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Tesco now giving 720 Avios for a £5 DVD purchase

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I wrote a few weeks ago about Tesco Direct and the latest round of ‘150 Clubcard points for pre-ordering a DVD’ deals – see here.

That batch of deals expires today, 15th September.

Tesco has also launched a new list of DVD’s offering 150 points which runs to 23rd September.

Here is the clever bit ….

Some of the DVD’s appear on both lists!  Like our good £5 friend, Scooby-Doo.

Take a look here.

You will see that some of the DVD’s offer 300 points each, and some Blu-Ray discs 400 points each.  Not all of them, but some.

These deals will finish today, as the original batch of ‘expires 15th September’ offers falls away.

The new list, which will still be available after today, has some decent stuff on it as well, such as The Great Gatsby and Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.


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 (43)

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  • Justin says:

    Slightly random but does anyone know if I can give my tesco clubcard vouchers to other family members for them to use / convert through their tesco accounts? Cheers

    • Rob says:

      Some people seem to get away with it if the surname and address (sometimes only one of the two) matches.

      However, because of the new Tesco website – which lists all of the vouchers earned on that account – it seems impossible to put through a voucher on a different account. I tried to do this last week (I have 2 accounts, both same name and same address) but it wouldn’t let me put all the vouchers through the same account. And that is with a 100% name and address match.

  • signol says:

    Looks like all the £5 ones have gone, cheapest left is the £8 Barbie one. It needn’t be donated though as my daughter will like it!

  • kipto says:

    there has been mention on here of “donating to cex” ?

    excuse my ignorance, but what is cex ?

  • Raffles says:

    Scooby Doo and Smurfs at £5 showing again as at 10pm. Does not mention any offer, but add to basket and 300 points show.

    • erico1875 says:

      Wont let me add scooby doo or smurfs to basket.
      Says “currently no seller for this item”

  • Richie says:

    i bet both the smurfs and Scooby doo are both back in stock tomorrow. i would say some one at tesco has cottoned on to the loophole and have put a temporary block on those two particular dvds. as far as i can see those are the only 2 where you can effectively buy avios for sub £1.. all the other deal are only really worth it if you want the actual product and are buying it anyway. do you think tesco watch this blog raffles?

  • darrenf says:

    Ten minutes before midnight and too late for Smurfs and Scooby Doo (adds to basket, but try to progress to checkout and they both get automatically removed). However, got a couple of blu-rays I actually want, so able to get 826 clubcard points in this deal anyway. Thanks!

  • Mr Bridge says:

    I just returned a dvd, because some months ago, i ordered both the dvd and blu ray,(in error) only the base points were taken back not the bonus points

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