How to activate your Mighty Deals / Shell Drivers Club card

Anyone who ordered a Shell Drivers Club via the Mighty Deals promotion a couple of weeks ago should now have received it.

The registration process in unfortunately a little painful, so let me try to summarise what will happen (or at least what happened to me).

If you already have a Shell Drivers Club account:

Shell will find it if either the address or email match.  They will automatically merge your accounts after you register the new one.

Within 24 hours of registering, if you log in to the site you will see both accounts merged.  The same points total will be visible whichever account number you use.

The 4,000 points will not be visible, though.

However, within 48 hours, the 4,000 points WILL appear.

If you do not already have a Shell Drivers Club account:

Your life should be easier!

Register and wait for your registration to be confirmed.  You can the log in and see the full site.

Your 4,000 points may or may not be immediately visible.  If not, they will appear within 48 hours.

What reward option should you select?

This is not as simple as it could be, because Shell gives you an extra 50 bonus points for registering your card.  Your balance will therefore be 4,050 points, not 4,000.

The logical options to choose from are:

2,020 Avios points, or

£20 Shell fuel voucher, or

£20 Waitrose voucher

Personally, I have gone for the Waitrose voucher.  1p per Avios is a bit toppy for me because I have a lot of them.  You may value an Avios point differently.

You will notice that I put ‘2,020 Avios points’ above.  That is because your full balance is converted in multiples of 20, so Shell will send over 4,040 points which gets you 2,020 Avios.  You will have 10 points remaining.

If you take the Waitrose or Shell vouchers, you will have a balance of 50 points.  You can still turn this into Avios!

Once your next statement has been generated (after 30th June) and your balance reduced to 50 points, change your earnings preference to Avios.  There is no minimum conversion level for Avios, so 40 of your 50 points will be turned into Avios at the next statement date, which will be 30th September.

Remember that Shell only issues vouchers or Avios quarterly, and the next cut-off date is not until 30th June.  You will not therefore receive your Avios points or your Shell or Waitrose vouchers until July.

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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.