100,000 British Airways mile credit card bonus (50k now, 50k later)*

It’s been several months since a new 100,000 mile bonus offer has appeared on the mile credit card scene.

Enterprising travel blogger ‘Million Mile Secrets‘ has uncovered a subtly promoted 100,000 mile offer for the British Airways Visa from Chase.

It’s intriguing, but there are a couple of catches that limit the audience to people who really plan to fly British Airways. That’s why we put an asterisk in the headline:

1. You have to book a British Airways flight and elect to use your new card to pay for it
2. You get 50,000 miles after that first purchase, but have to wait a year for the next 50,000 miles to post
3. This is not valid for prior or existing holders of the card

 So if you tend to use British Airways miles and had been waiting for a good offer, this is not a bad one to consider.

There is no direct link to the offer. You need to:

1. Go through the process of booking a flight at the U.S. version of BA.com,
2. Fill in the information until you get to the payment page. This is not targeted 100% of the time.
3. If it is running you will see an option to pay for the trip with a new British Airways Visa and get the bonus or move on to normal payment.

We tried it without logging in with our British Airways miles number, booking a basic U.S. – London cheap fare, and the offer showed up.