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All week we have been running a special Avios offer with The Wine Flyer, the new British Airways wine ordering portal.

Due to strong demand, and because we had some feedback from readers who were not gin lovers that they would like non-gin options too, The Wine Flyer has added two new packages to the deal.

These ‘wine only’ packages let you earn 2,500 Avios with a £65 case of white wine or 3,000 Avios with a £80 case of mixed wines.

Get 6,000 Avios and a free Cellar Pass with BA's The Wine Flyer

Collect up to 11,500 Avios with The Wine Flyer

The Wine Flyer is now offering FOUR special bonuses worth 11,500 Avios in total. You are totally free to order just one, two or three of the special cases if you prefer.

To be eligible for the offer, you need to purchase through this special link.

What are the two new wine cases with bonus Avios?

The Wine Flyer White Selection Six

£64.99 – earn 2,500 Avios

(Delivery to UK mainland is £4.99 unless your total order is over £100.)

A great-value collection of popular white varieties from Italy, Chile, France and Spain.

It contains:

  • 1 x Castellani Vernaccia di San Gimignano
  • 1 x La Musa Grillo
  • 2 x Pinot Grigio La Cacciatora
  • 1 x Vilcún Sauvignon Blanc Reserve
  • 1 x Vignerons des Schistes Picpoul de Pinet les Roches Saintes
Wine Flyer mixed selection

Mixed World Selection Six

£79.99 – earn 3,000 Avios

(Delivery to UK mainland is £4.99 unless your total order is over £100.)

A selection of white and red wines from around the world, showcasing the best varietals for each region. 

It contains:

  • 1 x Sutil Carmenère Gran Reserve
  • 1 x Oak Valley Sauvignon Blanc ‘Fountain of Youth’
  • 1 x Susana Balbo Crios Malbec
  • 1 x Bodegas Verum Embrujo Verdejo Organic
  • 1 x Tierra De los Santos ‘Selección Especial’ Garnacha
  • 1 x Penfolds Koonunga Hill Autumn Riesling
Head for Points Wine Flyer exclusive offer

Don’t forget the two deals from the original offer ….

HfP Exclusive Twelve

£149.99 including delivery – earn 4,000 Avios

A case of exceptional, varied wines and award-winning London Dry Gin: Horse Guards where juniper balances with zesty citrus, orange and pink grapefruit. The wines have been carefully curated to offer choice in terms of where the wine is from and different taste styles, outstanding quality and remarkable value for money.

It contains:

  • 1 x Horse Guards Gin (RRP £41.48)
  • 1 x Cabalié
  • 1 x The Black Stump Durif Shiraz
  • 2 x Punto Alto Malbec
  • 1 x La Cacciatora Nero d’Avola
  • 1 x The Acorn Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
  • 1 x Penfolds Koonunga Hill Chardonnay
  • 1 x La Musa Grillo
  • 1 x La Vigneau Cinsault Rosé Herault
  • 1 x Borgo del Col Alto Prosecco
  • 1 x Zia Prosecco

Horse Guards London Dry Gin and Cellar Pass Special

£41.48 including delivery – earn 2,000 Avios

(Delivery is free on this item, even if you don’t spend £100, because it comes with a ‘free delivery’ Cellar Pass.)

A bottle of the award-winning London Dry Gin: Horse Guards where juniper balances with zesty citrus, orange and pink grapefruit.

You will also receive The Wine Flyer Cellar Pass, allowing you to place unlimited orders with no delivery fees (waiving the usual £100 minimum order to get free delivery) for 12 months.

Other things you may want to know

Am I committed to any future purchases?

Absolutely not.

Let’s be clear – you are not committing to any sort of wine plan or subscription. These are one off purchases.

Can I part pay with Avios?

Usually, yes, but not with this promotion. All purchases must be paid with cash.

When do I receive my Avios?

The Avios bonuses are awarded instantly.

When does the offer end?

You have until 22nd May 2023 to order.

You need to go to this special page of The Wine Flyer website to see these exclusive HfP offers. Cheers!

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

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios card

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

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

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending £15,000 Read our full review

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

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

40,000 bonus points and a huge range of valuable benefits – for a fee Read our full review

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 12th May 2024, the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa card is offering a bonus of 30,000 points, convertible into 30,000 Avios. You must have a Limited Company to apply. Click here to learn more and click here to apply.

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

Huge 30,000 points bonus until 12th May 2024 Read our full review

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.

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

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.

American Express Business Platinum

40,000 points sign-up bonus and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

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 (31)

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  • ThinkSquare says:
    18 May18 May 09:24

    No ‘red only’ case?

    • Rob says:
      18 May18 May 09:39

      No. To be fair to WF they put this together impressively quickly and they did a good job even to get these additional two cases added in response to reader requests.

  • Phil says:
    18 May18 May 12:57

    Sadly they don’t deliver to Northern Ireland (despite website talking about “UK delivery” with no exceptions mentioned. Response when I queried:

    On the 6th April 2023 the Northern Irish Government introduced regulations which prohibits the collection and spending of loyalty points, including Avios, on any alcoholic product with an ABV percentage of 0.5% or more. This unfortunately now prohibits the delivery of goods to British Airways Executive Club members with a registration or delivery address in Northern Ireland until further notice.

    • Save East Coast Rewards says:
      18 May18 May 13:21

      That would be devastating to this business if any other nations in the UK decided to do this. They should still allow you to deliver to NI if you opt out of points, although it wouldn’t be very competitive then why turn down orders if someone is willing to place them.

      • Rob says:
        18 May18 May 13:31

        Remember that Scotland has had rules for years restricting loyalty points and alcohol, mainly because it was seen as a way of getting around the minimum price rules.

      • Colin MacKinnon says:
        18 May18 May 17:25

        It is even more complex!

        From Nectar T&Cs:
        Nectar points are not available on the following limited range of Sainsbury’s goods and services: spirits and liqueurs, any alcohol product containing more than 0.5% ABV in Northern Ireland, all alcohol in Scotland & Wales,

        From Sainsbury UK:
        Due to the introduction of recent government legislation, no retailer will be able to sell alcohol below the rate of the duty price plus VAT. Although it’s never been our trading policy to do this, we’ve introduced some new measures to ensure that we comply fully with the law.

        Spirits and liqueurs are no longer included in promotions and coupons … This means that you’ll no longer earn Nectar points when purchasing spirits and liqueurs and, subsequently, any spend on these items will not contribute to the required spend to participate in marketing promotions and coupons.

        Please note this also affects online promotions, evouchers and coupons printed with an online code.

        The list of excluded goods are as follows:
        • Spirits
        • Liqueur
        • Wine when on any buy 6 save 25% promotion
        • In Scotland and Wales, all alcohol is excluded from qualifying spend. Alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing applies.

        • Erico1875 says:
          18 May18 May 20:05

          Ive always received club card points buying wine from Tesco.
          Am I interpreting the above statement/rules wrong?
          BTW Im all for minimum pricing/ no multi buy policy as it does seem to help the overall problematic alcolhol problems we have

          • MattB says:
            19 May19 May 08:47

            Sainsburys regularly gives me 200 points off their £4.50 House pinot rose which brings it to effectively £3.50 and will under the minimum unit price here in Wales.

          • Luma says:
            19 May19 May 16:34

            For some reason Sainsbury’s has long had the no points on spirits anywhere in the UK, whereas Tesco still gave them. And you can’t redeem them solely for spirits either at Sainsbury’s, you’d have to have other shopping to the value of the bottle to get it for “free”.

            I always used to save up my nectar points to treat myself to a bottle of whisky before they stopped it.

  • Colin MacKinnon says:
    18 May18 May 17:32

    So if you want the gin, and live in Scotland or Wales, order it quick!

    (Horseguards Gin @ £41.48. Minus £7.99 for the “free” cellar pass. = £33.49

    Minus the 2,000 “free” avios at list price of 1.6p per avios (£32.00) = £1.49 for the gin !

    And then take away something for delivery and you are, in effect, being paid to take the stuff away! It can’t be that bad, or watered down, surely?

    So that’s HfP and BA fallen foul of both the Scottish minimum price rules. And the UK duty rules!!

    • Heathrow Flyer says:
      21 May21 May 12:14

      If you look at the Scottish legislation it’s clearly states: ‘ …if you buy alcohol online in Scotland and the alcohol is sent from England, the minimum unit pricing will not apply.’

      Also I don’t see how this would fall foul of UK Duty rules – UK duty is still being paid.

  • SteveCroydon says:
    19 May19 May 00:42

    How can Northern Ireland introduce any new laws or regulations? There hasn’t been a NI Government or Assembly for over two years!!

  • James says:
    19 May19 May 06:17

    Good morning,

    Apologies for going completely off-topic here, but would I qualify for the AMEX Dell £100 credit offer by shopping at https://www.dellrefurbished.co.uk/ does anyone know per chance? It is an official Dell website.

    Many thanks indeed.

  • ianM says:
    19 May19 May 08:21

    It’s no surprise that governments make rules to restrict the supply of discounted alcohol, it’s a killer with over 3m deaths a year. So it’s pretty unethical of this site to promote it, what’s next, tobacco?

    • Rob says:
      19 May19 May 08:32

      I suspect we won’t be seeing you turning up for free booze at the Summer Party then 🙂

      • Colin MacKinnon says:
        19 May19 May 11:59

        Fortunately the cost of travel from Scotland for the party will make that “included” drink reassuringly expensive – and legal 😉

      • James says:
        22 May22 May 14:59

        😂😂

    • SteveCroydon says:
      19 May19 May 11:23

      3m deaths per year – that’s worldwide and about 5% of all deaths apparently.

    • Joe says:
      21 May21 May 15:43

      Pretty unethical of you to promote a nanny state in my book.

  • ianM says:
    19 May19 May 10:49

    There’s a free bar?
    I thought your ticket price included one drink?

    If there’s a free bar then maybe, consumption is always an individual choice.

  • Phil says:
    19 May19 May 13:05

    Received a mailer this morning which gives 3000 avios when spending over £75 (with free delivery) as well as a year-long free delivery pass. Might be a better option than the above offer for some… The promo code is a unique code and not shareable unfortunately.

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