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Tesco and Avios

Tesco, the major UK supermarket chain, allows you to convert Tesco Clubcard (CC) points to Avios. The standard earning rate is 1 CC point per £1 spent in store. They convert to Avios in the ratio of 1 CC point to 2.4 Avios or 2.5 Virgin miles.

Every quarter, your points are converted to coupons and mailed to you - they can then be converted via the CC website to Avios or Virgin miles. Typically, it takes 1-2 working days for a conversion to BA Avios to complete.

The key to rapidly earning large amounts of Avios is the regular bonus point offers where large amounts of points can be earned. The latest are listed below and discussed within this thread.

The last period for collecting Clubcard points finished on 22 October 2015.

The last day for collecting points in the current quarter is 28 January 2016.

TopCashback (TCB)

TCB is a cashback generating site that pays your for shopping at a wide range of online retailers via their links. Uniquely amongst such sites, TCB allows up to £50 of cashback per year to be withdrawn to your Tesco Clubcard account which could then be transferred to 12,000 Avios.

Additional cashback above £50 can be transferred directly to your Avios account at rate of 1p = 1.05 Avios although this is not a great deal.

Very generous points deals:

None at present

Averagely exciting points deals:

150 points on £50 branded giftcards (excluding Tesco gift cards) - http://www.tesco.com/giftcard/branded-gift-cards.asp

150 points on £5 spend on your first Tesco photo order http://www.tescophoto.com/home

Opportunities for FREE points:

Earn 25 points a month doing a customer survey (300 points a year) https://www.tescoviews.com/tesco/desktop/landing.do

Earn 100 points for giving your insurance renewal dates https://www.renewals.tescobank.com/

Up to 150 points per survey at Shoppers Thoughts https://www.shopperthoughts.com/signup

Recycle your printer cartridges and get 100 points (mixed feedback on this one) https://www.therecyclingfactory.com/tesco/

Everyday points opportunities at Tesco:

- Tesco credit card (discussed in the first post of this thread)
- Tesco instore and online shopping 1 point per £1 http://www.tesco.com/
- Tesco Direct 1 point per £1 http://www.tesco.com/direct/
- Tesco Fuel 1 point per £2 http://www.tescopfs.com/
- Tesco mobile 1 point per £1 topped up http://www.tescomobile.com/
- Tesco Clothing F&F 1 point per £1 http://www.clothingattesco.com/

Points opportunities at Tesco partners:

EON - Collect up to 1,500 points a year
https://www.eonenergy.com/for-your-h...tesco-clubcard

ESSO - Collect points on fuel and shop goods http://essopoints.co.uk/#how

Living Social - 1 points per £1 https://www.livingsocial.com/content/tesco_clubcard