This is exciting, the British Airways Visa Signature credit card from Chase is back! Although with different terms from the one released in 2011. For those of you who don’t know about this credit card; the first time it was released it was probably the most lucrative credit card offering. Back when it was released it was under the British Airways Executive points program, 100,000 points earned you 4 short-haul round trip flights in the USA on American Airlines (British Airways codeshare partner) the great part about those flights was the tax, nearly no tax to pay on those tickets. If you are to redeem the Avios points on a British Airways flight you have to pay exorbitant taxes, so your best bet is to redeem on codeshare partners, such as American Airlines. Back to 2012, let’s take a look at the offering details.
New customers for the British Airways Chase card can earn up to 100,000 Avios points (Avios is the new frequent flier program by British Airways).
- Earn 50,000 bonus Avios after the first purchase charged to the card
- Earn another 25,000 bonus Avios after charging $10,000 to the card within the first year
- Earn an additional 25,000 bonus Avios after charging a total of $20,000 within the first year
