250 Clubcard points (600 Avios) for £5 in-store with video game pre-orders

Tesco has started offering bonus Clubcard points again in-store when you pre-order certain new video games.

This service is generally only available in Tesco Extra stores, although you may get lucky elsewhere.  In the video games area, you are looking for empty promotional boxes advertising games which are coming soon.

You take the box to the counter and pay £5.  You receive nothing for this, except a receipt which guarantees you a copy of that game on the day it is released, plus a £5 coupon to use with it.  You also receive 250 bonus Clubcard points immediately.

There are 8 games that seem to be currently available with this deal.  It is limited to one copy of each game per Clubcard.  You may even be able to buy the same game for different consoles (XBox 360, PS3 etc) and have that treated as a different purchase.

For clarity, there is NO requirement to actually go back and buy the game when it is eventually released.

250 Clubcard points is good for 600 Avios at the standard conversion rate, so not a bad deal for £5.  If there is another conversion bonus soon, you could an extra 30% – 40% on top.  Of course, it is not as good as the ‘500 points for a pre-order’ promotion which ran last year ….

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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.