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Old Jul 11, 2019 | 2:26 am
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wheremattgoes
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Originally Posted by vanilla8
New 40% bonus conversion to Avios.

assume it’s for people who previously converted shell points to Avios, as the email talks about refuelling at Tesco instead!
  1. To qualify for the 40% bonus Avios the Eligible Participant will need to have collected Avios with Shell Drivers Club in the last thirty-six months.
  2. From 11 July 2019 any Tesco Clubcard points converted to Avios in your Tesco Clubcard account by midnight on 31 December 2019 will qualify for 40% bonus Avios. Any points earned after this date will not qualify for the 40% bonus
I suspect that the wording about Shell Drivers Club is due to a copy and paste error, followed by a proof-reading failure. That is a very specific condition to not be explicitly mentioned in the text of the email about the promotion.

I have no idea if I've collected Avios with Shell Drivers Club in the past 36 months. I haven't bought fuel at Shell for ages - I don't know if the last time was less than 3 years ago. My Shell card account was set to auto-convert into my Avios account, but it's no longer available to check as Shell Drivers Club has now closed down. My Avios account is also no more, so I can't check there.

I think it's more likely that the wording of the condition should have said "collected Avios with Tesco Clubcard in the last thirty-six months". I'm waiting to see if they send out a correction.
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