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We haven’t mentioned The Wine Flyer, the British Airways / Laithwaites wine business, for a while, but a decent offer has popped up this week for new customers.

£54, which includes delivery, gets you six bottles of red wine, 2000 Avios and two tumblers. You can’t argue with that.

There is no on-going commitment of any sort.

BA Wine Flyer

What is the Wine Flyer offer?

Wine Flyer is the trading name for the Laithwaites arm which offers Avios.

The latest offer is decent value. Note, however, that you must be a new customer to Laithwaites / Wine Flyer. This may, although it isn’t clear, include any wine you ordered via The Sunday Times Wine Club or any of the other Laithwaites co-brand schemes.

The Wine Flyer package costs £53.94 including delivery.

You receive the wine in the picture above, which is two bottles each of a “barrel-aged Rioja, luxury Aussie Shiraz and a dark, juicy original from Argentina”.

In total you get:

  • a six-bottle mixed case of red wine
  • two Dartington tumblers
  • free delivery within three working days
  • 2,000 Avios

You are not signing up for any club or subscription service. It is a one-off deal.

If you value the 2,000 Avios at £20, and you put no value on the tumblers (although Dartington products are generally good quality), you are paying £5.66 per bottle. You can’t really argue about value for money on that basis.

You can order on the Wine Flyer website here. The offer runs to 30th June.

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2024)

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:

Barclaycard Avios Plus card

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

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

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British Airways American Express

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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.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

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The Platinum Card from American Express

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You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

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There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

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

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Comments (29)

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  • TimM says:
    4 May4 May 05:41

    A tumbler is a flat-bottomed glass you might drink whisky or a cocktail out of. The glass shown is a red wine glass designed to be filled to the widest point.

    • Nick says:
      4 May4 May 06:01

      Really?! Wouldn’t it be rather stupid to show 6 bottles of wine with two tumblers?

      • Nick says:
        4 May4 May 06:04

        …filled tumblers!

      • JDB says:
        4 May4 May 06:57

        Wine tumblers are becoming increasingly standard!

        • Lumma says:
          4 May4 May 08:37

          Yes, this will come with “wine tumblers”, they’re like a wine glass shape but with a flat bottom and no stem.

          They’re a bit rubbish for both wine and other drinks, quite difficult to clean by hand too

          • ThinkSquare says:
            4 May4 May 12:10

            My Mrs swears by Laithwaites’ wine tumblers as gin glasses. I agree they are pretty useless for wine.

            I can vouch for the three wines here being worth drinking.

    • ChrisC says:
      4 May4 May 06:31

      Well blame laithwaits because that’s their description of them.

      I’m more bothered that there isn’t a similar offer for whites or rose.

  • Sideshowbob says:
    4 May4 May 06:00

    Shame it’s not white wine

  • Charles Martell says:
    4 May4 May 06:23

    Is there any chance this triggers the 20% rebate from Curve or 40 nectar points per £ on nectar connect for Laithwaites purchases? Becomes irresistible at that point.

    • Brighton Belle says:
      4 May4 May 07:58

      Laithwaites not on my paid Curve so must be targeted somewhat

    • Paul Benny says:
      4 May4 May 08:46

      Also 10% back at Airtime Rewards – but that’s not compatible with Curve. Might stack with Nectar Connect, though.

      • MD says:
        4 May4 May 09:58

        Why would Airtime Rewards not be compatible with Curve?

        • Paul Benny says:
          4 May4 May 17:26

          As I undertand it, AR see the transaction as just being with Curve not the underlying retailer. Would be delighted if that turned out to be wrong!

      • Kiran_mk2 says:
        4 May4 May 18:08

        My Virgin Atlantic Mastercard also has 20% back at Laithwaites. I imagine this would double up with Airtime Rewards 10% back. Can’t see anyway to ‘activate’ the Virgin offer so assume it just works?

  • Roger W says:
    4 May4 May 07:34

    A decent rate using a NatWest Bank card too if you get NatWest Current Account rewards.

    I usually mix up a discount code from Bluelight NHS card with NatWest Reward or if there is an Amex code at the time.

    Decent wine too😀

  • yorkieflyer says:
    4 May4 May 08:35

    Mmm can’t remember if Mrs Yorkieflyer has taken up one of these offers, think I have

  • Adam says:
    4 May4 May 09:10

    Just ordered mine. With the Curve 20% off, so should work out about £3.80 a bottle taking the 2000 avios into account. Also paid using my Barclays AVIOS `card to should get Avios for that also. Winning all round.

  • ChrisC says:
    4 May4 May 09:21

    20% rebate on MBNA as well.

    Not that I’m partaking – I don’t drink red!

  • Richie says:
    4 May4 May 09:41

    Looks like HfPers will be enjoying Coq au Vin soon.

    • Charles Martell says:
      4 May4 May 12:00

      Vivino ratings (if I’ve matched the right wines):
      Waxed Bat Reserve 3.9
      Barón de Barbón Rioja Reserva 3.9
      Black Stump Reserve Shiraz 3.9

      Not terrible.

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