Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points

Win 5,000 Clubcard points (12,000 Avios) every day until April

Links on Head for Points may support the site by paying a commission.  See here for all partner links.

Tesco Bank has come up with a novel way to promote Tesco Car Insurance.  Every day, until 15th April, it is offering 5,000 Tesco Clubcard points to someone who asks for a car insurance quote.

 

Full details can be found here.

Unfortunately, entries are not carried forward.  You would therefore need to get a car insurance quote every day to ensure that you were in each daily draw.

It isn’t a bad prize, although I don’t know how many quotes Tesco gives out each day – albeit that only people who give their Clubcard number when getting a quote are included.


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 (10)

This article is closed to new comments. Feel free to ask your question in the HfP forums.

  • squillio says:

    I guess some people here have maybe 5+ cards. Best strategy would be to pick a quiet day and bang in 5 entries all at once.

    What makes a quiet day? Probably not today thanks to this post from Raffles.

    But probably early on in the campaign, maybe Thursday or Friday?

    I’d hazard a guess that this week there’ll be fewer than (say) 200 entries a day.

    So your 5 entries might give you a c.3% chance of winning 5000 points.

  • Volker says:

    Having been the victim of identity fraud, I am one of those people who check their full credit report on a regular basis. I noticed that insurance companies do a credit search when you ask them for a quote. Will tesco do that every day if you make the most of this promotion? For each of your Clubcards?
    Well, in this case, are they not likely to discover multiple card accounts? Haha, in April I will have to buy some extra paper and toner for my printer when I print off my longest credit report ever…

    • Jonny says:

      Ink shouldn’t be a problem if you stocked up during the 750 clubcard points promotion…!

    • colm says:

      Creditexpert says that searches by Insurance companies do not count for your credit score.

  • Mark says:

    I’m still persevering with the My Kitchen app on Facebook but this one is a bridge too far for me, all the best to anyone entertaining the idea of entering daily!

  • Iain says:

    You can also get a freebie 125 points for telling them your renewal dates.
    Obviously you’ll get a load of e-mails, but it is free points!

  • Colin MacKinnon says:

    If you get a quote on moneysupermarket.com, they get you to fill out all your details – including Clubcard (or Nectar, can’t remeber which) – at the first time.

    Then search, click though to Tesco and you’ll have a “quote”.

    To repeat each day, just log on to your insurance search company, “update” quotes (so no more info to type in) and click through again?

    Will this work?

  • colm says:

    The terms and conditions seem a big vague to me as to whether you will get an entry every day:

    “Only one winner per Clubcard. Customers will only be entered into one draw for the day they quoted and only 1 quote per customer will count. The entry instructions form part of the rules. By entering, you agree to accept and be bound by the rules.”

    1 quote per customer doesn’t specify whether it’s 1 quote per day or 1 quote for the duration of the promotion.

    • flyforfun says:

      They probably aren’t expecting people to be entering more than once!

  • Rob says:

    Thanks Jorge

This article is closed to new comments. Feel free to ask your question in the HfP forums.

The UK's biggest frequent flyer website uses cookies, which you can block via your browser settings. Continuing implies your consent to this policy. Our privacy policy is here.