Up to 25,000 Clubcard points (60,000 Avios) with ‘pay monthly’ phone contracts

Tesco Phone Shop has brought back bonus Tesco Clubcard points on a number of ‘pay monthly’ phone contracts.

Take a look here for the full list.

Now, buying a mobile phone is of course a fiendishly complex task if you are determined to get the best deal. You should still shop around carefully before signing up to any of these plans.

On the face of it, though, some of the deals are looking pretty good!

At the most extreme, take the Blackberry Curve 9320.

Tesco want you to take a 24 month contract at £36 per month. That is a total of £864. The phones comes with unlimited minutes, unlimited texts and a 1GB data allowance.

25,000 Clubcard points gets you 60,000 Avios points or 62,500 Virgin Flying Club miles. If you value an Avios at 0.75p (which is my low ball valuation) then you are getting £400 back in Avios.

Let’s imagine, though, that there will be another 50% Clubcard to Avios conversion bonus at some point. You would have earned 90,000 Avios from the purchase. Your phone is then effectively free for 2 years! And don’t forget that the phone will have a bit of resale value in 2 years as well.

Even if you don’t even want or need a Blackberry Curve 9320, as long as you are willing to take a gamble on another 50% conversion bonus coming along, you are effectively buying 90,000 Avios for (£800 / 90,000) 0.88p each. Which is not at all bad.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2024)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 12th May 2024, the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa card is offering a bonus of 30,000 points, convertible into 30,000 Avios. You must have a Limited Company to apply. Click here to learn more and click here to apply.

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.