Jan 6, 2018, 4:13 pm
Last edit by: Globaliser
IMPORTANT NOTE - The partnership between Tesco Clubcard and British Airways is ending. Details in this thread: No more Avios from Tesco Clubcard [ends 18th January 2021]
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 ended on 22 October 2020.
The last day for collecting points in the current quarter is 28 January 2021. Note: The end of the Clubcard / BA partnership means that routine vouchers for points earned in the current quarter will be issued too late for conversion into Avios.
TopCashback (TCB)
You can no longer convert TCB cashback into Clubcard points and onto Avios. Cashback can still be transferred directly to your Avios account at rate of 1p = 1.05 Avios although this is not a great deal (although cheaper than buying them from BA).
Averagely exciting long-running points deals:
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
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 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/
- Tesco Pay+ - no current promotions
Points opportunities at Tesco partners:
ESSO - Collect points on fuel and shop goods http://essopoints.co.uk/#how . In general, this ended in June 2019 when Esso changed to the Nectar scheme. However, it is still possible to collect Clubcard points at Esso petrol stations that have a Tesco Express.
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 ended on 22 October 2020.
The last day for collecting points in the current quarter is 28 January 2021. Note: The end of the Clubcard / BA partnership means that routine vouchers for points earned in the current quarter will be issued too late for conversion into Avios.
TopCashback (TCB)
You can no longer convert TCB cashback into Clubcard points and onto Avios. Cashback can still be transferred directly to your Avios account at rate of 1p = 1.05 Avios although this is not a great deal (although cheaper than buying them from BA).
Averagely exciting long-running points deals:
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
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 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/
- Tesco Pay+ - no current promotions
Points opportunities at Tesco partners:
ESSO - Collect points on fuel and shop goods http://essopoints.co.uk/#how . In general, this ended in June 2019 when Esso changed to the Nectar scheme. However, it is still possible to collect Clubcard points at Esso petrol stations that have a Tesco Express.
Tesco and BA master thread
Jul 11, 2018, 1:42 am
#46
Join Date: Jun 2003
Programs: BA, IHG, 5C
Posts: 4,413
Been tying myself in knots (I am a mathematical dunce!) trying to decide whether to ditch spending at Tesco on my Tesco credit card and switching my spending there to an Amex to acquire points. I spend about £100 a week at Tesco on fuel and food and have been using my Tesco card for quite some time. Have 36200 avios. So I am gathering from this thread I wouldn't be better off with an Amex? I'd hardly be able to use it on other big spending I'm about to do like dental work and safari as the the companies involved don't take it. From the last time I had an Amex I recall hardly anywhere I spent money apart from supermarkets taking them!
There's a bigger question for you to figure out before making another choice: what do you want to do with your avios. Unless you have unusual travel plans, the best options are shorthaul travel on BA (called reward flight saver) or longhaul business class travel. The latter is more aspirational for most but you'll have to want to travel longhaul (with a partner for the BA Amex to makes sense) and be prepared to pay unavoidable airline fees/taxes of about £1000 for two to do that; you also need of the order of 120,000 avios to do that, but it's not unachievable.
The Amex Gold card is an obvious suggestion. It's free for a year, you get 20,000 points which convert to 20,000 avios for your initial spend, and you can use it to figure out how much you put on Amex. I don't think you'll struggle too much: pretty much any travel, eating out, clothes/electonics/toys shopping will accept Amex.
If you want to go longhaul, after trialling the Amex Gold, get the BA Amex. This has a £195 fee and you have to spend £10,000 in a year to get the 241 voucher, but you can downgrade as soon as you hit that target and get the fee pro-rata refunded.
Jul 11, 2018, 2:21 am
#47
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 783
Been tying myself in knots (I am a mathematical dunce!) trying to decide whether to ditch spending at Tesco on my Tesco credit card and switching my spending there to an Amex to acquire points. I spend about £100 a week at Tesco on fuel and food and have been using my Tesco card for quite some time. Have 36200 avios. So I am gathering from this thread I wouldn't be better off with an Amex? I'd hardly be able to use it on other big spending I'm about to do like dental work and safari as the the companies involved don't take it. From the last time I had an Amex I recall hardly anywhere I spent money apart from supermarkets taking them!
A £100 Tesco spend using these routes would get you 225 Clubcard points, avios still converts from Clubcard at 2.4x so using an Amex would only attract 100 avios for that spend. All depends what your saving points for at the end of the day to see individually what's the best route.
Obviously the value would be different if you took out a new Amex card like the Gold credit card as 20,000 MR points for 1k spend, I have bagged the bonus Amex Gold points the reverted back to using the Tesco current account visa card for all Tesco spends. It also gives the usual 1 point per £8 spend outside of Tesco so the same as the normal Tesco MC card.
Jul 11, 2018, 2:33 am
#48
Join Date: Jun 2003
Programs: BA, IHG, 5C
Posts: 4,413
If your looking to collect more Clubcard points then you really need to get yourself the Tesco current account as they are giving 1 point per pound spent in Tescos until May 20. If you buy your groceries in-store then use the Tesco plus app connected to the Tesco current account card for an additional 1 point per £4 spent in-store on top of all the normal points.
A £100 Tesco spend using these routes would get you 225 Clubcard points, avios still converts from Clubcard at 2.4x so using an Amex would only attract 100 avios for that spend. All depends what your saving points for at the end of the day to see individually what's the best route.
A £100 Tesco spend using these routes would get you 225 Clubcard points, avios still converts from Clubcard at 2.4x so using an Amex would only attract 100 avios for that spend. All depends what your saving points for at the end of the day to see individually what's the best route.
Aug 2, 2018, 4:40 am
#49
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 804
Is anyone still keeping the Tesco Premier Credit Card? I am thinking of closing it since I won't be able to net loads of avios via the Teso Direct website - are they likely to refund me the £150 if I phoned in to cancel it ? I paid the renewal fee about a month ago
Aug 2, 2018, 8:05 am
#50
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 3,925
Tesco is all but dead and buried for me. Bonus points in their various forms gone, Tesco Direct gone and there’s been a Waitrose in my town since the beginning of the year. At least the F cabins will not be contaminated by Tesco Teds anymore!
Sep 3, 2018, 2:53 pm
#51
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: LHR
Programs: BAEC GGL & CCR / QF LTG
Posts: 829
Has anyone had any luck getting expired vouchers reinstated? I was out of the UK and was not able to log in to convert to BAEC. It seems Tesco block access unless you are in the UK. Think I lost about £45 in vouchers that expired 31 August.
Sep 3, 2018, 3:23 pm
#52
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 3,925
I failed with this some years ago. However, on another occasion I did get some points reinstated after transfer to Airmiles so I suggest you ring and keep your fingers crossed that you get a sympathetic agent.
Sep 4, 2018, 5:02 pm
#53
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: LHR / LCY / DXB
Programs: QR Silver / BA Silver
Posts: 324
Anyone know how long it takes between purchasing an Avios bundle on the Clubcard website and having it credit to your BAEC account? Have a redemption I'd like to make in the next few weeks, only information I can find is that it takes up to 28 days and that's about it.
Sep 4, 2018, 6:24 pm
#54
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Deptford, UK.
Programs: BD Gold (yes forever), BA Silver, Hilton Gold.
Posts: 547
I just did this last week and it took about 24 hours to arrive in my avios.com account. I have made transfers before so I don't know if a first time transfer would be as quick.
Sep 4, 2018, 8:34 pm
#55
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: BA Silver, TK E+, AA PP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 13,046
Conversions to miles usually arrive overnight.
Sep 5, 2018, 1:40 am
#56
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 3,925
They usually arrive overnight. However, if you are converting for a large amount, say 200,000, you may get an additional security check on the transaction. In the past they have emailed asking me to telephone to confirm the transaction. In the glory days people on PTS reported additional security checks that seemed to take more time but I never experienced this.
Sep 5, 2018, 2:24 am
#57
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: LHR / LCY / DXB
Programs: QR Silver / BA Silver
Posts: 324
I converted Clubcard points to BAEC Avios in two chunks, 1x £77 and 1x £44 (second one was because Faster Vouchers take 24 hours to be delivered, so I submitted the earlier order first).
This was Sunday. Still haven't received the miles.
Edit: 29k miles in total converted.
This was Sunday. Still haven't received the miles.
Edit: 29k miles in total converted.
Sep 5, 2018, 5:27 am
#59
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: London
Programs: BA - Gold for Life, CCR & GGL; IC Spire Elite Ambassador; Diamond Hilton Honors; Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 6,720
Just received an email from Tesco advising that Wine by the Case is closing.
“Hello TravellerFrequently,
We’re writing to let you know that we’ve made the decision to close our Wine by the Case website on 8 October 2018.
But you’ll still be able to buy a wide range of wine on our main website, tesco.com/groceries.You can order up to 36 bottles at a time for delivery – plus you’ll be able to order your groceries at the same time as your wine if you wish.
If you have any questions, please take a look at our FAQs.
Thank you for shopping with Tesco and for using Wine by the Case.
Alessandra Bellini
Chief Customer Officer”
There had not been any recent Clubcard bonus points IME.
“Hello TravellerFrequently,
We’re writing to let you know that we’ve made the decision to close our Wine by the Case website on 8 October 2018.
But you’ll still be able to buy a wide range of wine on our main website, tesco.com/groceries.You can order up to 36 bottles at a time for delivery – plus you’ll be able to order your groceries at the same time as your wine if you wish.
If you have any questions, please take a look at our FAQs.
Thank you for shopping with Tesco and for using Wine by the Case.
Alessandra Bellini
Chief Customer Officer”
There had not been any recent Clubcard bonus points IME.
Last edited by TravellerFrequently; Sep 5, 2018 at 5:35 am
Sep 5, 2018, 5:29 am
#60
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: NCL
Programs: BA Gold, Hilton Diamond, IHG Platinum, Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 277
Just posted the same but beaten to it by TravellerFrequently. Although there has not been any good offers for a while now, what was once a great source of bonus points joins Tesco Direct,
Last edited by MarcD; Sep 5, 2018 at 5:30 am Reason: TravellerFrequently beat me to it