Fatdickie

Popped in for a couple of bits, nothing on the app
So qualified for the bonus points on leaving

Checked when I got home...
Drum roll..

Zero
Zilch
Nothing
Apparently I was unlucky this time

Not even a measly 10 points 😞

GentleGiant

I have half a dozen bonus points on items such as donuts and a TV magazine which I would never purchase.

GentleGiant

Not really sure if we should be converting from Avios to Nectar each month or vice versa.

All very confusing.

USA_flyer

Has anyone signed up to Nectar Canvass yet? It looks like free points but don't want to get on board with another survey panel if it doesn't hand out points regularly.

chrism20

Pretty sure its operated by Dynata/e-rewards IIRC. I signed up years ago as there was a joining bonus. Done a couple of surveys but didn't think the number of points was worth it for the time tbh

BOH

Yes I have, got 50 points for about 5 minutes work when I had nothing to do and was waiting for my daughter to be ready to pop out.

bluemoon68

Must have been screened out of about 20 surveys after wasting time starting them. Have given up now.

USA_flyer

Yeah. That really irritates me and would totally put me off engaging. I do the Ipsos surveys on my phone and even if they dump you out there's a few points to be had.

Robert279

At least you got a coupon. I heard the printer printing and the printer light flickering...nothing appeared. The till staff had not noticed the coupon roll had run out and had not reloaded a fresh roll. All there was was a soggy, dripping inky end of roll that must have been there for days. That's the third time that's happened since I have resumed shopping at Sainsbury's.

Lumpster

I have a household BA Exec Club account with myself, my wife and our 3 kids, and between us we have around 230k Avios. For a number of reasons, I’ve decided to transfer these to Nectar. So I phoned the BA number today to convert some Avios - after a long wait, I got through and was told that I could only transfer 50k Avios per month etc etc but that an online option is “under maintenance” and will be available again soon. What was bizarre is that to move Avios from the other 4 accounts within our Household set up, I need to manually unlink my BA Exec Club account from my Nectar account and then re-link my Nectar card account with another one of the BA Exec Club accounts in my household......and do this process 4 times to cover all of our accounts and then manually request the transfer by phone each time until the online facility is restored and then, of course, be subject to the max 50k Avios that are allowed to be transferred in any month’s period. Talk about a faff! I know BA’s IT is the stuff of nightmares but it’s incredible that such a new and high profile partnership can be introduced with shonky processes that have seemingly been designed with no thought for the customer experience. I suspect that a key part of it is the hope that by putting barriers in people’s way, customers will give up and millions of Avios will expire or go unused. Out of principle, I won’t let them beat me into submission and I’ll play the game by jumping through the various hoops to ensure this doesn’t happen to me. But I’m sure many will give up along the way due to the torturous experience.....

lavar56

50k a month is a bit rough. But I think the other stuff, including the “maintenance” is probably just fraud protection. Hope they get the 2Step Verification sorted soon.

Fatdickie

That sounds an absolute nightmare for you to change, but....

50k in Avios into Nectar is worth £400

230k Avios is £1,840

It's a lot of money and can easily be turned into cash by paying for the weekly shop or by buying stuff in Argos.

It's a real complicated calculation
By paying for shopping with nectar points, you don't earn nectar points on the purchase, which I presume includes the bonus point offers through the app.

You won't earn anything (Avios, Nectar, cashback) if you usually pay by a particular creditcard.

However each individual is different and (as has been mentioned up thread) depends how you would normally use your Avios and at what value. 🤔

rapidex

I had a strange one on Friday. 14 offers of about 500 points, all things we use so bought those. As I walked out of the shop my phone beeped, with 6 more offers for another 300 points, including 200 for a medium chicken. Mrs rapidex and Miss rapidex got 300 each so a bumper week for offers. Miss rapidex got a 40 point scratch to boot, but the rest of us have been chugging along with 15 and 20's.

bluemoon68

You still get the bonus point offers, but not the base points on spend.

chrism20

Looks like only spending £15 over the last fortnight has managed to shake off the 10 & 20 points offers.

My new offers this week are 50 for baby potatoes, 60 for free from cookies, 30 for 2L still water, 60 for Bistro salad, 50 for tzatziki and 50 for three bean soup.