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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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  • The Original Nick. says:

    I only have an offer of 2500 Avios on my BA Amex.

  • Rob says:

    No. They are the same thing. If one pays out, all will pay out. And vice versa.

  • Sharon says:

    Did this last night and the points went straight into my Avios acct. Not a great selection but spent half the money on a single malt whisky for a Xmas present. The rest on wine. Only snag is because the Amex expires on 15th is that the T’s & C’s say that Wine Flyer need to debit the Amex by 15th otherwise you may not get the points so don’t hang around as Wine Flyer are extremely busy. My transaction has only just appeared as pending 12 hours later so hope this is enough to get the Amex points.

    • davidn says:

      Hmm, this could completely change the value for most readers…

      • Sharon says:

        Success, I now have all 8750 points. Amex’s just acknowledged the offer being used. Also just remember that Wine Flyer also sell spirits for those not particularly interested in wine. I am struggling to see why 69 points per £ spent overall with the combined offer is not good value. No other BA retailer offers this level of reward on the shopping app.

  • Gordon says:

    I have a retired colleague that works in Tesco and each pay day month he gets 15% everything with the exception of tobacco and fuel, at Christmas it’s 20% for 5 days, started from yesterday, so I have stocked up on my Xmas booze at a great saving. Example Bombay sapphire is £21 -20% £16.80p a litre.

  • Dave says:

    The “Premium Champagne Selection Trio” (Found under Christmas / Festive Cases) is a good way to spend the £125 – Moet, Laurent-Perrier & Veuve Cliquot for £126.49 (£13 discount)

    • H says:

      I got 4625 straight away in the BA account for the champagne and the other 4000 should turn up soon on the Amex card.

  • CardiffJock says:

    If you have a Clubcard you can buy 6 or more Piper Heidsieck for £18.75 a bottle… just saying 🙂

  • Dan says:

    I can’t see the offer on my American Express ‘offers’ tab, so am unable to ‘opt in’. I assume if I don’t do this then I won’t get the extra 4000 points available? Or is there a way to sort it? Thank you

  • Chris says:

    I have just been informed by Amex that second part of this offer only applies to BA Amex card, not BAPP. Is this usual?

    • chris1922 says:

      I got both 4000 Avios on my BAPP, points already posted for both. 8000 in total, no problems.

      • Chris says:

        Thanks, must have been given wrong info, offer doesn’t show in my offers tab, so I must be excluded on some other criteria.

    • Rob says:

      Why are you listening to the Amex call centre?! 🙂

      The screenshot in the article is from my card and it’s a BAPP.

      • Chris says:

        I contacted them as I don’t know how to opt into the offer if it doesn’t appear on my card. They said if it isn’t there. It isn’t for me. Any help getting the offer applied would be appreciated.

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