Jan 15, 2014, 9:20 am
Last edit by: Steve Oh
What we know so far, that we are happy to share, and won't get the hump when other people ask us or other people get the hump cos we know something they don't.
3V / Pay.com cards are no more
That is all.
3V / Pay.com cards are no more
That is all.
Manufactured Spend UK
Dec 4, 2013, 3:45 pm
#766
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 267
Hadn't used Morrisons before. Just bought 90 cards today in 2 stores which was enough for £96 worth of fuel plus vouchers left over. Pity it is Inferior supermarket fuel but hey ho.
Some of the activation slips were printed with "Will be activated within 24 hours". Anybody experienced this before and are they?
Some of the activation slips were printed with "Will be activated within 24 hours". Anybody experienced this before and are they?
Much better system than Tesco tills.
Dec 4, 2013, 5:14 pm
#768
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Heathrow
Programs: A variety of Platinums, Golds, Silvers and other fancy metals.
Posts: 1,985
I don't have any Polo's to hand, but this is a can of 7Up Free, along with my gathering from the last couple of weeks :P
In the background you will see my £2.85 worth of fuel coupons, and my lucky 2euro coin.
You'll have to excuse the rest of the mess
In the background you will see my £2.85 worth of fuel coupons, and my lucky 2euro coin.
You'll have to excuse the rest of the mess
Last edited by Steve Oh; Dec 4, 2013 at 11:51 pm Reason: /pedant off
Dec 4, 2013, 10:49 pm
#769
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Heathrow
Programs: A variety of Platinums, Golds, Silvers and other fancy metals.
Posts: 1,985
I'll admit that a can of red bull probably helped a little, but when you get your windows positioned in the right places, you can average 20 seconds from 3V to NS&I
Little hint for you all - when you're entering expiry month, don't bother pressing down, or tapping '1' 3 times to get to 12 - just hit END
Little hint for you all - when you're entering expiry month, don't bother pressing down, or tapping '1' 3 times to get to 12 - just hit END
Dec 4, 2013, 11:34 pm
#770
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Ether
Programs: Some, not all.
Posts: 1,595
I'm always considering that one day NS&I will no longer accept 3v and I don't want to be left holding more 3v cards than I can dispose of by other channels, or afford to pay for outright.
Dec 4, 2013, 11:53 pm
#771
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Heathrow
Programs: A variety of Platinums, Golds, Silvers and other fancy metals.
Posts: 1,985
It was worth it to get a free Ant & Dec bag though.
Dec 5, 2013, 11:24 am
#772
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 213
I'll admit that a can of red bull probably helped a little, but when you get your windows positioned in the right places, you can average 20 seconds from 3V to NS&I
Little hint for you all - when you're entering expiry month, don't bother pressing down, or tapping '1' 3 times to get to 12 - just hit END
Little hint for you all - when you're entering expiry month, don't bother pressing down, or tapping '1' 3 times to get to 12 - just hit END
Dec 5, 2013, 12:33 pm
#773
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Heathrow
Programs: A variety of Platinums, Golds, Silvers and other fancy metals.
Posts: 1,985
If I was doing Beep to Activation to NS&I it would probably be closer the 35 seconds per card, purely because of the captcha thing.
Dec 5, 2013, 1:48 pm
#774
Join Date: Jul 2013
Programs: QFF Silver, BA Blue, GF Silver, 3V Emerald
Posts: 141
Good call on pressing 'end' ^, I thought I was doing well on 3V but reading this puts me at an amateur level - my input time is around 85 seconds a card (including scratching) and I've only done 7.5k worth!
Dec 5, 2013, 2:11 pm
#775
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Heathrow
Programs: A variety of Platinums, Golds, Silvers and other fancy metals.
Posts: 1,985
Not bad - going at that rate if you manage to get your 3V from Tesco then you're earning just under 21,000 Avios per hour
Dec 7, 2013, 12:16 pm
#778
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 68
£126.50 and 9816 up to yesterday. Got 35 cards in Tesco today which should earn another 6000 odd points. Also couldn't resist 14 cards in Morrisons to even up petrol tokens to 135p
Just can't face inputting them for activation and transfer to NS&I though!
Just can't face inputting them for activation and transfer to NS&I though!
Dec 7, 2013, 6:11 pm
#779
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: London
Programs: SPG Gold, QR Silver, CX Gold, AMEX Plat, AMEX Gold
Posts: 143
Finally came across 3V cards in London who would actually sell them to me ! But only at a Boots. London Euston to be precise. I picked up 10, but then also saw a restock box on the rack. Perhaps worth a quick check if passing through.
Dec 8, 2013, 2:26 am
#780
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 68
I have a 'double points' voucher for Tesco. While it says on the voucher that it isn't to be used with gift card spend I wonder if that is controlled by the check out operator or coded in the points generation. Anybody used one and can report?