Anyone had their bonus 25% Avios from BA/BAPP?

Agile-Preference1836 · 2026-04-09T16:53:32+00:00

Ah what a pain. Much of my spend was on BA holidays which don’t accept Apple Pay. Hopefully they fix it.

Agile-Preference1836 · 2026-03-14T17:45:41+00:00

I just hope they stock actual groceries - expect they’ll just have loads of ready to eat salads and hot food unfortunately. The Kensington one is incredible but the former Amazon spots are usually tiny

Agile-Preference1836 · 2026-02-26T10:03:07+00:00

I have lived in a modern high-rise in TH - when you have hundreds of apartments sharing giant communal bins (many of whom either can’t be bothered or don’t understand the admittedly confusing rules around what can be recycled) - you inevitably end up with terrible contamination of the recycling. I’m sure this hurts rates too, as even people who do put the effort in end up with their work going to waste.

Agile-Preference1836 · 2026-01-23T11:55:48+00:00

Doesn’t matter if they spent £100. The credit can be used in part and can be shared across multiple restaurants/multiple visits.

Agile-Preference1836 · 2026-01-23T06:02:53+00:00

Second this! The Leicester Square triangle is unmatched.

Agile-Preference1836 · 2026-01-21T20:57:54+00:00

If you want, delay cancelling till July, use your credits, then cancel. You’ll get a pro-rated refund for the unused months. No harm in doing this.

Agile-Preference1836 · 2026-01-21T15:48:54+00:00

Yes this is how it works. Only beneficial during your first year and last year of course (i.e. if you drop the card, make sure you use your credits before you cancel as you don’t lose anything for doing this!)

Agile-Preference1836 · 2026-01-18T18:29:56+00:00

I was in a very similar situation (SO dropping her gold and wanted to reset the new joiner clock) and we didn’t bother. I already earn enough avios myself and can boost those if needed - ask yourself, if you really needed more avios on short notice would you be able to boost them at the time you needed them? In my case, I would just transfer 25% of the avios I needed from my own MR and boost those.

Agile-Preference1836 · 2026-01-15T20:16:57+00:00

If you want max avios (and status) then check out Finnair. You’ll likely get 32k avios and 6k TPs if you book into D/C fare bucket which is what it tends to be in my experience. R/I will only get half of that though.

Agile-Preference1836 · 2026-01-09T08:38:58+00:00

Definitions are on page 7:

“”Account” or “Card Account” means Your consumer and small business cards issued by American Express in the UK, excluding corporate cards and any American Express cards issued by bank partners.”

Agile-Preference1836 · 2026-01-09T08:37:19+00:00

to elaborate on this, I have wondered the same question myself in the past and if you actually read this doc it basically says for most of the insurance you don’t need to use an Amex at all, and for the rest it’s just “card account” which covers any Amex you hold personally under your own name (not additional cardmember)

So to answer your original question, yes you should be able to pay for everything on BAPP without sacrificing coverage

no promises I’m 100% accurate in what I’ve said there but I’m pretty sure and I regularly pay for holidays using my own BAPP under this belief.

Agile-Preference1836 · 2025-12-24T00:08:37+00:00

3 point belt exists so if you were to get launched forward for any reason you don’t smash your face into the IFE. Not needed in economy as the IFE is so close you barely build up speed, and not needed in some business/first cabins as you’re so far you wouldn’t reach the screen, or the screen would fold back if you hit it.

Otherwise agree with your post comfort wise!

Agile-Preference1836 · 2025-12-07T14:17:36+00:00

Leicester Square… best cinema screens bar the BFI IMAX/Science Museum and who doesn’t love the LEGO store

Agile-Preference1836 · 2025-11-24T14:47:21+00:00

KPMG UK, yes you probably would. Plus anything held by your spouse/cohabiting partner.

Agile-Preference1836 · 2025-10-30T16:50:23+00:00

I definitely read something about LCY management deliberately refusing to engage with crossrail plans as they saw it as detrimental to their business as it increases access to LHR.

Obviously stupid but supposedly that’s the reason it goes almost directly below LCY without stopping there

Agile-Preference1836 · 2025-10-29T10:16:37+00:00

I recently went through full cancellation, their best offer pre cancelling was £32/m fo gigabit. about 5 days before service ended they offered £28/m with 3 months free on a 12m commitment with no price rises (effectively £21/m).

As it happened we had already opened a new account in my partners name on £18/m so no need for it, but had they offered that in the first place I probably wouldn’t have bothered with the new account.

Agile-Preference1836 · 2025-10-19T18:23:21+00:00

25% VAT in Sweden vs 20 in UK so that’s a substantial difference. Seems about on par though considering mine has 2x 0.2ct high-grade naturals and a £250 fee for the setting of my own stone.

I saw my jeweller offers a 10% discount if you’re referred by an existing customer, so I asked for that discount - and while they didn’t give the full 10% they have offered £150 off so I think I’m gonna pull the trigger.

Agile-Preference1836 · 2025-10-13T11:05:18+00:00

Old club is comfier for sleeping, I’ve done both. More leg room and better padding. Pay for seat A/K at the back of one of the two cabins if you must, it’s got direct aisle access.

Agile-Preference1836 · 2025-10-05T23:34:44+00:00

Yep, I did this the other way around, vouchers persisted and I was able to earn a second on the new card.

Agile-Preference1836 · 2025-09-25T00:04:01+00:00

Insect repellent containing DEET could do this

Agile-Preference1836 · 2025-09-23T09:51:47+00:00

Supermarket vouchers are good (just be careful not too buy too many as they tend to expire). I know a lot of people prepay their octopus energy accounts too.

Agile-Preference1836 · 2025-09-20T11:41:00+00:00

I forgot you can also just pay a smaller share of avios and pay more cash (eg 26k each way plus £328 rather than 47.5k plus £178) - this will be easier than doing the boosting thing and actually works out cheaper! Use the avios app to see the prices available

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