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Exclusive HfP offer: Get up to 11,500 Avios with The Wine Flyer

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

You can earn up to 11,500 Avios across four different products:

  • 2,000 Avios when you buy a bottle of Horse Guards Gin (includes free annual Cellar Pass)
  • 2,500 Avios when you buy The Wine Flyer Selection Six
  • 3,000 Avios when you buy the Mixed World Selection Six
  • 4,000 Avios when you buy the HfP Exclusive Twelve Case

You can mix and match – no need to buy the whole lot! – and the Horse Guards Gin also comes with a Cellar Pass, granting you free delivery for 12 months on any future The Wine Flyer orders.

The offer is only available until Monday 22nd May. Click here to order. Our article with full details of the offer is here.

Head for Points Summer Party

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Save the date: the 2023 Head for Points Summer Party is coming in June. Join 500 readers at the frequent flyer event of the year – and potentially win an amazing raffle prize.

British Airways & Avios news:

What is worth booking in the British Airways Sale?

The ‘saved’ British Airways Boeing 747 may be scrapped after all

This is your last chance to earn 10,000 Avios with household, business, medical or landlord insurance

Get a 30% bonus when you transfer Avios to Accor hotel points

Other airline news:

Ryanair places a $40 billion order for up to 300 Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft

Credit card news:

How to use your Virgin Atlantic credit card voucher for upgrades, companion travel or lounge access

Get £100 back on £300 spend at Small Luxury Hotels with this new Amex offer

Get a 50,000 Avios sign-up bonus with the Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard. Ends soon!

Reviews this week:

Rhys heads to Istanbul where he reviews Turkish Airlines’ new business class seat on the Boeing 787

On the return, a closer look at Turkish Airline’s ‘eurobusiness’ on an A321neo – the best intra-European business class?

Meanwhile in London, Rhys checks out the Sea Containers Hotel and their new Commuter Club subscription package

Hotel news:

Hyatt (re)opens at Spain’s La Manga Club. Image below.

IHG’s food and beverage redemptions are now live

A new Marriott Bonvoy hotel has opened in Porto

Accor launches a new flexible / refundable hotel sale

Get 500 bonus Accor ALL points on your next stay if you opt into Avios earning on top

Marriott Bonvoy’s British Grand Prix experiences are up for auction

Hilton Honors has put Silverstone F1 experiences on sale as well

Earn 40,000 bonus Bonvoy points with Marriott Homes & Villas

Other interesting articles:

Which 10 UK lounges can now be pre-booked by Priority Pass members?

Priority Pass adds a new restaurant option at Luton Airport

That’s all, folks

Our latest round-up of miles and points offers closing soon is here.

Don’t forget to visit our forum if you have any questions relating to frequent flyer or hotel loyalty programmes or loyalty credit cards.

See you next Saturday.

Rob, Rhys and Sinead @ Head for Points

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