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Tesco now giving 4,800 Avios / 5,000 Flying Club miles with Diablo III purchases

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Yesterday was one of those odd days.

On Friday night I wrote an article about pre-ordering video game Diablo III from Tesco Direct which was offering 1,000 bonus Clubcard points (2,400 Avios).

When I woke up on Saturday morning, with the post live, the bonus was down to 500 points and the deal didn’t make sense financially.  I was very grumpy (I can change the site but I can’t recall 1,200 emails).

Then, during the day, it went up again.  Not to 1,000, but to 1,500 Clubcard points.

And now, it is giving 2,000 bonus points per copy.

2,040 Clubcard points – over 5,000 Avios in total – is a great deal for a £40 video game which should resell for £30 on eBay with little trouble.

Do NOT order more than one per person as Tesco has, of late, been cancelling multiple orders.  Remember the Dan Brown book etc.

My original article is here.  The Tesco link is here


How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

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:

Barclaycard Avios Plus card

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios card

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

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

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending £15,000 Read our full review

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.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

40,000 bonus points and a huge range of valuable benefits – for a fee Read our full review

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.

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

Huge 30,000 points bonus until 12th May 2024 Read our full review

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.

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

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.

American Express Business Platinum

40,000 points sign-up bonus and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

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

Comments (112)

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  • CA says:

    Gah… did xbox version at 1000 points and PS3 at 1500 on the assumption that the next move would be removal of offer, not increase to 2000!!! And doesn’t work on PS4 version……

  • Will says:

    Had been looking at this yesterday but with 2000 extra it was impossible to refuse. Ordered just before 9am. Fingers crossed. Does anyone know I’d amex gold give double points on tesco direct spend?

    • Mark says:

      Yes, though obviously only in the first year of membership.

  • Will says:

    That answers my qn below! Thanks 🙂

  • Ray says:

    Placed an order last night with the 1540 points. Just placed another order now with the extra 500. Let’s wait and see if they fulfill the two orders :). The £5 off code did not work for me.

  • wilfred47 says:

    Just got one, thanks. Offer also available for Xbox at the moment

  • Gabriel says:

    How long does it take for the points to be awarded in the account?

    • GlennM says:

      As a general rule, I find TescoDirect automatically apply points within 2-3 working days. If its a coupon sometimes that takes longer. If it doesn’t show straight away, don’t expect it to just be done when they roll over in July (20th) – that rarely happens.

  • Ryan says:

    The second hand market is going to be flooded with this game!

  • Alan says:

    Definitely a great deal if you actually want the game 🙂 For purely buying to resell I think I’ll give it a pass – after eBay/Paypal fees, postage, etc I’d be probably betting on closer to £20-25 reimbursement (ie. £15-20 acquisition cost) for 4,896 Avios, which is just edging under the 0.5p/Avios price that I’d consider worthwhile – not to mention the hassle of reselling on eBay. Of course I’m lucky to still have the 2 Avios per GBP bmi MC (i.e. 0.5p/Avios) which changes the equation slightly 😀

    • Alan says:

      I hadn’t factored in the BA store bonus but was getting just over 0.4p/Avios – as I say for the hassle involved not quite worth it for me, but obviously it depends on your Avios balance and how else you can acquire points.

      • Simon says:

        If you travel by train £20 worth of Tesco points gives £40 worth of Red Spotted Hanky vouchers so any money made on selling the game would be profit, I agree I find selling on eBay a pain though.

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