Good Avios deal with The Gourmet Society for just £4.49

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Tucked away in the latest issue of BA’s The Club magazine is an interesting offer from ‘dining discount’ group The Gourmet Society.

Despite the posh name, The Gourmet Society is effectively a plastic card which gives you discounts at a huge number of restaurants (6,500) up and down the UK. I got one a few weeks ago, paid for with some East Coast Rewards points which were due to expire.

Gourmet Society

What is handy about it is that you can operate it entirely via their smartphone app – you don’t need to carry the card around. I have only used it once so far but it got me £10 off a meal with the family in Café Rouge. Prezzo, Strada and Loch Fyne are also involved but there are many independent places as well.

The British Airways offer is attractive:

You pay £4.49 for a three-month trial membership of The Gourmet Society

You receive 250 Avios points

You receive a £40 voucher valid at Naked Wines. There is no minimum purchase and they recommend you use it to buy a £40 half-case of Customer Favourites. All you pay is £4.99 towards postage. There is a limit of one free case of wine per household and the voucher must be used within 30 days.

To take advantage of this deal, you need to visit the British Airways Gate 365 shopping portal – it is not available if you go directly to The Gourmet Society website. Click through to Gate 365 from the link on this page.

The deadline for signing up is March 11th.

How to earn Avios points from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (December 2021)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

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

British Airways BA Amex American Express card

British Airways American Express

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British Airways BA Premium Plus American Express Amex credit card

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the UK’s most valuable credit card perk – the 2-4-1 companion voucher Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points, such as:

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

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

The Platinum Card from American Express

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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:

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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:

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Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.

(Want to earn more Avios? Click here to visit our home page for our latest articles on earning and spending your Avios points and click here to see how to earn more Avios this month from offers and promotions.)

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Frenske says:

5 Mar5 March 06:11

I find often with these kind of deals, that you find similar deals on the restaurant own websites or discount websites such as vouchercodes.co.uk, etc.
- mark2 says:
  
  5 Mar5 March 06:42
  
  I have had one of these memberships for about six months as an option with a Lloyds Bank Club account. As Frenske says there are often similar offers from the chain restaurants. The independents who accept the card are usually second tier places who area struggling for business. Naked Wines vouchers are not an endangered species either.
  Having said that, this is a way of getting a cheap trial. I am sure that others will say that they have found them to be a boon.
Davis says:

5 Mar5 March 06:44

Be warned

Gourmet Society make it is difficult as possible to cancel your membership (you need to send your card back by registered post).

They also send you a mammoth amount of email

After I joined I found my credit card was being fraudulently charged by a Panama company each month. I cannot prove the connection with GS but they were the only people I had supplied my card details to at the time so they are high on my suspect list

I would rather poke myself in the eye with a sharp stick than get involved with these people again
- JQ says:
  
  5 Mar5 March 07:09
  
  Can you use a 3V card to pay the membership?
  - mark2 says:
    
    5 Mar5 March 10:27
    
    You can use Amex gift card and almost certainly 3V (if you can find one).
Brian says:

5 Mar5 March 06:57

The offer is also available via the Avios site, for what it’s worth…
andy stock says:

5 Mar5 March 07:14

Already have a taste card which I get free from my employer so for only 250 points for £4.99 its not worth the time spent canceling it before 3 months.
- Rob says:
  
  5 Mar5 March 08:13
  
  You get the wine as well if you’re happy to pay £5 postage
John G says:

5 Mar5 March 08:05

It should also be mentioned that Gourmet Society cards also give 2 for 1 entry to No1 Traveller lounges and I think some other airline lounges.
- Matt says:
  
  5 Mar5 March 09:04
  
  That looks a good lounge access deal. May sign up but I’m always wary of websites that aren’t up front about the ongoing costs.
- mark2 says:
  
  5 Mar5 March 10:29
  
  I see what Davis above means about large amounts of email. I could not find mention of the lounges on the web site so sent an enquiry. They asked for all of my details although I was logged in and then sent three simultaneous acknowledgements of the enquiry.
  - Rob says:
    
    5 Mar5 March 10:48
    
    I thought it was TasteCard that did the 241? I know that GS is about to launch a lounge deal as it was in an email this week.
    - John G says:
      
      5 Mar5 March 18:42
      
      This is definitely also available via GS. It is on their website if you search restaurants in the vicinity of your favourite airport!
Mr Bridge says:

5 Mar5 March 08:10

AA members can get free 2 months.. log on to member benefits
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Rail-card holder can register on railcard website and get 2 months free.
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watch MSE 2 months free just given last month, promo runs a couple of times a year.
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you can get 25% off your bill at the sofitel bistro at Gatwick north with GS, a good saving.
Jason says:

5 Mar5 March 08:25

I’ve had a gourmet card, for years, the last one I got 18 months for £29.99.
I also have a tastecard, both work well imo.
The GS card is accepted at our favourite Indian restaurant and saved £100’s over the years.
Max says:

5 Mar5 March 10:39

It is there as I used it this morning.
- ck says:
  
  5 Mar5 March 11:22
  
  Ok, thanks.
  I was able to find it by clicking on “offers” first, then letter “G”, For some reason didn’t come up as a straight search.