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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 (April 2025)

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

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, and the standard card is FREE. Capital on Tap cards also have no FX fees.

Capital on Tap Visa

NO annual fee, NO FX fees and points worth 1 Avios per £1 Read our full review

Capital on Tap Pro Visa

10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) 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 (114)

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  • Erico1875 says:

    Theres also a refer a friend 2500 Avios bonus

    • Amy C says:

      Where? Can’t see any reference to it.

      • davidn says:

        It’s in the sliding banner at the top, but also: “After they have placed their order, you will collect your 2,500 bonus Avios on your next order above £125 as a thank you for sharing the love for wine.”

    • Amy C says:

      Ignore. Found it.

    • TP Hunter says:

      Does this stack with the 4000 bonus Avios code discussed in the article?

      • chris1922 says:

        Yes. I’ve already received both lots of 4000 Avios by doing this

        • baec_newbie says:

          The two lots of 4000 Avios offers can stack, yes. But surely not both the FESTIVE code as well as a referral offer? Otherwise you would be getting 10,500 Avios in all!

  • Bluekjp says:

    This is super deal. 8K avios is £53 in, say, Sainsbury’s, or about the same amount off a flight if using part pay with avios where 10.4K avios gets you a reduction on £70, which I use a lot. Or, simply put, you earn 64 avios per £1 spent on the wine which is exceptional.

    • Erico1875 says:

      I normally get at least 1.2p, often more ,so id value the 8K at close to £100.
      Considering they are doing Sauvignon Blanc for £9.99 this is exceptional

  • MrIO says:

    You cannot refer a friend and use festive as it only allows one code.

    • Denis says:

      If you refer someone, you will still need to use FESTIVE code and then your email underneath. I’ve received 4650 avios instantly and have 2500 avios sitting as pending under My Referrals.

  • wacca-wacca says:

    5 avios per £1 through Avios store as well
    Avios Collected: 4650
    + the 4000 BAEC bonus.

    • Rob says:

      Code will invalidate that

      • wacca-wacca says:

        4650 is what has been posted to my account instantly. Not sure if the 650 is from the avios store or not. My case was £129.99 (x5 = 650)

        • davidn says:

          It’s based on the ‘earn up to [x] avois’ on the wine/case product page. My 750 (on top of the 4,000) was the sum of this, rather than a multiple of the order value. Between that, the extra 4,000 via Amex, plus the 1.5x on card spend, it’s a great deal. Hic.

        • Rob says:

          Store Avios won’t arrive for 3 months or so!

          • davidn says:

            I already have the bonus 4,000 as per this article, plus the 750 from the 12 bottles (on a mix and match and with great reviews elsewhere!) then would expect the Amex 4,000 plus 1.5x to show on my next statement … being generated in the coming days!

  • Nathan says:

    I can’t see the offer on my BA premium card.

    • setting says:

      I can’t see it on my ‘standard’ card. Maybe its an offer that noit evryone has access to?

  • Mouse says:

    And they sell Krug, winner! Thanks Rob!

  • Mouse says:

    This was a reply to @wacca-wacca above

  • PeteM says:

    Happy to confirm that not only did my transaction from the other offer track on TCSHBCK but they also paid out today. A whole £2.76 extra 🤩

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