Bits: Avios / Tesco competition, 1200 free Avios with PayQwiq, Etihad ‘all A380’ from Heathrow

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• Crapo says:

  4 Aug4 August 10:10

  Because the competition is 10 people a day with the clubcard points conversion, is it worth converting some everyday between now and the 14th?

  • Rob says:

    4 Aug4 August 10:17

    Logically no, because you still get the same number of entries overall.

    However …. some days will see fewer conversions than other days. If you take a guess as to which days will have the fewest conversions then that would increase your chance of winning. I get a feeling that people convert fairly quickly fter receiving their vouchers though and we don’t know over how many days Tesco mails them out.

    • Crapo says:

      5 Aug5 August 15:09

      But if your conversion only counts towards those one of the 10 people on that day, if you blow them all in one day, then you don’t go towards the 10 the next day? Or do you get entered to be one of the ten everyday, just from one conversion?

      If I have a £10 voucher on Tescos and I convert just £2.50 to Avios a day, will they credit the other £7.50 back as vouchers?

      • Genghis says:

        5 Aug5 August 15:36

        My reading is that you get one entry into that day’s competition per £2.50 exchanged so if you have a set amount you want to exchange, you get the same entries overall. If you convert them all on one day, then obviously you’ll have more chance of winning on that particular day (but no chance of winning on other days). By spreading out your conversions, you have less a chance of winning on every day. What I would do would be to convert all just before the end of the period (I think the busiest times would be right at the start of the period and at the very end). But then maybe everyone has this idea…

        What is for certain though is that any unused portion of vouchers are returned as points – ie you spend £2.50 of a £10 voucher and 750 points are refunded – which are then converted again into vouchers next Quarter (early Nov 16).

        • Crapo says:

          5 Aug5 August 15:38

          Thanks Genghis

• Liz says:

  4 Aug4 August 13:23

  OT: if you convert erewards to IHG do you have to wait 30, 60 or 90 days before you can convert again – I know Hilton is 90 days ? Does anyone know?

  • Louie says:

    4 Aug4 August 15:22

    There’s no limit on IHG e-rewards redemptions.

    • Liz says:

      4 Aug4 August 15:37

      Even better – thanks!

• Crapo says:

  4 Aug4 August 14:27

  Why is it 1200 points for payQwik? The article says 5 x 100 points?

  • Genghis says:

    4 Aug4 August 14:30

    The 500 clubcard points convert to 1,200 avios (2.4 conversion factor)

• mark2 says:

  4 Aug4 August 17:47

  OT
  My purchase of a Moneycard is now on my Amex Platinum account and has earned points and no surcharge, so I assume is a purchase.

• oliver anderson says:

  4 Aug4 August 21:34

  Thanks for your response Alan.

  I’ve got my clubcard account set up to transfer points to avios automatically. Is that a no no amongst travel hackers? I’ve noticed there being additional points for converting in the past and now there is a competition. Am I losing out by doing this? I have a BA and avios account so it would be no problem to wait (i.e. not have the automatic convertion) and convert the vouchers when there is an offer or competition.

  • Stephen says:

    4 Aug4 August 22:53

    The consensus I think would probably be to leave them with Tesco and that way you have options of using them in other (non-avios) ways if there’s a particular offer that’s good for you with Tesco or saving them in the hope of a transfer bonus at some point in the future. Personally I think I earn too few with Tesco to bother so have it set to autoconvert to BA.

    • Alan says:

      4 Aug4 August 23:01

      Hi Oliver – I’d agree with Stephen’s assessment above, probably better to not autoconvert (apart from switching it on and off to get VS bonuses) and instead pick and choose offers/deals as they suit.

• Cuchlainn says:

  5 Aug5 August 03:55

  Query to the knowledgeable HfPs as BAEC and Avios don’t like their Northern Irish cousins in these 2 Tesco conversion competitions – £50 to convert from Tesco vouchers – BAEC or Avios ?
  (Bearing in mind I have household accounts for both BAEC and Avios)

  • mark2 says:

    5 Aug5 August 07:09

    IMO there is no difference, except that you enter your BAEC account number whereas for Avios they try to match name, address etc. which is fine after the first time.

• Gin and Tonic Please says:

  5 Aug5 August 21:53

  I received an email from Tesco today promoting the PayQwiq offer. Will forward it on to you, Rob.

• w says:

  6 Aug6 August 09:55

  More importantly: has anyone won yet? 🙂

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