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Get 8,000 Avios with an excellent The Wine Flyer deal

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The Wine Flyer, the Avios-run wine retailer, has brought back the bonus offer it ran last week but which we only posted about in the last few hours before it expired! If you read HfP by email then you never saw it.

Not only is it back, but it is improved.

You can earn 8,000 Avios with a £125 spend on anything you like. Postage is free and, unlike the deal last week, you don’t need to spend the £125 on a case. You can pick anything you like.

The American Express part of this deal ends on Friday 15th December (EDIT: Now over!)

To make the most of this deal you need access to two deals:

  • 4,000 bonus Avios for spending £125 at The Wine Flyer using code FESTIVE – the expiry date is 17th December, or whenever 5,000 codes have been redeemed if sooner
  • 4,000 bonus Avios for spending £125+ on your British Airways American Express Card – you MUST opt-in to this offer, it is not automatic – the expiry date for this is 15th December

You need to opt in to the American Express bonus via the ‘Offers’ page of the Amex app or website BEFORE making your purchase. You are looking for this:

8000 Avios with champagne trio

How do you get the offer?

It’s easy enough. Head to The Wine Flyer website, put £125 of items in your cart (UK delivery is free) and add code ‘FESTIVE’. The extra 4,000 Avios will show immediately.

Remember to pay with the British Airways American Express card you registered for the 2nd 4,000 Avios offer. Because you are spending over £125 this bonus will trigger, with the 4,000 Avios being added to your next American Express statement.

In total, you are paying £125 for whatever wine, champagne or spirits you choose, delivered to your door, plus 8,000 Avios. 4,000 Avios will arrive immediately and the additional 4,000 Avios will come with your next American Express statement. You can’t argue with that.

If you want to combine both offers, I suggest you order today. The American Express offer ends on 15th December.


How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (December 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

Get 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

30,000 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 – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

Huge 80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large 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.

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

20,000 points (ONLY TO 9TH DECEMBER) Read our full review

Capital on Tap Pro Visa

30,000 points (TO 9TH DECEMBER) plus good benefits Read our full review

There is also a British Airways American Express card for small businesses:

British Airways American Express Accelerating Business

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

50,000 points when you sign-up 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.

Comments (116)

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  • Tim says:

    How long do the amex bonus avios usually take to post please? I can see the 188 avios for the spend on the card one day after the transaction.

    • sigma421 says:

      I ordered on Wednesday around 11am and they posted around 11am today (Friday) morning.

  • Irina says:

    I am a bit confused. Both my husband and I have free BA Amex. I made one purchase with code CASES and 4000avios landed instantly and another 2500 from Amex are pending to be transferred. Then my husband made a purchase with my referral and 2500 Avios from TWF also landed instantly, but offers now appears as expired, not redeemed, although the transaction amount was £130 and it has been billed before offer expired. Is it normal? I tried to chat with Amex and they told me it must be a delay due to high volume of transactions, biut this has never happened to me before..

  • Toomanylogins says:

    Did anyone get a confirmation email from amex for redeeming the offer? My transaction went through in the 14th but the offer just shows as expired on my account.

  • Paul says:

    Some bad news (maybe for others too). My order placed and paid on the 14th has just been cancelled. No reason given. The email says

    “Your order (#xxxxxx) has been cancelled. We are processing your refund which you will receive within 10 working days. If you change your mind, you’ll need you to make the purchase again. “

    Very very poor show.

    • Paul says:

      Update. Having emailed them a polite but firm reply, I get an email back saying “don’t worry, ignore the email’. Truly unimpressive but let’s hope everything does arrive (inc the 4000 from TWF).

  • Niki says:

    An issue with Wine Flyer is if you live out in the sticks, because they use Parcel Force. And Parcel Force deliver to your local Post Office if you are not in. Allegedly it should be three attempts but it is always only one. Not necessarily a problem if you don’t mind queuing a bit and can carry 12 bottles of wine. But if you do mind paying for home delivery and the parcel being diverted to the Post Office because of a typical lazy Parcel Force driver, you’re better off buying elsewhere, no matter how good the HfP/Wine Flyer deal is.

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