Get double Avios when you fill up at Shell until 31st December

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• Bob says:

  28 Nov28 November 07:03

  You say automatically convert to BA Avios I presume that goes for normal Avios as well. I fill up with shell out of preference and almost every week I’m getting an offer of an extra 100 points for putting between 20 & 25 litres in, my wife’s card gets an offer less frequently and we automatically convert to avois I wonder if I didn’t would I still get the offer of the extra points most weeks. It makes it a bit more worthwhile.

  • James says:

    28 Nov28 November 07:14

    I’d agree with that – I used to drive to work in a thirsty 1975 MGB GT and would be at the Shell pumps once a fortnight; bonus coupons were plentiful, both paper ones in the post and on the app. Now I’ve changed jobs and cycle to work, the coupons are much rarer.

  • Phillip says:

    28 Nov28 November 07:56

    Yes, you can do both – BAEC Avios or Avios.com.

    Me experience of bonus points is the same as yours. The more you fill up, the more you get. If you can be bothered to keep each visit to 25 litres, you can get them non stop at the moment. That’s a bonus 400 each month if you get them on a weekly basis. Not a huge amount of Avios but added to the various promotions (and 4x MR for first year GOLD Amex Card holders), I know where I like to fill up my car. I do agree with Raffles though, depending on how much you value your Avios, you might be better off converting Shell points to vouchers.

• Mandy says:

  28 Nov28 November 07:27

  Typical, filled up last night!

• Phillip says:

  28 Nov28 November 07:52

  2,000 Shell points only gets £10 in Waitrose or other gift vouchers.

  However, Shell make things a bit confusing when they talk about double Avios:

  In essence, bonuses aside, every 1 litre filled, you get 1 point on regular fuel, 2 points on premium fuel. At the end of the quarter, these would convert at a rate of 10 Avios for every 20 Shell Drivers’ Club points. The double promotion just bumps up the Shell points collected in the period (which would mean double Avios eventually). So 2,000 points would still only get you 1,000 Avios, it’s just a case of having collected the points at a double rate in December – those double points can just as easily be converted to Waitrose vouchers at the above rates.

  • Rob says:

    28 Nov28 November 08:07

    Good spot, have amended the text

• Jon Connell says:

  28 Nov28 November 08:21

  20 litres of diesel is around £28, so when bought in a Tesco filling station and paid for with the Tesco credit card, that’s 28 Clubcard points. And 28 CC points is 67 Avios. OK, when you factor in that you’ll get £28 x 1.5 = 42 Avios paying on a BA Amex, the difference is marginal. Or am I missing something else here? I’ve avoided having another piece of plastic in wallet up to now.

  • Polly says:

    28 Nov28 November 09:03

    Much better to pay using amex, but using your tesco MasterCard as club card only, plus buy momentum fuel, bit pricier, but definitely goes further…doubles the club card points, plus whatever amex you are using.. I am currently getting getting 6.3 avios per £1 that way, using my BAPP. it would be way more using amex gold if I had one!

    In your case, using diesal, use your amex to pay, and your tesco MasterCard as a clubcard, this maximising your avios. So you should get your 42 plus your 67 each visit, it does add up.

    • Keith says:

      28 Nov28 November 11:06

      Just applied for a Tesco Mastercard to get the sign up bonus. Im slightly confused though with using it as a club card? Does this mean you get the 5 CCP for evey £4 spend but without needing to py with the card when you get fuel?

      • Rob says:

        28 Nov28 November 11:58

        You get 4 per £4 from using the credit card as a clubcard to buy fuel. If you also pay with the Tesco credit card then you would get 5 per £4 in total, ie 4 per £4 + 1 per £4.

        Best option is to use the credit card as a Clubcard and pay with a BA Amex, Amex Gold etc.

      • Polly says:

        28 Nov28 November 12:00

        Just read raffles post on petrol, but yes, pay with amex, then use your tesco MasterCard as your club card, it contains your club card no at the bottom of the card, much more avios that way, double cc pts if you use momentum, or normal points per £1 spent, plus your amex earn…

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