American Express Transfer Bonus: 40% To British Airways Avios (1:1.4)

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  • You can currently receive a 40% transfer bonus when you transfer American Express Membership Rewards points to British Airways Avios. Normally you can transfer 1,000 MR points and receive 1,000 Avios, during this promotion you’ll receive 1,400

Our Verdict

Previous transfer bonuses were as follows (keep in mind Transfer rate was reduced to 1:0.8 on October 1st, 2015 and restored to 1:1 on July 13th, 2017)

Not sure if showing for everybody or only for some.

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David
David (@guest_1380625)
May 13, 2022 11:42

Was considering this as the deal is expiring in 2 days. But I checked the reward flights on BA website and found the required points and surcharge way higher than what AA charges. Too bad I cannot transfer my MR points to AA.
The fees for a one way flight alone would be $100+ more and the number of miles 13% more.

FarEastExplorer
FarEastExplorer (@guest_1367397)
April 17, 2022 13:09

I’ve been racking up these BA miles by transferring from AMEX over the past few years. What’s availability and booking like for American flights with BA Avios? Anyone with experience – good or bad – that is willing to share? Thanks!

Steve
Steve (@guest_1360096)
April 7, 2022 11:50

I made two transfer three days ago. One is 20k points and second one is 1k point. The 1k point arrived my BA account after 30mins. And the 20K points still not arrived at my BA account after 3 days.

Oliver
Oliver (@guest_1358687)
April 4, 2022 23:58

How long does the transfer take? I read that the transfer is instantaneous. Does that mean a couple of hours, a day or couple of days?

PS I read instantaneous to mean instantaneous. I transferred an hour ago. No points yet. I am officially categorized as impatient!

Oliver
Oliver (@guest_1358768)
April 5, 2022 09:01

Still waiting for the transfer. 10 hours

garettg
garettg (@guest_1359025)
April 5, 2022 16:18

I’m getting close to 24 hours now and still waiting. Chatted with Amex, they asked to give it 24-48 hours. Might be related to ongoing issues Amex has been having recently.

Oliver
Oliver (@guest_1359374)
April 6, 2022 02:03

The original transfer is still missing after 27 hours. I transferred some small amounts. One third of the new transfers have not arrived yet.

TB
TB (@guest_1359893)
April 6, 2022 21:32

Most likely your information between the BA and Amex accounts didn’t line up and so the points are stuck in limbo. It should eventually fail and get returned back to you, but in the worst case, it might have already ended up in someone else’s BA account.

Steve
Steve (@guest_1360004)
April 7, 2022 06:48

I am still waiting after 48 hours. Will call amex.

Steve
Steve (@guest_1360099)
April 7, 2022 11:51

did you receive the points?

Shay
Shay (@guest_1358200)
April 4, 2022 09:50

I see it in mine. Have sat on BA Avios for years… Not easy to use outside of flying BA and eating their awful fees.

Spiel
Spiel (@guest_1357164)
April 1, 2022 17:43

there’s also a 25% bonus for bonvoy, exp 5/31.

Joey G.
Joey G. (@guest_1357038)
April 1, 2022 15:07

Showing up for me!

Peter
Peter (@guest_1356789)
April 1, 2022 09:50

Domestic AA availability on BA is hard to find these days.

joremero
joremero (@guest_1356792)
April 1, 2022 09:52

That’s because AA has been inflating prices and BA availability is only there when AA has the cheaper prices…but yeah, it sucks. Hit or miss, but I blame it on AA, not BA.

Andrew
Andrew (@guest_1356787)
April 1, 2022 09:47

Hmm looks to be targeted, don’t see it on my end. Schwab Plat, Gold, and BBP holder.

chris
chris (@guest_1356753)
April 1, 2022 09:09

been waiting!