Tesco – NO Avios conversion bonus this quarter, CD’s for £1 via Clubcard Boost

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• chris says:

  1 Aug1 August 08:58

  still waiting and hoping tescos are silly enough to repete the offer from last sept for 750 cc points for hp inks, with the cheapest at £6 (£12 for 2) so 600 cc points for 750 cc points and 2 inks to sell or recycle for more points

  • Paul says:

    1 Aug1 August 20:26

    On the latter point, it was the HP364’s that were cheapest last time, note the following: “Please note that from Monday 21st July 2014, HP 364 cartridges will no longer be eligible for points on the Tesco ClubCard scheme. Cartridges that are processed after Friday 18th July 2014 will automatically be donated to Tesco’s charity of the year, Diabetes UK.”.

    Off topic, but Raffles it might be worth mentioning that Tesco’s recycling factory page has recently published a revised valuation list!

    • Rob says:

      1 Aug1 August 20:30

      Thanks Paul, will add it to the to-do list!

    • chris says:

      2 Aug2 August 01:54

      you ware off topic to begin with tho so was i, just hoping tesco do being back 750 on inks

      and with your 364 info

      best would be going the cash route via the recycling factory on 301s at £3 (£9 cost) for black and £3.35 for color (£11 cost)

      900 cc points for 750 than and a for sure £6 cash back from TRF, still sounds pretty good, tho ofc dreaming that tescos would be silly enough to add 750 points too during boost

    • Simon says:

      2 Aug2 August 12:18

      Someone on PTS reported The Recycling Factory processed all their cartridges to Tesco’s charity of the year as they suspected them of being bought from ebay.

• CC says:

  1 Aug1 August 11:46

  The only reason I bother with Tesco is because of Avios, otherwise I wouldn’t go near their awful stores, with their terrible food. If they end that relationship they will lose loads of customers I would have thought.

  I’m actually really pleased to see the downward spiral they are on, considering they kept quiet and didn’t stick up for customers during the devaluation of air miles changing to Avios.

  • Lady London says:

    1 Aug1 August 12:47

    So, CC, you quite like Tesco, then?
    🙂

  • callum says:

    1 Aug1 August 13:31

    You’re pleased that Tesco is struggling because they didn’t force British Airways to make their frequent flier scheme exactly as Tesco customers want it!?

    Just how much influence so you think Tesco have over BA? I’ll give you a hint, not a lot!

    • CC says:

      1 Aug1 August 23:13

      Don’t know about force, but could have stuck up for their customers, loyalty points influences where people shop. They know how many consistently converted at the time, and knew full well people were not going to be happy, but not a word from them, or Lloyds etc

      And actually its the overall poor quality of shopping there which makes me pleased they are going downhill, hopefully they will turn it around, if they do I will shop there more, its more convenient for me.

  • chris says:

    1 Aug1 August 14:05

    surely tesco will just get an airline of its own to keep you as a happy customer after reading your comments,

    you might crash land half way across the ocean (due to the planes being tesco value and may or may no contain nuts and or bolts) but im sure they let you use your points

    • CC says:

      1 Aug1 August 23:18

      Thanks for that thought of crashing, really looking forward to my next flight now!

      Although Tesco are probably more experienced in aviation than what you give them credit for, they are used to flying a lot of their dodgy products half way around the world every day!

  • TimS says:

    1 Aug1 August 15:02

    CC, you seem to be working on the assumption that most Tesco clubcard collectors redeem their points for Avios.

    In reality, i expect only a relatively small percentage do so why on earth would you expect Tesco try to influence the decisionmakers within Airmiles/Avios regarding the devaluation? It will have made little impact to Tesco (or indeed the majority of its customers/CCP collectors).

    Just because many people on here will see Tesco as a source of Avios, MOST clubcard collectors probably see Tesco as a source of CC points to use as an (admittedly inefficient) method of saving money on their grocery shopping.

    If Tesco ended the Avios relationship I expect they will lose SOME customers, but only a very small amount (even in terms of serious CCP collectors), but nowhere near as many as you seem to believe they would.

    Sainsbury didn’t seem to suffer a significant adverse drop in sales when Avios and Nectar went their separate ways.

    • CC says:

      1 Aug1 August 23:28

      What you are saying is good point, it probably is a really low percentage that convert to Avios. So that’s why they didn’t care, wasn’t going to make a difference to their profit, that actually makes even more pleased they are on a slippery slope!

      Bottom line is, when I buy a twin pack of ripe avocados I expect them to be bloody ripe.

      • TimS says:

        2 Aug2 August 07:24

        “Bottom line is, when I buy a twin pack of ripe avocados I expect them to be bloody ripe.”

        #middleclassproblems

• Sully says:

  1 Aug1 August 18:26

  @TimS says:
  1 August 2014 at 3:45 pm

  Sully, his point is that the last time Tesco ran an Avios conversion bonus, it was at the same time as one for Virgin…exactly what you suggested they WOULDN’T do “due to common sense”.
  ~~~~~~~~

  Yes, my point exactly. They did it two years ago and have not done it since, due to seeing common sense.
  Really people, you are dumb sometimes.

  • TimS says:

    1 Aug1 August 19:10

    No, they haven’t done it since because they haven’t run a bonus of ANY kind since then, whether clashing with VS or not.

    Nothing to do with “common sense”, just commercial reasons.

    If you can’t see that maybe you shouldn’t start throwing insults around without looking closer to home. Just saying…

  • Paul says:

    1 Aug1 August 20:32

    Aside from the obvious historical precedent already noted, I don’t get your “common sense” argument. To me, it makes sense that BA should want to run a bonus at the same time as VS. Personally I collect in both schemes. I’d be reluctant to justify moving Tesco cc points to BA at a time when I could move them to VS and have them worth significantly more due to the bonus. Is it not in BA’s interest in this scenario to run a bonus too, which may encourage me to move the points to avios and fly with them instead? I don’t see your rationale as to why you think it’s common sense they would explicitly try and avoid a bonus at the same time.

    • chris says:

      2 Aug2 August 01:49

      since i dont follow miles or vs (more of a rolax via goldsmiths / resale guy)

      but i dont think virgin has run any bonuses since nov last year when BA did,

      tho yes it would make sense for BA to chase customers when virgin do offer bonuses, to try to get some of the customers that would otherwise go else where,

      and ofc tescos doesnt mind if they offer bonus at the same time, ofc tescos would love us all to spend cc points in store at times 1, but either way 1 bonus or 2 running they making a profit since cc points are free to them (im sure ba/vs pay them more for marketing then they give out)

• Simon says:

  2 Aug2 August 12:27

  The competion is now on the Tesco Boost site, it runs until the end of August.

• The importance of Tesco to Avios says:

  8 Aug8 August 05:55

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