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Get 1,000 Avios with Wine Explorer, the new Laithwaites / British Airways wine club

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British Airways and mail order wine group Laithwaites ran The British Airways Wine Club for many, many years.

At some point in the last couple of years this was quietly retired, although Laithwaite’s continued to offer Avios points with wine purchases.

BA and Laithwaite’s have now launched a new venture – Wine Explorer.

Laithwaites British Airways Wine Explorer

Full details of Wine Explorer can be found on the Laithwaite’s website here.

The introductory offer consists of your choice of three cases of 12 bottles, priced from £53 to £66.  You will receive 1,000 Avios with any of these cases.

Future orders will earn 250 Avios per case.  Importantly, this is NOT a subscription arrangement.  You are not signing up to receive monthly shipments of wine.

There is also a competition running to launch Wine Explorer.  Everyone who buys a case will be entered into a prize draw to win two economy British Airways flights to Santiago, Chile.  As this is the longest flight on the BA network, and will require you to spend 28 hours in economy on the round trip, you may not be too keen on winning …..!  No hotel is provided, just the flights.

This offer runs until 10th April although I expect to see a rotating selection of new member promotions.


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

5,000 Avios for signing up, no annual fee and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending ….. Read our full review

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:

Nectar American Express

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

American Express Platinum card Amex

The Platinum Card from American Express

30,000 points and an unbeatable set of travel benefits – for a 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

The most generous Avios Visa or Mastercard for a limited company Read our full review

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:

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express card

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios 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.

(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.)

Comments (39)

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  • Anon says:

    Sounds good initial deal, hope the wine is as promised, isnt coirked when opening and doesn’t leave a bad aftertaste. :p

    Sorry couldn’t resist, promise I’ll refrain from more bitchy puns, had to get that one out of my system! :D.

  • Mr Fluff says:

    Just tried this and got the message that the offer has now expired!? Hasn’t lasted very long!

  • Mike says:

    Probably not worth the money.

    Mixed cases always contain some poor wines.

    Would rather go to Aldi or Lidl spend less and get better.

  • Bec says:

    Yes it said it expired for me too

  • Genghis says:

    I think I’ll pass. The offer isn’t great and I stocked up on some well priced stuff from Majestic Calais a few weeks ago.

  • Brighton Belle says:

    Haven’t seen a 1000 Clubcard wine promo in a long time. This and the stopping of Clubcard points on any gift cards means I have no incentive to go to Tesco’s stores any more. They seem to have given up on points collectors and don’t know how to respond to Aldi and Lidl.. Must be over £6k on my fuel, food and booze they have chosen to reject.

    • Nick_C says:

      It’s still worth going to Tesco for fuel if you have a Tesco Credit Card. Use the Credit Card purely as a club card, and you get 1 CC point for every £1 spent. But use your BAPP to actually pay for the fuel. I think this is the best rate you can get anywhere on fuel.

      Also worth regularly topping up at Tesco at the moment to get the Payqwiq bonus, if you haven;t already maxed it out.

  • Alex W says:

    I did an e-rewards survey recently about buying wine at Tesco. In the 20 minutes or so, Clubcard wasn’t mentioned once. There were a few free text boxes at the end which I used to ask for more CC points 🙂

  • Mr Fluff says:

    Yeh it’s a bit weird that it doesn’t tell you when you first hit the page, rather than once you’ve entered all your info…

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