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British Airways and American Express have revealed details of how to earn points to unlock perks in the airline’s revamped passenger loyalty scheme.
The announcement comes six months after BA drew criticism over its planned switch to a revenue-based loyalty programme, in which the cost of flights or package holiday bookings would be rewarded with tier points, instead of the class of travel and length of trips.
It then announced a new “British Airways Club” loyalty scheme in April, without providing further information on how users could earn tier points from spending on the BA Premium Plus American Express cards.
Finally, this week it was announced that travellers could earn up to 2,500 tier points if they spend £25,000 on their Amex cards, allowing perks such as early boarding, priority check-in and lounge access.
Cardholders will also automatically be granted 500 tier points from the airline as a “thank you for their loyalty”.
Members who spend £15,000 will be awarded 750 tier points after their enrolment, with an additional 750 granted upon spending a further £5,000.
A final 1,000 points will be awarded after spending a secondary £5,000 totalling the maximum £25,000 spend and 2,500 tier points.
If cardholders spend the full £25,000 before the offer ends in February next year, they will earn 3,000 tier points due to the extra 500 awarded in June.
This jump takes the number of points close to BA Bronze status, which is set at 3,500 tier points, even if they do not fly with the airline during that time.
Silver status is reached upon earning 7,500 points and Gold after earning 20,000 points.
To be eligible, cardholders must sign up for the offer before January 2026.
BA said in December that the changes were part of a wider £7bn transformation programme, meaning there were now “more ways than ever before to earn tier points”.
It added that aligning points earned with pounds spent will bring BA in line with a “model used by many other airline loyalty programmes across the world”.