Originally Posted by
adam1uk
On our main account, on which we collect a couple of thousand Clubcard points each quarter, all the vouchers this time were for money off, not points. Frustrating, because I'd much rather have the points. They were all for things I normally buy, such as cheese and soya milk, and all 25p.
On the other two accounts, which collect only a couple of hundred points each quarter, there was a completely different selection of Clubcard Rewards coupons, giving 40% off food at Cafe Rouge, £7.90 off a Family Value Snack Combo with any Cineworld ticket, 2 for 1 entry at any Merlin attraction, 40% off RAC breakdown cover, 25% off at Barcelo UK hotels, and 1000 bonus miles for opting in to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club. All pretty useless.
I wonder what the threshold is for getting useful coupons rather than hopeless ones?
I was buying wine regularly from Tesco wine club (before it stopped) and at the start I was being offered 1000 points per £40 spend, it then increased to £75, then £100, to the point where it got to the ridiculous stage where they wanted me to spend £175 for 750 points - eh,no thanks. They clearly target the small spenders sucking them in with the big points offers. Once they have you identified as a "regular", they offer money off coupons instead of points ..that's Tesco's marketing strategy
