopping as usual – just use your new Card to make everyday purchases such as groceries, petrol, or even new clothes for the kids. All you have to do is decide how to spend the Avios you’ve racked up.
British Airways American Express® Credit Card
With no annual fee, the BA Amex® Credit Card is geared towards the spend-savvy traveller. Every purchase will see the Avios roll in (you collect one Avios for every £1 spent). New Cardmembers can look forward to 7,000 bonus Avios (instead of 5,000) if they apply through the exclusive offer page and spend £2,000 in the first three months of Cardmembership. You’ll then be well on your way to exploring the fascinating streets of Berlin or the game-changing art scene of Basel, destinations which both boast a one-way Reward Flight for under 10,000 Avios (taxes, fees and carrier charges apply).4
Plus, if you meet the qualifying spend threshold each Cardmembership year, you’ll be rewarded with a Companion Voucher, allowing you to get an extra seat on a Reward Flight for your travel companion for no additional Avios, or a 50% Avios discount if you're travelling solo.2
Representative 30.4% APR variable. New Cardmembers only. No annual fee. 18+ UK residents, subject to status. T&Cs apply.
British Airways American Express® Premium Plus Card
Luxury holiday lovers should plump for the BA Amex® Premium Plus Card, which has a range of enhanced benefits. New Cardmembers will scoop up a whopping 60,000 bonus Avios (that’s double the standard Welcome bonus of 30,000) if you apply through the exclusive offer page and spend £6,000 in the first three months, as well as collecting one and a half Avios for every £1 spent. The Welcome Bonus alone will get you economy flights to Texas’ vibrant capital, Austin, or perhaps a week poolside in Punta Cana’s tropical climes is more your speed? BA Amex® Premium Plus Cardmembers are also eligible for a Companion Voucher, like the BA Amex® Credit Card, and get the added benefit of being able to use it to travel in Business and First, as well as Economy.
Representative 138.5% APR variable. New Cardmembers only. Annual fee applies. 18+ UK residents, subject to status. T&Cs apply.
British Airways American Express® Accelerating Business Card
Business owners should select the BA Amex® Business Card. If you apply now through the exclusive offer page and spend £5,000 in your first three months of Business Cardmembership, you’ll collect a staggering 45,000 bonus Avios (instead of the usual 30,000). From then on, Cardmembers will collect one and a half Avios for every £1 spent on business purchases, in addition to two ‘On Business Points’ for every £1 spent on qualified British Airways flights. Depending on your business spend you will also collect an annual bonus of 10,000 Avios for every £20,000 you spend, up to three times per annum. It’s a brilliant way to maximise the rewards you get from your business spending, which you can put towards your next trip abroad, whether that's for business or leisure.
Representative 107.2% APR variable. New Cardmembers only. Annual fee applies. 18+ UK residents, subject to status. T&Cs apply.
To get this limited time offer, you must apply via the link below by 25 February 2025. Applications made via other links may not be eligible.
Maximise your Avios
You’ll be collecting Avios from your very first purchase on your BA Amex® Card but, if you’re keen to be sipping sangrias in Seville sooner, there are other ways to increase your balance using your Card.
Consider conducting your online shopping through the British Airways shopping portal, which offers generous deals such as collecting five Avios (normally three Avios) per £1 spent on Apple products, or up to 12 Avios (normally six Avios) per £1 spent at Harvey Nichols.5 You’ll collect Avios on purchases made using your BA Amex® Card, on top of the Avios you'll collect with retailers on the shopping portal – all of which go directly into your Executive Club account. Online shopping has never been so rewarding.
Other ways to redeem your Avios
So, you’ve signed up for your BA Amex® Card, received your Welcome Bonus, and now have a tidy sum of Avios waiting to supercharge your next getaway. The question is: how will you use that Avios bonus? Perhaps you’ll put them towards your next exciting holiday. Or maybe you’d like to upgrade your stay by booking a fancier hotel or explore those off-the-beaten-track locations with Avios-purchased car hire. Alternatively, start your holiday early by shopping through The Wine Flyer and letting Avios help deliver the latest vintages directly to your door.6
To get this limited time offer, you must apply via the link below by 25 February 2025. Applications made via other links may not be eligible.
Terms & Conditions
British Airways American Express® Cards – Limited Time Offer:
1. For the Credit Card Terms and Conditions apply. Introductory offers are not available if you currently hold or have held any personal American Express Card product in the past 24 months. Applicants must be UK residents aged 18 years old or over and are subject to approval. For the Credit Card, 7,000 bonus Avios will be awarded onto your Account once you have been approved and you have spent and charged a minimum of £2,000 on goods and services to the Account within three months of Account opening. For the Premium Plus Card Terms and Conditions apply. Introductory offers are not available if you currently hold or have held any personal British Airways American Express Card product in the past 24 months. Applicants must be UK residents aged 18 years old or over and are subject to approval. For the Premium Plus Card, 60,000 bonus Avios will be awarded onto your Account once you have been approved and you have spent and charged a minimum of £6,000 on goods and services to the Account within three months of Account opening.
Avios are not earned on Balance Transfers, Cash Withdrawals, American Express Travellers Cheques purchases, Foreign Exchange, interest, any spending in excess of your credit limit, charges for returned payments, late payment or referral charges and American Express Credit Card finance charges. Written details available on request.
2. For the Accelerating Business Card Terms and Conditions apply. Introductory offers are not available if you have held a British Airways American Express Accelerating Business Card or any other American Express Business Card within the last 12 months. Applicants must be UK residents aged 18 years old or over and are subject to approval. For the Accelerating Business Card, 45,000 bonus Avios will be awarded onto your Account once you have been approved and you have spent and charged a minimum of £5,000 to the Account within three months of Account opening. Interest, fees (including default fees), balance transfers, cash advances (including transactions treated as cash), loading of prepaid cards, American Express Travellers Cheque purchases or foreign exchange transactions and any amounts that are subsequently re-credited to your Card Account by way of refunds or other types of credit, are not eligible towards the bonus. Your Account must be in good standing at the time of earning the bonus.
3. Offer only available to British Airways Executive Club Members. You must have applied via the exclusive offer page link on this page before midnight on 25 February 2025 to avail this offer. If you apply via other links – i.e. not the link on this page – you may receive a lower offer. Please note, it can take up to one month for the bonus Avios to be awarded to your Account once you have met the required spend. New Cardmembers only. Please note this offer is subject to change.
Reward Flights
4. Reward Flights are available to any Executive Club Members with an Avios balance. In addition to your Avios, the only cash amount required for Reward Flights is a fixed cash amount. Your chosen date of travel will determine whether you pay a peak or off-peak Avios amount. When booking Reward Flights, you can choose all peak dates, all off-peak dates or a mixture of the two. For travel in First, a cash amount to cover taxes, fees and carrier charges will be payable. The taxes, fees and carrier charges will vary dependent on airline and destination and will be calculated when you book your flights. The final fee (i.e. Avios plus payable taxes, fees and carrier charges) will be displayed at the final stage of your booking. To find out more about Reward Flights click here. Executive Club Terms and Conditions and Conditions of Use apply.
Shopping through British Airways
5. See Terms and Conditions at shopping.ba.com
Harvey Nichols: Collect up to 12 Avios / £1 (was up to six Avios) running 20 January – 2 February 2025.
Apple: Collect five Avios / £1 (was three Avios) running 6 – 26 January 2025.
The Wine Flyer
6. See Terms and Conditions here.
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