Tesco is a major partner with BA, and offers one of the easiest non-flying ways for UK BAEC members to earn lots of miles. Details of how the Tesco scheme works can be found in “The Ultimate BA Guide” sticky. In summary, you can convert your Tesco Clubcard points to BA Miles in the ratio 1 Clubcard point = 2.4 BA Miles.
As with the BA Amex, you can only convert points to BAEC accounts that are UK domiciled. Bear this in mind if you are considering moving your account to Europe to benefit from the lower tier point thresholds. However, Clubcard vouchers are valid for 2 years so you can save them up until a suitable time for you to move your account back to the UK.
The paper form to mail in clubcard vouchers for conversion can be found here:
https://www.britishairways.com/execclub/tesco/form.html or you can do it online at
http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/product.aspx?R=237 by inputting the code number on the voucher - points hit your BAEC account in 24 hours.
Special Promotions – December 2009
1. Tesco Grocery (expires 3 / 24 January)
XXYT6K gives 750 points for £50 grocery spend before 3rd January. Works on quite a few accounts but not all - apparently it is aimed at people who have not had a delivery for the last few months.
50 extra points on some varieties of Tesco Finest teabags until 3rd January - cheapest is the Darjeeling at £1.29. This works out at 1p per mile, assuming you bin the bags, with points going onto your receipt at the till.
"Christmas Points Bonanza" on groceries: 300 points when you buy 5 different items from a list, linked from the main groceries page. Once per customer, cheapest combo around £7. Points awarded even if some items out of stock. Points will post in arrears before your February statement, they will not be added to your receipt.
250 clubcard points on certain pay-as-you-go mobiles in-store until 24th January. One phone per transaction, maximum two per customer in total.
£5 for your first online grocery order if you go via quidco.com
Bonus points currently available on various in-store grocery products. See the most recent posts for full details and also
http://www.supermarketspecialoffers....intOffers.aspx
2. Tesco DVD Rental
1000 points for 3 months DVD rental via
http://www.tescodvdrental.com/partners/rentalc.html First timers only, expires 31/12. Good value, cheapest package is £4 so £12 for 2,400 miles.
3. Tesco Wine (expires 3 January - don't forget Quidco as well)
750 points when you spend £50 using code XX-CD6Z. Targetted. Expires 3 January.
4. Tesco Travel Money (expires 6 January)
600 clubcard points for £600 of non-Sterling Travellers Cheques. See here:
http://www.tescofinance.com/personal...tml#conditions
5. Tesco Insurance (expires 6 / 3 January)
1,000 points when you take out dental insurance before 6 January 2010. See
http://www.tescofinance.com/personal...lins/index.jsp for details.
500 points when you take out home insurance before 3 January 2010. Quote novemberhome when buying online - this is not featured on the site. Does not apply to the value or buy to let policies.
6. Tesco Savings
None at present
7. Tesco Credit Card (expires 3 January)
750 points when you apply for the Clubcard Credit Card and use it once. You need to apply by telephone on 0800 406050 and say you saw a 750 point bonus offer in your clubcard mailing.
8. Tesco Direct (expires 3 January, don't forget Quidco as well)
300 points when you spend £30
ON TOYS at Tesco Direct using code TD-SBSK, or 500 points when you spend £50
ON ANYTHING using code TD-SJSJ. Expires 3 January.
9. Tesco Diets (comes and goes!)
1,000 points when you join Tesco Diets for a minimum of ten weeks. This promo comes and goes all the time - look at
www.tesco.com/diets and see if it is currently showing on the home page.
10. Tesco Green Living and other e-mails
25 points for free when you sign up for various Tesco e-mails at:
www.tesco.com/email-signup
11. Tesco Broadband
None at present
12. Tesco Child Trust Fund (on-going)
Earn 250 points when you open a Tesco Child Trust Fund and a further 250 points if you set up a direct debit to make further contributions. Note that this is an equity-based fund not a cash-based fund. See:
http://www.tescofinance.com/personal...fund/index.jsp
13. Recycling (offer on-going)
Tesco offer points for recycling old mobile phones (300 points if they turn on, 100 points otherwise) and inkjet cartridges (100 points). You need to pick up a green plastic postage-paid envelope from the leaflet rack in-store. The website says that there is a maximum of five phones per clubcard per year but this is no longer the case. More valuable mobiles can be recycled via
www.tescomobilerecycle.com. You get 200 points PLUS some cash, depending on the value of the phone.
14. Tesco clubs
The best of receiving regular 'bonus points' coupons is to sign up for the various Tesco clubs. If you join the Tesco World of Wine, Food Club, Baby & Toddler Club or Healthy Living Club (see
www.tesco.com/clubcard/clubcard/clubs/ to join), you will receive regular mailings with bonus points offers.
15. The Tesco Clubcard Credit Card
The Tesco Clubcard Credit Card earns 1 point for every £4 spent (rounded down on a per transaction, not per statement, basis - so a £7.99 purchase is treated as £4). Points post as soon as the charge hits your account, not at month end. It works out at 0.6 BA Miles per £1, which is far worse than the BA Premium Plus Amex rate of 1.5 BA Miles per £1, but there are two reasons for getting the card:
a) some places do not take Amex, especially independent retailers
b) if you about to trigger the '2 for 1' voucher on your Amex but would rather defer it for a few months, you can switch to your Tesco Mastercard
Note that your Tesco Mastercard also acts as a clubcard, so you don't need to carry your blue clubcard around anymore. In a Tesco store you can, if you want, have your credit card swiped for use as a clubcard and then pay using your BA Amex for maximum miles! Those of us who applied for a card before April 2006 earn miles at twice the rate of the current card - 2 points for every £4 spent. You may therefore see discussions in this thread which relate to the old cards, as many of us still have that.
(Totally OT, as this has nothing to do with Tesco but I don't think this is in any other sticky: you can also get 2,000 BA Miles by applying for the free Marriott Rewards credit card at
http://www.marriottrewardscard.co.uk...e=stdMediaCode. You get 10k Marriott points for applying which can be transferred into 2k BA. Exactly the same can be done with the Priority Club card:
https://www.online-card.co.uk/ihg/pa...ginCode=PW0104 However, if you're looking for an alternative to the BA Amex, the BMI Amex is an excellent proposition with a 20,000 mile sign-up bonus - see the BMI forum for details.)
Other offers worth knowing about:
3% cash-back (exc VAT and delivery) on purchases from Tesco Wine, 7% on Tesco Entertainment and Tesco Jersey and 3% on other non-grocery Tesco sites (eg Tesco Direct, exc finance and insurance) can be earned by signing up for an account at
www.quidco.com. It also gives £5 cashback on your first Grocery spend on any specific clubcard.
If you were planning to book flights or hotels through lastminute.com, it is better to book them through the tesco.com link, under the ‘Holidays & Flights’ tab, to lastminute. You earn 1 Clubcard point for every £1 you spend, on top of your usual credit card bonuses.
Other cashback deals:
Whilst not related to Tesco, it is worth remembering that you can also get cashback on most of your travel bookings through quidco.com. The current rates for the major chains are: Hilton 6%, Eurostar 4%, Marriott 4%, Paramount 6%, NH Hotels 8%, Intercontinental Group 5%, Ramada Jarvis 10%, Sheraton 2%, Westin 3%, Jurys Doyle 5%. Expedia and most of the portals also offer cashback through Quidco - hotels.com offers 10%. Airlines offering cashback include Virgin Atlantic, FlyBE, KLM, Air France, Singapore Airlines, Jet2, bmi, Qantas, Emirates and Austrian. Hertz, National and Thrify offer cashback on car rental. These cashback offers do not affect your ability to collect points or miles for your trip.
If you discover any new offers, post them here and I will update this first post as we go along.
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