BA AMEX Premium Plus

lhwrandal

Anybody sucessfully changed their BA AMEX Premium Plus back to the standard card over the phone and not needed to reapply?

DullGreyGuy

My experience of AmEx has always been a case of having to reapply

WillPS

lhwrandal said:

Anybody sucessfully changed their BA AMEX Premium Plus back to the standard card over the phone and not needed to reapply?

From what I've read, if you reapply then what happens (if approved) is your existing BA account is transitioned to the BA account you've applied for. 

You might find that ringing and saying "I'm going to cancel unless I can downgrade to the free card" might get you what you want. You can always end the call before proceeding if they say you can't do that.

artyboy

...someone's just bagged their 60k signup bonus and companion ticket I guess 

lhwrandal

artyboy said:

...someone's just bagged their 60k signup bonus and companion ticket I guess 

Nah, I have been using the stardard card for quite a while now.  I have a big purchase coming up, so thinking to upgrade and get the voucher and the 1.5x Avios (no signup bonus).  Will pay annual fee this year but may have to switch back a year later.  So want to see if this is possible.

adamp87

You can do it over chat I believe (I’m sure I did)

you don’t reapply to downgrade cards in the same category.

if you wanted a gold or platinum card then you would have to reapply