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Amex Offers: British Airways Spend $1200 get $180 back

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This is an interesting deal that may be applicable even if you’re using points. British Airways passes on very high fuel surcharges and taxes on award tickets…we’re talking $700 to $1000 one way. If you’re looking to fly a few people on British Airways and originate in the US, you could hit the $1200 on those charges alone.

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Details: British Airways Spend $1200 get $180

  • Spend $1200 on 1 or more transactions
  • Ends 06/23/24
  • Get 30000 Membership Rewards or $300 statement credits
  • Flight must originate in the US
  • Excludes 3rd party sites
  • Must book direct with BA

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The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is a great starter card that earns Premium Ultimate Rewards that can be transferred into over a dozen partners many of which are US based including Hyatt, Southwest, United, IHG, and Marriott.

Welcome Offer

$300 Chase Travel℠ Credit + Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. 

Annual Fee

$95

Points Earned

Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards

  • $300 Chase Travel℠ Credit + Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. 
    • That’s worth $750 when redeemed through Chase Travel℠. Plus, get up to $300 in statement credits on Chase Travel℠ purchases within your first year
  • 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
  • 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
  • 3x on select streaming services
  • 3x on online grocery purchases
    • (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
  • $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
    • The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
  • 2x on all other travel
  • 10% Anniversary Bonus
    • Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
  • Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
  • Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
  • Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
  • No foreign transaction fees
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  • $95 Annual Fee

We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.

Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.

Main Cast: 

Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.

Supporting Cast:

Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on. 

The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.

If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex®  and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners

Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.

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6 Comments

  • Kenny April 3, 2024

    American Express Platinum: https://americanexpress.com/en-us/referral/platinum-card?ref=KENNYBXIXW&XLINK=MYCP

    The Platinum is currently offering an 125,000 sign up bonus after $8,000 spend in 6 months. Try the link in Google Chrome’s Incognito mode if you don’t see the 125,000 point offer after clicking the original link.

  • Kenny April 3, 2024

    American Express Gold: https://americanexpress.com/en-us/referral/gold-card?ref=KENNYBi3t6&XLINK=MYCP

    Try this link in Incognito mode on Google Chrome. I’m seeing 90,000 points + 20% back on restaurant purchases in the first three months . Hopefully you will see the same offer as well!

  • Kenny April 3, 2024

    American Express Gold: https://americanexpress.com/en-us/referral/gold-card?ref=KENNYBi3t6&XLINK=MYCP

    Try this link in Incognito mode on Google Chrome. I’m seeing 90,000 points + 20% back on restaurant purchases in the first three months. Hopefully you will see the same offer as well !

  • Sharon April 3, 2024

    I tried stacking it with AARP $200 business class bonus NY-Rome. Waiting to see if the $180 hits. Don’t see why it would not.

  • joe mac September 14, 2023

    Has anyone tried this with a Avios flight? Trying to book flights for 2 from the US to Edinburgh then London back to the US.

    I can lower the Avios amount to pay almost exactly $2,000 cash.

    Problem is that I can’t book a multi-city flight in the Avios redemption site so I’d have to book the flights separately and the return flight obviously wouldn’t originate in the US but I’d be charged in USD.

  • Jenny September 7, 2023

    Not on any of our cards.

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