Airmiles and Nectar points?
Nov 4, 2003 | 5:05 am
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Airmiles and Nectar points?
Here's one for the UK experts out there. I'm trying to figure out if there's an arbitrage angle here, but I don't know enough about the Airmiles programme to make an informed judgement.
Sainsbury's is currently offering 500 Nectar points for a 3kg bag of IAMS catfood (price, Ł13.99). This seems like a lot of points which can be (I think) converted to Airmiles. The only problem is that I can't seem to find information on converting to Airmiles on the Nectar site, and I can't find anything about redeeming for premium cabin awards.
Can any FTers shed more light on whether this is a worthwhile promo to take up?
Sainsbury's is currently offering 500 Nectar points for a 3kg bag of IAMS catfood (price, Ł13.99). This seems like a lot of points which can be (I think) converted to Airmiles. The only problem is that I can't seem to find information on converting to Airmiles on the Nectar site, and I can't find anything about redeeming for premium cabin awards.
Can any FTers shed more light on whether this is a worthwhile promo to take up?
Nov 4, 2003 | 5:22 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by MatthewClement:
Here's one for the UK experts out there. I'm trying to figure out if there's an arbitrage angle here, but I don't know enough about the Airmiles programme to make an informed judgement.
Sainsbury's is currently offering 500 Nectar points for a 3kg bag of IAMS catfood (price, Ł13.99). This seems like a lot of points which can be (I think) converted to Airmiles. The only problem is that I can't seem to find information on converting to Airmiles on the Nectar site, and I can't find anything about redeeming for premium cabin awards.
Can any FTers shed more light on whether this is a worthwhile promo to take up?
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Here's one for the UK experts out there. I'm trying to figure out if there's an arbitrage angle here, but I don't know enough about the Airmiles programme to make an informed judgement.
Sainsbury's is currently offering 500 Nectar points for a 3kg bag of IAMS catfood (price, Ł13.99). This seems like a lot of points which can be (I think) converted to Airmiles. The only problem is that I can't seem to find information on converting to Airmiles on the Nectar site, and I can't find anything about redeeming for premium cabin awards.
Can any FTers shed more light on whether this is a worthwhile promo to take up?
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but with that Ł13.99 for each bag you could get to the US in Y for Ł1,500.00 only..
and have 108 bags of cat food. go for it!!
Nov 4, 2003 | 5:34 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ajinlondon:
i don't believe airmiles are with nectar as they are already with tesco.
but with that Ł13.99 for each bag you could get to the US in Y for Ł1,500.00 only..
and have 108 bags of cat food. go for it!!</font>
i don't believe airmiles are with nectar as they are already with tesco.
but with that Ł13.99 for each bag you could get to the US in Y for Ł1,500.00 only..
and have 108 bags of cat food. go for it!!</font>
Guess it isn't worth pursuing, then.
Nov 4, 2003 | 5:51 am
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For only 12 kg of catfood (@Ł55.96) you would earn enough points for a free return ticket on the Heathrow, Gatwick or Stansted Express, plus have leftover the 110 points one would normally earn on such a purchase (and another 27 points if one used a Barclaycard to make said purchase). If you actually might need that much catfood, that could be a good deal, albeit not an arbitrage opportunity.
Nov 4, 2003 | 6:02 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by MatthewClement:
Bargain!
Guess it isn't worth pursuing, then.</font>
Bargain!
Guess it isn't worth pursuing, then.
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