Jan 24, 2021, 8:52 am
BA announces Avios partnership with Nectar
Jan 21, 2021, 1:10 pm
#47
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So - if I get this right, the 90,200 Avios that I received in leui of a cash refund of £755.16 from a recently cancelled flight would now be worth £721.60 at Sainsbury's
Or - the 41,250 nectar points that I've not been able to use beacuse we choose not to shop at Sainsbury's are now worth 66,000 Avios
I know which way I'll be exchanging.
Or - the 41,250 nectar points that I've not been able to use beacuse we choose not to shop at Sainsbury's are now worth 66,000 Avios
I know which way I'll be exchanging.
Maybe Nectar will open a scheme to use points..
Jan 21, 2021, 1:13 pm
#48
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Jan 21, 2021, 1:19 pm
#49
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Rob has already said, anything relating to Nectar will be posted on main site as it now directly links to Avios and it's value basically so i wouldn't worry too much about shopper points
Jan 21, 2021, 1:38 pm
#50
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Don’t forget that you can collect Nectar points on fuel. I regularly get a triple fuel points voucher from the shopping to spend on fuel
Jan 21, 2021, 2:08 pm
#51
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My feeling is that we will see big bonus offers for Sainsbury’s Bank, Energy etc but more one per month rather than one per day in the Tesco Direct days. HFP can handle that.
That said, if I found the right person to run shopperpoints I would revive it - it only needs a couple of credit card sales per week to justify a decent part time income for someone.
Jan 21, 2021, 3:08 pm
#52
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Have I worked this out right... as it seems too good to be true if it is.
My regular route, EU-LAX in WT+ as a gold, gets somewhere in the region of 25'000 avios give or take... that would now be equivalent to £200 of psuedo-cash in Sainsburys spend?!
If so, that would be one hell of baseline value!
My regular route, EU-LAX in WT+ as a gold, gets somewhere in the region of 25'000 avios give or take... that would now be equivalent to £200 of psuedo-cash in Sainsburys spend?!
If so, that would be one hell of baseline value!
Such flights are currently advertised starting at £302. That's over 35% of the price you paid coming straight back to you.
Jan 21, 2021, 3:15 pm
#53
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Jan 21, 2021, 3:22 pm
#54
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Jan 21, 2021, 3:23 pm
#55
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Jan 21, 2021, 3:23 pm
#56
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The deal is not aimed at those who get loads of Avios from flying. Frequent flyer programmes have long since ceased to be much to do with flying.
On the upside, there will be many opportunities over the next year until the keen young marketing professionals are reined in by those who look after the cash. I remember a bizarre Tesco promotion where you got points by registering purchases on your mobile phone. Someone clocked off on Friday thinking their career had been made to discover, first thing on Monday, that enough Clubcard points had been given away to equal the GDP of a medium sized country.
On the upside, there will be many opportunities over the next year until the keen young marketing professionals are reined in by those who look after the cash. I remember a bizarre Tesco promotion where you got points by registering purchases on your mobile phone. Someone clocked off on Friday thinking their career had been made to discover, first thing on Monday, that enough Clubcard points had been given away to equal the GDP of a medium sized country.
Jan 21, 2021, 3:42 pm
#58
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Jan 21, 2021, 3:49 pm
#59
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Yes, indeed. Thanks all the covid restrictions, I haven't managed to get back home to the UK for over a year now. After seeing your post, I just tried to log in to my nectar account and I can't as the account doesn't exist. That is £130 worth of points gone. Not very happy at all.
Jan 21, 2021, 3:53 pm
#60
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