How can you manage someone else’s British Airways Club account?

Can someone else manage your British Airways Club account for you, as a third party nominee?  Can you run someone else’s British Airways Club account? 

There are many reasons why you may prefer to manage the British Airways account of a friend, partner or family member on their behalf.

If you have ever booked a flight using miles from your partner’s account, but then had to persuade them to call BA when the booking needed changing, you will know what I mean.

Some people also have jobs or other commitments which make it inconvenient to call British Airways during the day, whilst their partner is happily sat behind a desk for eight hours.

The good news is that British Airways allows a member to nominate someone else to manage their British Airways Club account.

They need to create a ‘third party nominee’ for their account, or you need to create one via your account if someone else will be your nominee.

You aren’t even restricted to one nominee.  A member can list up to five people who will have access to their account.

Once a member has added you as a nominee to their British Airways Club account, you can call BA and book tickets, amend or cancel tickets or enquire about anything to do with their account.  The only thing that you cannot do on behalf of the other person is make any changes to the membership of a Household Account.

I have been a nominee for my wife for many years. It has made it very easy to, for example, book open-jaw redemption flights (flights returning from a different airport to the arrival airport) using her Avios, which is a feature not available online and requiring an often lengthy call to British Airways.

How do you add someone to manage your British Airways account?

To add a third party nominee to a British Airways Club account, you need to visit this page of ba.com and click ‘Add A New Nominee’.

This is what you are agreeing to when you add a nominee:

• By submitting the details of my nominee in this form, I give them permission to access and change the information held in my British Airways Club account

• I understand that, when contacting The British Airways Club to discuss my account, my nominee will be asked to identify themselves using the information submitted in this form

• I am aware that I can cancel this nomination whenever necessary, and that I must review my nominations when my British Airways Club account card is renewed

• I understand that my sensitive personal data, as defined in the Data Protection Act, will be retained by British Airways for the purposes of providing the service I have signed up to

• I understand that British Airways will use the personal data of both me and my nominees to communicate with me. This could be by post, email, fax or telephone, if I have provided these details. As with any standard email, British Airways’ response will be sent in non-encrypted format.

• I understand that British Airways can disclose data related to my account to any of my nominees

As well as giving the name and email address of the nominee, you will need to create a password for them to quote when calling British Airways. It only takes a couple of minutes and then you are good for life.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (March 2026)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for Directors of Limited Companies and Members of Limited Liability Companies.

You earn points worth 0.8 Avios per £1 on the FREE standard card and 1 Avios per £1 on the Pro card. Capital on Tap cards also have no FX fees.

There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are only open to Directors of Limited Companies and Members of Limited Liability Partnerships.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 5th May 2026, the sign-up bonus on The American Express Business Platinum Card is increased to a huge 120,000 Membership Rewards points. The spend requirement is increased to £12,000 within three months. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 5th May 2026, the sign-up bonus on The American Express Business Gold Card is TRIPLED to 60,000 Membership Rewards points. The spend requirement is increased to £6,000 within three months. Click here to apply.

There is also a British Airways American Express card for small businesses. This is the only card on this list which is available to sole traders.

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.