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240 free Avios for giving Tesco your insurance details – if you got it before, you can get it again

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Tesco Bank runs regular promotions offering bonus Clubcard points if you are prepared to hand over your insurance renewal dates.

It turns out that I haven’t mentioned this deal for 6 months so, as it is a very easy source of free miles, I thought I would cover it again today.

The current offer, running until 28th February, is for 100 Clubcard points.  That is 240 free Avios points or 250 Virgin Flying Club miles.

Tesco Bank

Here is the form you need to complete.

You only need to give them one set of renewal dates to get your 100 points.  You don’t need to complete everything.

Tesco used to limit this to one set of bonus points EVER.  This rule has now changed.

The terms and conditions now say:

“One offer per customer entering their dates (including previous offers) into the Renewals website within a two year period

If you previously did this offer a long time ago, give it another shot.  If you’ve never done it all, definitely give it a go.  I get the occasional complaint that the points didn’t post but, personally, I have never had a problem.


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 (6)

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  • Frenske says:

    Not available abroad which I suspect quite a few HFP readers are at the moment.

  • Mr Bridge says:

    remember you need to earn 250 cc points from tesco bank before your points get converted in cc vouchers, and you need 250 for convert to avios. tesco bank cc points are not added to your normal balance

    • Andy S says:

      Actually I think its 100 points min so should be fine in this case, its when they offer 75 points that doesnt work.

  • Clive says:

    If anyone is interested BA and VS are offering very cheap Y flights to Dubai in the first quarter of 2017. Just saw £260 and lower. Happy New Year

  • kevino says:

    Is it click bait for Tesco’s benefit?

    If you try and claim those free, but have been there in the last 2 years, not only will you not receive them, but you have probably restarted the 2 year exile.

    Who knows when they last claimed….not I!

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